Rustle The Leaf’s Earth Day Book Puts Us In The Picture
by Leonora Oppenheim, London, UK on 03. 4.06
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Our favourite enviro funny men Dave Poncé and Dan Wright a.k.a. Rustle The Leaf have, in collaboration with those squeaky clean folk at Citra-Solv, created a step by step guide to the upcoming Earth Day on April 22. With their inimitable straight talking and funny cartoons Rustle The Leaf always manage to convey the most serious of messages with a humorous twist. The Earth Day Book is a 12-page booklet filled with activities and information about Earth Day and other environmentally-related topics. The inside cover detaches to reveal a beautiful, full-color poster called 'Rustle the Leaf's Earth Day Pledge.' There are 100 000 copies which they are giving away on a first come first served basis, so you better move fast since Dave Poncé tells us they are going like hot cakes – 10 000 were ordered on just one day last week! The Earth Day Book is completely free, you don’t even have to pay for post or packaging. You can order your copy until March 20 at Rustle The Leaf or Citra-Solv. via: Dave Poncé at Rustle The Leaf.
I use to read Mark Trail as a kid. After Peanuts and Calvin (Do kids sled anymore?) ended I stopped reading comics and newspapers a few years ago. Web is better and it's a waste of paper. It looks like a good comic but kids hate reading anything even mildly educational. Disney had some great cartoons (Weekends, Fillmore) that were required by the FCC that tanked. Major publishers are becoming more open (Boondocks, Jane's World). There are lots of good webcomics with a eco-theme like Stephanie McMillan's Minimum Security which has a "treehugger" shirt. Classics are always nice, Lorax, The Berenstain Bears (just died) Don't Pollute. There is really very little out there for the treehugging kid. It's hard to find eco toys or even things with a nature theme (Miffy, Andy Runton Owly). Meatrix and a few South Park's Two Days Before the Day After Tomorrow are rare. Over the Hedge movie which is a based on a comic has a great trailer and I really hope it starts a trend.
The other day I was thinking about a topic similar to this: What are the toys out there (if any) that are green? I feel like there is a giant hole in the world of green and kids (not surprising...the one for adults is still quite large)...and I was curious how green parents can reconcile purchasing toys and what not if they have a green lifestyle. It's sad that these environmental concerns are not an important thing to expose children to at young ages (heh...if only it were more profitible...). Hopefully along with new standards of living for adults, the same feeling will be passed along to kids.
The Lorax is a *great* book and kids (20 year old kids...) still ride sleds :D
did greg barber print this? those guys are great!