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The Nature Principle: Experience the Earth Beyond Instagram

April 22, 2013 by Amy Jussel Leave a Comment

April 22, 2015 Update Recycling my resource roundup of eco-literacy quizzes on greenwashing, nature apps in a wired world, and games for good like TiltWorld that build on green media themes of kids' … [Read more...]

Filed Under: EcoKids-Environment, Mobile Media, Apps & Gaming, Shaping Youth Tagged With: Children and Nature, clicktivism, climate change, Cool the earth, Earth Day, EarthSeeds, eco activism, eco moms, environmental children's books, Environmental Education, Environmental-Kids, EnvironmentaLISTS, family man, get outside, get-outdoors-kids, Green media, greenwashing, hiking apps, hiking etiquette, Last Child in the Woods, Let's GO, marketing mindfulness of nature, media netiquette, media savvy kids, mother Earth, mother nature network, Naturalist, nature and wildlife apps for kids, Nature Rocks, nature study of happiness, Nature-Deficit-Disorder, power of play, reach and teach, reconnecting with nature, Rich Louv, Richard-Louv, school gardens, Screen Free Week, Sharing Nature with Children, stewards of the planet, stewardship, Teens Turning Green, The Nature Principle, this is your brain on nature, unplug to reconnect, videogames

Oscar Is Worthy! See Chimpanzee, Support Jane Goodall’s Work

April 18, 2012 by Amy Jussel 5 Comments

April 18, 2012 No secret I’m a fan of all creatures great and small, wildly applauding every effort to impart nature’s magnificence to 21st century kids. Whether it’s the brand new launch of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Counter-marketing, EcoKids-Environment, Emerging trends & STEM, Interactive Games, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Mobile Media, Apps & Gaming, People Shaping Youth, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Shaping Youth Tagged With: Africa, Bruce Sallan, bushmeat trade, C&NN, children and nature network, Chimpanzee Movie, chimpanzees, climate change, Cool the earth, DadChat, deforestation, Disney EARTH, Disney Nature, documentary, EARTH, Earth Day, eco education, eco literacy, endangered species, Environment, Gombe, Green media, Green-Media-Youth, Green-Teens, Inspire Kids to Care, Jane Goodall, JGI, kids and nature, Last Child in the Woods, men in media, nature principle, Nature-Deficit-Disorder, NCLI, orphaned animals, Oscar the chimpanzee, reach and teach, Richard-Louv, Roots and Shoots, save the earth, stewards of the planet, Sustainability, Tilt World, Wyland Foundation

Meaningful Media for Father’s Day: My Daddy Taught Me To…

June 13, 2010 by Amy Jussel 9 Comments

June 13, 2010 One week from Father’s Day and media is awash with ubiquitous tie and techie ads for Father’s Day finds. Meh. Better ideas? Experiential fun for memories in the making... How would … [Read more...]

Filed Under: EcoKids-Environment, Emerging trends & STEM, Interactive Games, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, People Shaping Youth, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Shaping Youth Tagged With: activism, aquatic, books with meaning, clean water, coastal stewards, daddy bloggers, Dads, dolphins, Elf-Island, Father's Day, fatherhood, Fathers Day 2010, gaming for good, GoodQuests, Green media, Green-Media-Youth, Gulf oilspill kids, healthy-planet, Joe Tomarchio, Joseph Tomarchio, Kids-Nature, male penguins, marinelife, meaningful media, My Daddy Taught Me to Surf, nature, Nature-Deficit-Disorder, NCLI, Ocean Conservancy, oil spill, Papas, Parenting papas, Richard-Louv, Ridley turtles, Sea Turtles, seahorse fathers, sealife, surfing, Surfrider Foundation, Taught Me To Books, TaughtMe2, virtual world wildaid, waves, World Wildlife Fund, Wyland, Xeko

Green Hedgehogs in Virtual Worlds? Let Your Leprechauns Loose!

March 17, 2010 by Amy Jussel 3 Comments

Mar. 17, 2010 This morning I changed my Firefox 3.6 "persona" to shamrocks for the day, eliciting a green with envy response from my not so lil’ leprechaun teen who delighted in a green apple sour … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Consumerism, EcoKids-Environment, Interactive Games, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Mobile Media, Apps & Gaming, Nutrition & Wellness, Shaping Youth Tagged With: 2010, activities, crafts, eat their greens, farmers markets, Firefox personas, go green, green, Green Eggs and Ham, green gaming, green girls, green hedgies, green marketing, Green media, Green science, green smoothies, Green-Celebrations, Green-Teens, greens, greenwashing, hedgehogs, Kids, leprechaun, metaverse, Project Green Prom, Saint Patricks Day, Second-Life, St Patricks Day, St. Paddy's Day, Steve Spangler Science, teens, turn people green, turn your parents green, tweens, veggies, Virtual-Worlds, youth

“Consuming Kids” Is Now Available For YOU To Host A Screening!

April 24, 2009 by Amy Jussel 5 Comments

April 24, 2009 Back to our green media focus in a minute, since we're all trying to figure out whether somethin' can be done about all this consumption? But first, here's some fabulous news for change … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advertising, Branding & Consumerism, Consumerism, EcoKids-Environment, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Nutrition & Wellness, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth Tagged With: Allen-Kanner, Amy-Jussel, Appetite for Profit, Brave New Theaters, CCFC, Consuming kids, consumption, eco, eco mom, Eco-Childs-Play, ecology, education, Elf-Island, Environment, film, film fest, Fresh Producers, green, Green media, Green-Teens, make a difference, Media-Education-Foundation, media-literacy, MEF, Michele Simon, NAMLE, outreach, screen a movie, Susan Linn, Sustainability, sustainable students, Two Angry Moms

Caring With Heart Earth Day, Everyday

April 20, 2009 by Amy Jussel 5 Comments

April 20, 2009 As we enter into Earth Day (week? month? year?) we can either cynically report on the bandwagon marketing of the green scene with freebies, Earth Day cards (Gathering Home has a nice … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advertising, EcoKids-Environment, Emerging trends & STEM, Interactive Games, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Shaping Youth, Viral & Buzz Media Tagged With: Arbor Day Foundation, Conservation, destress, Digital Ocean, Disneynature, Dizzywood, EARTH, Earth Day, Elf-Island, Environment, every drop counts, freebies, global coherence, Great Turtle Race, green, Green media, heart, Heart Math, Heartmath, Plant-It 2020, stress, Sustainability, undersea, waterkeepers, whales, Wyland

Kids Green Science Shenanigans for St. Patrick’s Day

March 16, 2009 by Amy Jussel 9 Comments

Update March 15, 2016 Will you be celebrating the lucky lore and leprechauns/limericks of March 17 holiday hoopla? Hadn't seen this easy rainbow slime for STEM & STEAM sensory play and tactile … [Read more...]

Filed Under: EcoKids-Environment, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Product Placement, Shaping Youth Tagged With: ECE, Freakonomics, green, green activities, Green Eggs and Ham, green food, Green media, Green science, green snow, Irish, Kids, leprechaun, pot of gold, Project Green Prom, Project Wild Thing, rainbow, rainbow slime, Saint Patricks Day, sensory activities kids, St Patricks Day, STEAM, STEM green science, Steve Spangler Science, teens, turn people green, Turning Green, Virtual-Worlds, youth

Turning Up the Heat: Green Teen Videos On Climate Change

February 16, 2009 by Amy Jussel 14 Comments

Feb. 16, 2009 There seems to be a slew of green teen contests kicking off this week, along with National Engineers Foundation Week, and 'Introduce a Girl to Engineering' day on Feb. 19. I love the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Consumerism, EcoKids-Environment, Emerging trends & STEM, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Shaping Youth Tagged With: BrainyFlix, Dennis Hwang, dirty 30, Doodle4Google, eco contests, Eco-Childs-Play, Environment, Frontline Heat, global challenge, Green media, Green-Teens, Jay Dedman, Kids, organic, rainforests, Ryanne hodson, SAT vocab videos, STEM, Teens Turning Green, the world is flat, WGHB, What I wish for the world, youth, youth art

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