How nice. A slyly funny approach to a deadly serious problem. It assures us that if we're not soon green, we're soon gone. What's nice is that it also gives us utilitarian pointers on how we can personally contribute less carbon to our own funeral pyre.

The fire of Agnihotra and the Science of Homa Therapy is a science that must be experienced. It is simply not enough to read about it. Be your own scientist and believe what you experience. Those of us who have been practicing this science, has seem many changes in our communities, our land, our environmnet and ourself. Heal the environment and it in turn will heal you.

Great call to action!

Very nice! It reminded me of why I moved close to the blue line.

Water Bottles, get involved!

As a (C3) project team member, our project is to help recycle water bottles and to prevent them from entering the waste stream by collecting the water bottles, and encouraging others to do the same, for the 2007 Chicago Air and Water Show.

Project Title: Water Bottles

C3, Chicago Conservation Corp, and the Chicago Department of Environmennt liaison: Joyce Coffee
The 49th Annual Chicago Air and Water Show shakes up the
lakefront August 18-19, 2007 for the “LARGEST” FREE show of it's kind in the United States. The Chicago Air and Water Show is our city's second most popular festival. Last year, 3,640,000 people went to the Taste of Chicago while 2,200,000 watched the Chicago Air and Water Show. (If you take into account that the 2005 Taste of Chicago lasted 11 days while the Chicago Air and Water Show lasts only two days, the difference in attendance is really minimal.)

The main goal for this project is to recycle water bottles. Water bottles have a huge impact during the show. Literally every single person who attends the show will be drinking from a water bottle, and or plastic bottle.

Worldwide sales of bottled water are estimated to be between $50 and $100 billion (US) annually and increasing approximately 7 to 10 percent annually. In 2004, the US bottled water industry surpassed 6.8 Billion gallons of water for that year, an increase of 8.6% over the previous year (Beverage Marketing Corporation, 2005).

The consumption of over 150 billion liters of bottled water per year necessitates the use of billions of plastic and glass bottles. Though the materials used are generally recyclable, many of these bottles, particularly those used in developing countries without recycling infrastructure, are discarded rather than recycled, with this trash having a negative effect on the environment.

The plastic used to package the 6 billion gallons of bottled water sold in the United States in 2002 amounts to 1.5 millions tons of plastic. Once produced, plastic water bottles clog landfills and litter the landscape and toxins in the plastic can leach into ground water. Nine out of 10 plastic water bottles end up as garbage or litter. That’s 30 million discarded bottles a day. (Yes! A Journal of Positive Futures 2004)

Be a part of the Chicago Conservation Corp team recycling water bottles on North Avenue Beach during the Air and Water Show. We need volunteers to collect bottles people have tossed on the beach, salvage bottles from regular trash, and tell people to recycle as we see them drinking. We need a team of 50 volunteers to help on the day of the event staring at 11:00AM till 3:00PM, August 18 and or 19, 2007.

We would ask the general public to please put their water bottles, or plastic bottles in the appropriate bins. The Chicago Street and Sanitation will help provide our team with Plastic Bins, or blue bags (Recyclables Only) on the day of the event to HELP KEEP OUR CITY CLEAN!

The community should be educated about the recycling infrastructure of recycled materials, especially water bottles. Given those efforts, especially those that are involved should be rewarded for their hard work. People wanting to contribute in any way they can, help our city, the environment, and all of us. If together we can all encourage others to participate and allow ourselves to be inspired, then we can achieve our goals.

Anyone interested in joining our team of volunteers in keeping our city clean, please email us at mgracedesigns@sbcglobal.net. We will provide C3 - Chicago Conservation Corp T-shirts on the day of the event.

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It's interesting to see "regular people" doing something "regular" to help the environment. I wonder why it's titled "regular people"...who would be categorized as "irregular people?" Unless you are comparing celebrities to non-celebrities...I'm not sure the title clicks for me..any how...simple everyday solutions to make a difference. The music and the graphics helped the video move along. This can appeal to a wider audience compared to the "Noon Solar" video because any socio-economic status can perform these easy solutions. It doesn't require too much monetary value to participate.

very well done- i like the regular people angle. inspiring!

education is the key to spreading the word in helping people to cherish our mother earth.

As I watch this over again, I am inspired and cheered to think I am connected to these people and we are all thinking and acting to make this insane climate better!
This video relieves the almost atmospheric pressure of indifference and gloom that often accompanies media discussion of this issue. I love it!

Yikes! I would keep writing, but I'm going to go turn off my lights now.......

This is a vital issue, so I am thrilled to see people from all walks of life discussing it. I really like the pace of the film, the music and the focus: informative, conversational, and never preachy. Intelligent, stylish and well-crafted short film. In a few minutes it packs in alot. A gem.

Impressive collection of individual thoughts on this global problem. It manages to present the truth and still avoid presenting this as an unsolvable situation. By providing practical personal solutions everyone can contribute to a collective action to decrease global warming. I don't feel helpless. We shouldn't feel helpless.

I really appreciated the way you underscored the importance of individual action. Global warming is an overwhelmingly large issue, but your film reminds us we can make a difference one person at a time. It's hopeful and empowering. Thanks very much!

Great film! The amount of information that is gleaned from 'ordinary' people is extraordinary. It seems that we all know more than we think. I'm going to watch it again, in the dark, wearing a sweater.

Really impressive vid-clip. Should be on television.

Nicely done. It presents a serious subject in a pleasant, sometimes funny and nonconfrontational way. Could be part of a larger piece.

I love the way this video shows real people, helping and trying to find information to avoid global warming.
Ivette, Guadalajara, Mexico.

A super clip!! I think it is so RIGHT ON, because it "fights" the very common phenomenon of "okay, yeah, I think THEY should do something about it! Let's get a new president, and THEN things will improve..." And how could the message of this clip be related better than thru (ves, cool) People like you and I... I LOVE the tight/quick/firm sequence of statements w/out long intellectual elaborations. Great production!