Above is another PSA we made together around the issue of littering, which is a rather huge issue here as the city of Barcelona employs vast armies of cleaning crews who constantly follow behind the hordes of people here who throw their trash on the streets and park almost constantly.
Thus, it is a challenge to encourage people not to litter when there are so many deployed to clean up after them.
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This week at the school, we’re looking at and making our own PSAs.
Broadcast PSAs came into widespread use in the late 1940’s with the famous “Only you can prevent forest fires” tagline of Smokey the Bear.
The students are creating PSAs around many issues, including littering, drugs, creativity, oppression, etc.
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Our pal, Jennie the Potter, works with a group of other folks on Powderhorn Empty Bowls, a community-based, volunteer-driven organization who’s goal is to eliminate hunger from the neighborhood in and around Powderhorn Park in MPLS.
They throw each and every bowl by hand. Then, for an in-kind donation they fill your bowl with homemade soup. Eat the deliciousness and then keep the bowl. The funds generated go to neighborhood resources to help put an end to hunger in MPLS. They have already made a significant impact in their short history so far.
This is the stuff this country SHOULD be more about.
You can check out their great work [and donate!] at powderhornemptybowls.org
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