Any idea who is working on this avenue? http://mentalfloss.com/article/55699/meet-raya-sanitation-muppet Pretty cute and possibly quite powerful (provided the right people even have access!). My perspective on the OP: We're seeing now the benefits of community education in the environmental sector after decades, as I suspect childhood education has been the real power behind changing the direction of a society. Environmental awareness education in mainstream media from the 1980's has produced a far more aware and active generation, myself included. We adopted 'environmentally aware' behaviours easily despite not having them modelled by surrounding adults (I remember lecturing adults to 'put litter in it's place') and we are now becoming influencers in the workplace and government. I guess my point is that sometimes with education, one strategy is to take a long term view, not to focus on modifying existing behaviour, but forming appropriate behaviours from scratch and waiting for them to take hold throughout the community.
Published by Meryl McKerrow, eWater Ltd. - Training and Documentation Officer
Any idea who is working on this avenue? http://mentalfloss.com/article/55699/meet-raya-sanitation-muppet Pretty cute and possibly quite powerful (provided the right people even have access!). My perspective on the OP: We're seeing now the benefits of community education in the environmental sector after decades, as I suspect childhood education has been the real power behind changing the direction of a society. Environmental awareness education in mainstream media from the 1980's has produced a far more aware and active generation, myself included. We adopted 'environmentally aware' behaviours easily despite not having them modelled by surrounding adults (I remember lecturing adults to 'put litter in it's place') and we are now becoming influencers in the workplace and government. I guess my point is that sometimes with education, one strategy is to take a long term view, not to focus on modifying existing behaviour, but forming appropriate behaviours from scratch and waiting for them to take hold throughout the community.
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@Merly Sesame Street is an educational NGO working for kids. Raya is a part of their small Sesame Street Muppet army, you can visit their website here http://www.sesameworkshop.org/ and read the different initiative they are undertaking these days globally.
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