Comments on: See Your Carbon Footprint – In Black Balloons

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By: Timothy B. Hurst

Timothy B. Hurst — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 21:40:46 +0000

Thanks for the comment, Tim.

I hate movie popcorn.

By: Tim Coyne

Tim Coyne — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 21:34:14 +0000

Tim,

Great video.

Excellent example of making a concept STICK.

Reminds me of the anecdote in the book MADE TO STICK where they talked about how the CSPI was able to communicate to people how bad movie theater popcorn was for them by laying out a bacon and egg breakfast, a Big Mac and fries, and a steak dinner to show how much saturated fat is in ONE bag.

People finally understand and the press covered it.

Thanks for bringing this vid to my attention.

Tim

By: SantaFeKate

SantaFeKate — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:17:03 +0000

That is a wonderful visual explanation–would be great for kids’ educational programs.