The Green

Creating BIG IDEAS FOR A SMALL PLANET was a very challenging project to produce. The need to spread environmental awareness about the specific people and businesses who are working to positively reshape our world was the only inspirational fuel needed to overcome this challenge.

When real people watch BIG IDEAS FOR A SMALL PLANET on their TVs, portable media players and computers, it makes the creators of the series incredibly pleased. When some of those special people see the worth of a green idea, and decide to create their own methods of reshaping the trajectory of climate change, it makes Sundance Channel ecstatic. This is the short but sweet story of a school teacher named Clarissa Marshall and her 7th grade life science class.

After watching one episode of BIG IDEAS FOR A SMALL PLANET, Clarissa went to the iTunes Store and downloaded the whole season. She showed her life science class the entire season of the show. The kids must have found the experience to be entertaining and rewarding, since they decided to work on fleshing out their own BIG IDEAS.

Here is a video that provides a short overview of the life science BIG IDEA assignment.



Here is a video clip from the student Aleksa Kirsteins, whose idea explores the balance between life and death.



Since these are so much fun to watch, here is a second idea from student August Menzer, whose idea would save food manufacturers and retailers a bundle.



If you want more information, you can check out the kid's BIG IDEAS in the official blog for the 7th grade life science class - here [fc.greensboroday.org].

Find out more about the Greensboro Day School [www.greensboroday.org].