The San Diego Union-Tribune
Published: March 8, 1992
Ed. 1,2
Section: Entertainment
Page: TV WEEK-7
 

AFTERNOON SPECIAL FOR CHILDREN TEACHES 50 WAYS TO SAVE PLANET

...Based on Javna's paperback book of the same title, the show uses the Muppets, La Jolla's  Crystal McKellar  and other TV celebrities familiar to children to get its message across.

What's the message?

"That we're handing them a very damaged world," said Javna, "a world whose ability to support life is threatened."

Youngsters in preschool to high school are shown acting out Javna's 50 "save the Earth" activities, which include recycling, tree planting, car-pooling, stopping use of plastic foam cups and saving the rain forests.

"This program speaks to the people who can most do something," said Javna, cautioning that he doesn't regard himself as an alarmist, merely a realist.

"For our children, learning how to save the Earth will be matter of survival," he said.  "I hope parents will watch with that in mind."

TV REVIEW

"50 Simple Things Kids Can Do to Save the Earth." A CBS "Schoolbreak Special" based on a book of the same name. 4 p.m. Tuesday on KFMB (Ch. 8).
 

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