I pledge to keep our oceans clean ~ Disney told me to
A keeper of a “public service announcement” popped up reminding me to keep the ocean clean this morning. I was reading an article about the governor of landlocked Utah and his response to the mine collapse on the Salt Lake Tribune’s website. It made a point that I hadn’t realized: “Oceans Are Part Of Your World.” WOW! I had no idea.
Okay, so it’s a great message, but there are two things seriously wrong with it.
#1 ~ Have people begun to care only about animated characters? Can we not convince them to take care of the ocean without covering the cause in some magical image of talking crabs and mythical creatures?
#2 ~ Does Disney deserve credit and publicity for lending their characters to this cause? Did they even start this cause? Is this nothing more than a way to ship stealth characters into places they would not otherwise make it?
Anyway, you can check out the “Keep Oceans Clean!” website. It must have a few positive messages, but also some lingering cliches for the older generations. For example, the image of the six-pack plastic rings drowning little Flounder is in full force, even though I can’t remember the last time I saw someone carrying around a six pack of Coke like that.
At least the site has added the new enviro enemy du jour: a water bottle. It seems they’ve chosen the colors oddly similar to the Arrowhead water company. I’m guessing this website was probably designed by someone on the West Coast. In the Northeast, it would probably have been green.
But, wait, look! Arrowhead has its own ocean/beach shots for us. Oh, now that makes me want to go out and buy some bottled water for my beach run. But where will I put it when it’s empty? Maybe I’ll do laundry instead.
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Posted on August 25, 2007
Filed Under Animals and Pets, Beaches, Public Service Announcements (PSA), Sea and Oceans |
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