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Can Animation Prompt You To Save Environment?

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    • Publish Date: Oct 17 2016 12:39PM
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    • Updated Date: Oct 17 2016 12:48PM
Can Animation Prompt You To Save Environment?
Splash And Bubbles

Coral reefs may be dying off at an alarming rate and pollution and overfishing emptying the seas. But fear not. Help is at hand in the form of a new wave of cartoon superheroes determined to save the oceans.

Splash and Bubbles
While Disney blockbusters "Finding Nemo" and "Finding Dory" have been attacked for sparking a spike in the poaching of tropical fish, Muppets creators the Jim Henson Company said Sunday that their new animated children's series "Splash and Bubbles" would help mobilise a new generation to save the undersea world. The big-budget 40-episode series, which will screen on PBS in the United States next year, aims to "turn the tide of our world to save the planet".

 

 
Boss Lisa Henson, daughter of Jim Henson, the puppetry genius behind "The Muppets" and "Sesame Street", said the series, which was premiered at the MIPJUNIOR festival in the French resort of Cannes, comes at a vital time. While four to seven-year-olds may not be able to do much now to tackle the millions of tonnes of plastic waste that have created the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch", she said it is "their generation who will be left to solve" such problems. 
 

The series comes in the wake of the huge success of "The Octonauts", the most watched cartoon by pre-school children in Britain, Ireland and Australia. The "edutainment" show has a team of animated animals rescuing sea creatures from their base in the Octopod. With its catchphrase slogans of "Explore! Rescue! Protect!" it has been described as "Star Trek" meets Jacques Cousteau. And now film-makers are working with the Monaco oceanographic museum which the legendary French marine explorer ran for decades to create another series about child heroes fighting for marine conservation. 
 
 

 

Pirates of the Abyss

It will feature four friends who go off on aquatic adventures in an old submarine to right the wrongs of pollution and the overexploitation of the oceans. Producer Aymeric Castaing told AFP that the series -- aimed at slightly older kids -- would tap into their anger and impotence at what is happening to the environment. "The world we live in will soon be in the hands of these kids. It is they who will have to save the oceans," he added. Castaing said the children begin their quest after chancing upon on a laboratory left behind by "some of the greatest brains of the past" including Jules Verne, the inventor Nikola Tesla, Gustave Eiffel and Prince Albert I of Monaco, an early marine researcher. "These geniuses from the past are in a way helping them save the future," said Castaing, co-founder of the Bordeaux-based I Can Fly studio.
She said although the show took its mission to education seriously, with "today's Jacques Cousteau marine biologist Dr Sylvia Earle" among its advisors, she insisted it was "not preachy". 

 
 
Would you like such shows to be aired in India? What should be the plot according to you?  Do you believe such content can drive youngsters to take up the cause of nature at an early stage? Please log in or register to post your comment.
 

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Naomi Karodt Cambridge School, Kandivali (E)

yes, animated shows do prompt an urge to think and care about our environment. They do leave an imprint on young minds. In India, where the industries are developing at the cost of nature, such shows might instil in the young minds, love for the beauty of nature, which might further inspire the future generations to work with and for the environment.

Hiya Kilam global indian internatonal school

Yes, such shows should surely be aired in India. The show should be about a few young students who take up the initiative of reducing pollution and helping the environment. Such content will spread awareness about the environment among youngsters and encourage them to take up the cause of nature at an early stage.

DIWANSHI SHETIJA BHARTI PUBLIC SCHOOL (SWASTHYA VHR)

At some extent it can leave an impact on youngsters.

Bhavana Jaison Atomic Energy Central School No 2

Yes, animated movies can bring about a drastic change in the vision of children. It can help to create a positive attitude, love for nature, and feeling of sympathy to all living things, in every child who is the future of this world.

Ritvik Baweja Bal Bharati Public School

The characters involved in the animation shows do have a positive impact on the children and urge them to preserve the environment. Children often get encouraged by such shows and start following their ideals. I think such animation should also be introduced to India to promote nature interedt at a very young age. This move will be good for the betterment of the nation.

R.H.Lakshana Chinmaya Vidyalaya Virugambakkam

we have already done too much harm to the environment. so we need to work to reduce the content of the harm we have caused to none. this message may not interest young children. so shows like these will help the children to grow more responsible and keep our planet clean. doing this at an early stage will have a lot of impact on them as at the young stage they observe a lot of things. if they observe this, they will surely do their bid to save the planet.

Khushi Sharma BHARTI PUBLIC SCHOOL (SWASTHYA VHR)

Yes, a child learns what he see. I still remember that I learnt to tie my shoe laces through a cartoon series I used to watch as a kid. When they will see their favourite cartoon characters promoting/advocating them something, many of them may follow.

Harini MS NAGARJUNA VIDYANIKETAN

Children watch animation movies with a lot of interest, and so these must be aired in our country as well. Their plot must be based on stereotypes, environmental and social issues. The movies can inspire youngsters to take steps to make their society the best.

Vishnu Varthan J Bethel Mat Hr Sec School

Yes animation movie will create awareness about nature it will create interest to watch and also gives the impact about it.

Sarath Kumar RM Bethel Mat Hr Sec School

Definitely. Youngsters are very much attracted towards cartoons. These shows will surely prompt the youngsters to think about the saving of environment.

Yashaswini nand Army Public School

I do not think animation can lead us to save the environment. If we really want to bring a change we will have to motivate and also wake up others showing them the reality.

APARNA.V Amalorpavam Higher Secondary School - Puducherry

Yes,animated shows make us think to take care of the environment as well.

Brenda Marshal PADUA HIGH SCHOOL-MANKHURD

Yes animation movies can bring a change to the vision of children.....

Snegha.L Bethel Mat Hr Sec School

We Indians watch movies for entertainment.So such type of movies cannot bring a change in the minds of youngsters.

saishalini Bethel Mat Hr Sec School

Yes definitely Indians can aire these types of animated shows as it would kindle both students and environmental lovers to promote new things and measures to conserve our nature at an early stage and prevent further mishaps .

Ilesh Tripathi HBK - CHHATRAL BRANCH

Yes this type of animated shows can promote the idea of saving environment as people enjoy animated shows they also learn from these type of shows so these message should be given by animated shows.

Chirag Sharma ARMY PUBLIC SCHOOL DHAULA KUAN

Well...I''ll be against it because animations movies can''t change our minds. People watch Animations just to entertain themselves. They never think about the Environment to care about it. A report says animations are watched by small children''s (77%) and adult''s watch it less (23%). So how could you expect children''s caring about environment if Adult''s don''t.

G. Abishek Bethel Mat Hr Sec School

Yes of course. Animated movies are being watched by everyone without any age restrictions. A director can even convey a social welfare information through his movie indirectly. Animated movies are the craze for the present generation youngsters.

Mansi Borade PADUA HIGH SCHOOL-MANKHURD

Animation shows can only change us if we really need to see and enhance our self. By this way we can change our self also and tower the environment.

Mansi Borade PADUA HIGH SCHOOL-MANKHURD

Animation shows can only change us if we really need to see and enhance our self. By this way we can change our self also and tower the environment.

E. Deepak Sen Bethel Mat Hr Sec School

Yes animated animals and characters take messages into the minds of youngsters.when social and environmental messages are conveyed through animation it makes them to think deep,than wasting time in thinking of unnecessary things.

Vishakha Bhalla BOSCO SR.SEC.SCHOOL( PASCHIM VIHAR)

Yes! Animated shows do have a powerful impact on young children as we all know children have a very good adaptation capacity and they grab what they see. Therefore, at an early age it is important that such highly loved animated shows display messages of loving the nature so, young mins can be inspired to success..

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