We hope these students run with this idea and make it a reality. The country and the planet is depending on them to change the unsustainable solutions we are currently using.

Like us, they too have aspirations.

Maybe, just maybe, there is hope for the future of this planet. If kids like those from the Tarumitra campaign have a say in it.

Excerpt below from Brian Hill’s documentary ‘Climate of Change.’

25 million trees. Sorry, but can we repeat that number again? 25 million trees make the 45 billion pairs of chopsticks that China uses IN ONE YEAR!!! Add to this number the number of single use chopsticks used around the world, and oh boy! do we have a number to scare the chopsticks out of us.

Remember that the next time we’re so inclined to impress our dinner date with our chopstick usage skills!

Below is a picture of a used chopstick sculpture erected in Shanghai to draw attention to the issue. (click link to read full post at Inhabitat)

China Environmental Protection Foundation's Sculpture made of used chopsticks.

Write, film and edit a film in 48 hours. It requires spontaneity, creativity, teamwork, project management and willpower all in one. What a fantastic way to begin the New Year!

That’s the opportunity offered by the 48-Hour Film Project. (Intro below but read details at host site)

We think that 48HFP filmmakers, the boldest and most creative in the world, are the best people to draw attention to the environmental challenges the world faces. To that end, we have created a new 48HFP competition: the 48 Go Green!

Just like the 48HFP, the 48 Go Green challenges you to make a narrative short film in only 48 hours, writing, shooting, and editing it. But, to mix things up, this challenge has some slightly different rules than the 48HFP.

• Environmental Themes. You will be randomly assigned a theme for your film which has to do with the environment. The themes are: animals, energy, the environment in general, forests, the next generation, the planet, the sea, and water.
• No genre assignment. You get to pick your own genre–just notify us which one you picked when you turn in your film.

Elements. We will still provide you with a character, prop, and a line of dialogue which must appear in your film.