Little Legs for Green Streets
Brooklyn kids say, "Go Green!"
Students at P.S. 321 in Park Slope participated in an Earth Day walk-a-thon to raise money for three non-profit green groups, including Transportation Alternatives.
Hundreds of kids got a rare car-free experience by being able to walk up a closed down 3rd Street to Prospect Park. T.A. Executive Director Paul Steely White was on hand and joined future advocates, parents, and teachers on a short loop of the Park.
Nice job, but if we didn't know better we would almost think you were deliberately downplaying the other two groups the PTA decided to support - both of which were deemed as worthy as TA. Perhaps it's not your responsibility to make an objective little film about the event, but since this is likely to be the only one, you might have made it a little less about TA.
Carlos and Shawn,
Good points. Just so you know, I am sure there will be another far more in-depth movie of the event as there were four people there with HD cameras (nicer than mine) that were working together on shooting video to document the entire process. They told me they had already shot all the interviews they needed before the walk-a-thon even started.
Since I was invited late in the game and working solo, I did the best I could. I did want to get a rep from the other groups to give us a soundbite but couldn't locate anyone in the speed of the event.
We do strive to make objective films, but our main mission is to cover members of the NYC Streets Renaissance in action.
Thanks,
Clarence
Great turnaround on this one StreetFilms! Now I finally know who Clarence is because I saw him running up and down 3rd Street with videocamera in hand and sweat pouring off his head. (Plus I did see that Traffic Calming video you did...)
I'll say: good job to the kids and parents who were out raising $$$ for three great causes.
[...] Little Legs For Green Streets A StreetFilm by Clarence Eckerson Jr. Running Time: 2 minutes 41 seconds This Streetfilm celebrates the students at P.S. 321 in Park Slope who are going green. The entire school participated in an Earth Day walk-a-thon to raise money for Transportation Alternatives, Amazon Watch, and Added Value. Filed by Jason Varone under Streetsblog [...]
We are a class at PS 321. We really enjoyed the walkathon. It was great excercise and fun way to raise money to help the environment. Let's do it again next year but can we have a wheel-a-thon?