Green Ninja: Footprint Renovation
By Bora Zivkovic
This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American
Video of the Week #51 July 12th, 2012:
From:Green Screen Climate Fix Flicks and the Green Ninja by Joanne Manaster at PsiVid.
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Source:Green Ninja on YouTube.
This week’s video is an entry into the Green Screen Climate Fix Flicks. It’s an animation of a superhero called the Green Ninja, and it’s been named the Grand Prize Winner in the first round of the Green Screen Fix Flicks competition. In Green Ninja: Footprint Renovation , a man s large carbon footprint has made his feet swell to enormous size and the Green Ninja swoops in to save the day, er, night. and the Earth!
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