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Environmental Defenders Rock the Planet – It’s Up to You Tour

The Environmental Defenders Rock the Planet – It’s Up to You Tour is a 30-minute, high-energy assembly program that is free to all elementary schools in Los Angeles County. This exciting, music-driven show encourages students in grades K-5 to identify environmental issues and actions kids can take themselves to reduce and prevent pollution.

Performed by two professional children’s theater actors and their animated friends the Environmental Defenders, this fully contained assembly uses music, call-and-response, audience participation, and repetition to effectively communicate environmental concepts including:

• The Four R’s (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, and Rethink)
• Organic Waste
• Stormwater Pollution Prevention
• Household Hazardous Waste
• Water Conservation
• Landfills

Sponsored by Los Angeles County, the Environmental Defenders program has been educating elementary school children since 1996. The current version of the show, the Environmental Defenders Rock the Planet – It’s Up to You Tour, launched in April 2023 featuring new video elements and messaging.

Proven Effective

According to a 2018 research study*, after seeing the Environmental Defenders assembly:

• Nearly 57% of students reported doing more to protect the environment.
• 58% of students shared what they learned from the assembly with family and friends.
• A larger proportion of students reported recycling plastic, paper, cardboard, grass and leaves.
• Students reported they did more to reduce waste and reuse items at home than before seeing the assembly.
• 47% more students knew how to properly dispose of household hazardous waste than before seeing the assembly.
• 34% more students (88% total) were aware that storm drains lead straight to the ocean.
• 13% more students (85% total) knew to prevent stormwater pollution by not throwing garbage in the street.
• 45% more students (96% total) correctly identified 888-CLEAN-LA as the telephone number to call to get information on garbage, recycling or household hazardous waste.

*Study designed by RAND Corporation researchers and conducted by Goodwin Simon Strategic Research for County of Los Angeles Dept. of Public Works.

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