Armenian Litterbugs

How would you stop the littering problem in Armenia? This July I took a trip to Meghri, Armenia, where I met a group of kids at their local swimming pool. I went swimming with them, and soon enough we got to know each other. In order to document the littering problem in Armenia, I turned my camera on, gave them ice cream, and watched as they carelessly threw their wrappers on the ground. The next day I made another visit dressed as the "Trash Police" and got all the kids to clean up the park around the swimming pool. I passed out trash bags and to my surprise they actually were excited about cleaning up. I rewarded them with ice cream--this time they threw away the wrappers in their trash bags! I hope that the little lesson I taught will stay with them. The smallest act can spark awareness. The Acopian Center for the Environment made this experience possible and today is working to raise awareness about conservation in Armenia. Visit their website at www.acopiancenter.org.

Music-
Hapetnak Khachikyan - "Meghri"
Kelis - "Bossy"

Interviewees-
Zaqaryan Lusine
Indzak Marqaryan

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[budumianed]

Bravo!)

[gjanoian]

huh, great!

[nicolasgdm]

incroyable ! Bravo Ani pour la mobilisation des jeunes de la piscine.

Belle histoire, belles images, beaux portraits !

Le top aurait été de voir les quatre doigts coupés !

[awetys]

шат шат апрес ани

[ArmeNyan]

good job Ani. Apres!

[KarenAghababyan]

This is a great clip! Very short and full of content.

I think it will be helpful to show how people can stop littering.

[SirSneeky1]

good video

[FourSeasonRunner]

good lesson

[FourSeasonRunner]

pigs