{"id":12821,"date":"2016-04-01t15:00:50","date_gmt":"2016-04-01t15:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dpetrov.2create.studio\/planet\/wordpress\/urbanito-a-superhero-to-educate-the-next-generation\/"},"modified":"2023-02-28t18:34:46","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28t18:34:46","slug":"urbanito-a-superhero-to-educate-the-next-generation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/urbanito-a-superhero-to-educate-the-next-generation\/","title":{"rendered":"urbanito: a superhero to educate the next generation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/storyfest2016\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"pf_storyfest_badge_v4_03-15-16_alsmall-03.png\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/pf_storyfest_badge_v4_03-15-16_alsmall-03.png\" \/> <\/a>my idea is simple. our youth is our only hope in sustaining our planet. as learned in sustainability courses i have taken this past semester at the university of florida, children are losing contact with nature. with this, they lose the connection and the emotional attachment to it.<\/p>\n<p>since technology seems to have dominated their spare time, we must try to find a solution through technology.<\/p>\n<p>for this reason i think creating superhero cartoon would be the perfect way to teach children about the problems our planet is facing and reflect ways they can help.<\/p>\n<p>my mother has been working on a project because she also sees this as the answer to our problem. she has created a cartoon, urbanito.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"urbanito_doll_0.png\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/urbanito_doll_0.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>urbanito, in spanish, translates to the urban superhero. episodes would include the evil pollution cloud and what created him, how to get rid of him, a school bully who litters, etc. the television show would teach these children what to like and dislike and possibly develop their character into green environmental caring individuals.<\/p>\n<p>shows like dora the explorer, taught kids spanish; mickey mouse club house taught children basic shapes. let&#8217;s teach our youth how to save the only option we have. according to a psychology class i took, personality stops dramatically evolving by the age of 9. every factor and input received till that age really influences future personality. we need to expose children at a young age to the problems we are facing in order for them to be the solution.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"urbanito_cartoon2.png\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/urbanito_cartoon2.png\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>taking sustainability courses at the university of florida, i learned how much of an impact our youth has on the future of our planet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9357,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5196],"tags":[206,235,1958],"storyfest_categories":[],"class_list":["post-12821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-past-storyfest","tag-education","tag-environment","tag-kids"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- this site is optimized with the yoast seo plugin v23.7 - 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