great lakes clean communities network

Using the Chipotle Commercial as a framework for video/animation:1 Start with a 50,000’ view using brilliant colors, blues, lush green, calming sounds

of waves, animal sounds2 Images of 1st Americans and old land uses3 Images of Voyageurs, outposts – 1700’s4 Mid 1800’s land-use changes start. Cities, population centers, manufacturing5 Invasives and pollution start appearing6 Colors of the background are changing and becoming more subdued. 7 Modern times: a fish, a farmer, an angler, a child have worried looks and

furrowed brows (if a fish can have a furrowed brow)8 A big pause as they all look around, scanning the land, sky, horizon9 Colors start to brighten

10 Best practices start filling the screens (appearing), rain barrels, parks, green roofs, buffer strips, etc.

11 Solution of Collaboration, networking, interactive site, web appearing on clothing, buildings, side of trucks, billboards, TV/computer screens/ smart devices.

Zooming in showing, transition from 50,000’Land Use changes

Animated transition over several slides

Zooming in showing Land Use changes Zooming in adding invasives by dates,

colors of the screen changei.e garlic mustard/1860,

Purple Loosestrife/1900’sFilling in the screens with invasives

Russian Olive

Russian Olive

Russian Olive

Russian Olive

Russian Olive

Spotted Knapweed

Spotted Knapweed

Spotted Knapweed

Spotted Knapweed

Garlic Mustard

Garlic Mustard

Garlic Mustard

Garlic Mustard

Garlic Mustard

Zooming in showing, transition from 50,000’Land Use changes

Animated transition over several slides

Zooming in showing Land Use changes

Zooming in adding pollution by datesi.e Tanneries 1890 - 1920,

Chemical Dumping –Fire in the Cuyahoga – 1963

Run-off, Sewage, etcFilling the screen, even over-crowding

Zooming in showing Land Use changes

This could continue for several slides and then there is a pause.

A fish, a plant, a farmer, an angler, a child look around and realize what has been

done.

Zooming in showing Land Use changes

Changes begin to appear. Colors brighten:Best Practices, rain barrels, roof top

gardens, buffer strips

How do we get there?Great Lakes Clean Cities NetworkNECOSharing resourcesGreat Lakes Protection FundPeople

(Scouts, Scientists, Neighborhoods, Schools, Government)

Benefits:Clean WaterAbundanceHealthy PlantsHealthy FishEtc…..