(Latrobe Bulletin) Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful’s popular “Open Your Eyes to Litter” series of five educational activity books was created over 20 years ago. Over 1 million copies of the original series were distributed to schools throughout Pennsylvania. To account for the changing environment, new environmental education standards and new types of litter, Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful worked with illustrator and concept artist Brady Mock and Eastern Pennsylvania Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclamation (EPCAMR) to update the series.

Revisions to “Open Your Eyes to Litter” in a watershed are complete. Designed for kids in grade two through four, the book focuses on how illegal dumping and littering affect watersheds. The book includes vocabulary, activities, journal prompts and fun activities that reinforce the concept of a watershed and how litter impacts the people and animals who live there. The book and its teachers guide are available to download, free of charge, on the organization’s website.

Pennsylvania’s first-ever Litter Action Plan, announced by the governor’s office in 2021, called for education and outreach strategies to ensure all Pennsylvanians know littering is unacceptable and there are better ways to manage their waste. Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful’s “Open Your Eyes to Litter” book series answers that call.

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