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Keep America Beautiful cleanup volunteers in 2021. Keep America Beautiful is a nonprofit organization founded in 1953. It is the largest community improvement organization in the United States, with more than 700 state and community-based affiliate organizations and more than 1,000 partner organizations.
Iron Eyes Cody (born Espera Oscar de Corti, April 3, 1904 – January 4, 1999) was an American actor of Italian descent who portrayed Native Americans in Hollywood films, [2] including the role of Chief Iron Eyes in Bob Hope's The Paleface (1948).
Crying Indian (1971–1983) This was an anti-pollution campaign for Keep America Beautiful. The iconic “Crying Indian” ad, which featured Italian-American [26] actor Iron Eyes Cody, first aired on Earth Day in 1971. [24] The campaign helped reduce litter by as much as 88 percent by 1983 [5] and won two Clio Awards. [27]
The national anti-littering group Keep America Beautiful (KAB) recently announced that it was teaming up with the world's largest beverage company, Coca-Cola, to hand out 82 Recycling Bin Grants ...
The Agenda Project: America the Beautiful In May 2011, The Agenda Project, New York-based non-profit political organization, released its “America the Beautiful” campaign, also known as “Granny off the Cliff.” [1] [2] The video was created in response to Rep. Paul Ryan’s proposed Medicare cuts, as part of The Path to Prosperity, the Republican Party’s long-term budget proposal.
America Recycles Day, also known as National Recycling Day, is a national observance in the United States dedicated to promoting recycling across the nation. Observed on November 15th every year, the observance is the signature recycling program of Keep America Beautiful [ 1 ] (KAB), the managing and promoting organization for the holiday.
Keep America Beautiful's narrow focus on litter, and its characterization of litter as a consumer created problem, is seen as an attempt to divert an extended producer responsibility from the industries that manufacture and sell disposable products to consumers who improperly dispose of the non-returnable wrappers, filters, and beverage ...
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