Comments for It's Not Easy Being Green

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Produced by A. Greene

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Summary: Seventeen-year-old A. Greene has one simple problem with the environmental "green" movement: it just doesn't seem all that green to her.
 

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Constructive Criticism

The voicing and diction of this piece is great.

However, while I can clearly understand A's concerns with the American marketing schemes taking advantage of the green movement (and her annoyance of color mix-ups), this piece is hardly grounded in fact. A repeatedly spouts statistics such as saying that biking, shorter showers and composting "do 10 times more for the planet". I think this story would hold much more merit if these facts could be linked to research or if A included the voices of experts into her piece. In addition, I believe some listeners may take offense when their "green" intentions and actions are diminished- which I don't believe is A's goal in creating this piece. Because in essence, people are taking baby steps towards reducing climate change and bringing a reusable bag to the grocery store is something people can do without dramatically changing their lifestyles. When constructing a piece such as this, I believe it is necessary to dig in a little deeper than an initial feeling of disgust towards someone with a blue shopping bag.
I applause A on her ending which is an excellent culmination and addresses the listeners kindly.

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Hopi High School

The piece was on topic. I feel that a little bit more emotion added to your tone? Going green is something more serious that we need to do. One act of making an effort to go green can make a big difference. Good job on the piece though. I would also suggest setting the mode and tone in the intro, as well as the outro, But once again great job.

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Hello! My name is Jemima, and I am a member of the Generation PRX Youth Editorial Board. First I would like to congradulate you on completing this piece. I like this idea of choosing this topic. The diction was clear. I would suggest music to begin your piece the same way it is used to end the piece. Otherwise this piece was great. Good Job!