When Bucket chanced upon the evil mountain-eating Wormulator, he decided to take a picture to show the rest of the Greenhouse Gang.

Color this picture of the Wormulator staring into Bucket’s camera.

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Socket spends hours at the media center researching all sorts of cool stuff about our planet in peril.  She can then pixelate the other kids into the scene of action for investigative research.  Socket pixelated Bucket and and Scoot onto the island of plastic bags in Gyre and later onto the top of the removed Mt. Grande.

Color this picture of Socket in front of the media center.

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All the kids in Greenhouse Gang love animals but Scoot has a special knack of finding the ones that are in trouble. She found an endangered turtle in the Gyre and a troubled Bald Eagle on Mt. Grande.

Color this picture of Scoot saving the Bald Eagle.

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When the Greenhouse Gang figured out that evil mountain-eating Wormulator fed upon energy used by folks in the city, Cypher decided that it was time to unplug. He’d still play cool tunes of course but without using electricity.  ‘Unplugged‘ music can be pretty rad!

Color this picture of Cypher unplugging his electronic keyboard.

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When Bucket figured out that Hufflebot was behind the evil mountain-eating Wormulator, there was no time to spare. So he hooked up his ropes and took a flying leap onto Hufflebot’s helicopter.

Color this picture of Bucket’s spy mission.

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“The more energy we conserve, the more we can really help the planet,” says Bucket. “It helps stop global warming, and your parents will save some cash from the power bill!”

So what can you do to stop energy use today?

Here are Bucket’s 7 simple steps to save energy:

1. Don’t leave your fridge or freezer open. Think about what you want to get from the fridge before opening it, A lot of cold air goes out and warm air goes in when you leave the door open, making your fridge work extra hard to keep cold.
2. Turn off video games when you’re done playing them. Each year, enough energy is wasted by people leaving their video games on to power the entire city of San Diego.
3. Switch off the T.V. and limit your time in front of the tube. Go for a bike ride or hike up your favorite mountain or hill. It’s probably a beautiful day out!
4. Switch off lights when you’re done using them. No need to make an empty room bright as day.
5. Make a high energy meal with low energy use. Sandwiches are a great way to pack protein, vegetables and carbohydrates into a yummy lunch that doesn’t require any cooking. Bucket loves turkey and spinach sandwiches.
6. Take shorter showers to reduce how much water your water heater needs to heat up. Tempting as it might be stand beneath a warm shower on a cold day, you don’t want to be a waster like Hufflebot.
7. Throw on a sweater when it gets cold instead of blasting the heater. Kick out some dance moves to turn up your body’s natural thermostat.