Well, I was planning to blog about the Christmas market in Brussels this weekend. My travel plans, however, have been waylaid by snow. Even though it's only a couple of inches, the local bus system has been shut down since Thursday.
So I'm stuck in Péronne.
A pause in the snowfall allowed me to get out of the apartment earlier, which was good not only for me, but for the neighbors above me, whom I was ready to severely maim if they did not stop blaring bad techno and running power tools. (Really people, what are you building up there? An ark?) On my way home, I found something to write about.
Two green circus tents, like the kind you'd buy fireworks at in a parking lot, sat near the high school. They looked unoccupied. A sign explained, "Le Chapiteau Vert"(The Green Tent), and gave a website.
Le Chapiteau Vert, according to said website, hosts shows for children that illustrate the importance of recycling and reducing waste. The shows are called, "Welcome Inside My Trashcan." The website linked a couple of YouTube videos, which I'll post here. One features clips of a past show; if you want, you can skip to 3:30 and watch Poubelle-man battle the Trash Monster, put a kid in a trash can, and lead the 6-year-old audience in raising the roof. ("Poubelle" means "trashcan," FYI.) The other is a karaoke rap by MC Poubellos.
The Chapiteau Vert seems like a fun and effective way to teach kids the importance of green living. If I had kids, I'd make them go. . . or rather, I'd use them as an excuse to see the show for myself.
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