The best charities
to invest in are those that help improve both our surroundings and the people
around us. This page is intended to provide information about the charities
that The Walt Disney Company supports
through its DisneyHAND worldwide outreach.
Environmental
Issues and Environmentality
What, you may ask, is "Environmentality?"
At The Walt Disney Company, we believe
that environmental
issues, especially respect for the environment, are important guiding
principles in how we do business around the world. For more information on our
commitment to environmental
protection programs and environmental
issues, please download our Enviroport
or read more about our projects and programs here.
The Walt Disney Company's yearly
Enviroport details our many environmentally friendly projects and our positions
on environmental
issues, from recycling to conservation
Jiminy
Cricket's Environmentality Challenge
Jiminy Cricket's Environmentality
Challenge is a unique partnership between The Walt
Disney Company and the states of California and Florida, encouraging
fifth-grade students to think more about their environment and why it is
"cool to care" about the earth. As
part of this unique program in environmental
education:
In Florida...
- Classes
participate in a two-tiered program consisting of a Pledge or a Class
Project, and receive special Jiminy Cricket merchandise incentives for their
participation. The Pledge requires a personal commitment to the environment
and environmental
issues, students wanting to take their actions to the next level can
submit a more comprehensive Class Project
which can be incorporated into their existing curriculum and use
teamwork, mathematics, language skills and science. Class Projects, are
judged within each of the six Florida Department of Environmental Protection
regions, and one State Champion class is selected from the six regional
winners. The State Champion class receives an all-expense paid trip to The Walt
Disney Company's Walt Disney World Resort, including a recognition
ceremony and educational tour. Our 2001 winners in Mrs. Jill Putney's class
from Sunrise Elementary in Sunrise, Florida, focused their efforts on the
environmental issue of water conservation. They had the opportunity to meet
and be recognized by Roy E. Disney during their field trip in May.
In California...
- The
Environmentality Challenge is the result of a unique partnership between
Disney and the State of California's Environmental Education Interagency
Network. Click
here to find out how you can incorporate Environmentality into your core
curriculum using standards-based environmental education materials. Who
knows, your class may win an all-expense paid field trip to the Disneyland
Resort!
Do you have a message about the environment or environmental
issues that you would like to share? Express yourself at Rafiki's Tree. You
can write a story or draw a picture on one of the "leaves" of the
tree, then share it with friends and family! Click
here.
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