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Fred Rogers was an international celebrity He was a pioneer in childrens television an advocate for families and a multimedia artist and performer He wrote the television scripts and music performed puppetry sang hosted and directed Mister Rogers Neighborhood for more than thirty years Rogers direct slow gentle and empathic approach is supported by his superior emotional strength his intellectual and creative courage and his joyful spiritual confidence

The Green Mister Rogers Environmentalism in Mister Rogers Neighborhood centers on the shows environmentalism primarily expressed through his themed week Caring for the Environment produced in 1990 in coordination with the twentieth anniversary of Earth Day Unfolding against a trash catastrophe in the Neighborhood of MakeBelieve Rogers advances an environmentalism for children that secures children in their family homes while extending their perspective to faraway places from the local recycling center to Floridas coral reef Ultimately Rogers cultivates a practical wisdom that provides a way for children to confront the environmental crisis through action and hope and in doing so develop into adults who possess greater care for the environment and a capacious imagination for solving the ecological problems we face