Lil Peppi

Cardell Hopkins thinks of himself as an “average American kid.” The ten-year old Floridian loves basketball, reading, making music, Wii, skateboarding, and hanging out with his friends. But this young kid has recently become an internet sensation with his eco-rapping songs and videos like “Mother Nature’s Crying,” and “Melting Ice.”

Cardell, or Lil Peppi as he’s known to his fans, became concerned about the planet after learning about global warming at school and watching the movie Happy Feet.  When his father showed him that famous 1970s “Keep America Beautiful,” commercial (you know, the one with the crying Indian,) Lil Peppi decided he wanted to do his part to clean up the planet. With the help of his dad, he wrote “Mother Nature’s Crying,” and recorded a YouTube video to go with it.

Here’s an excerpt from the song:

“What’s going on in this world that we live in,
Too much taking and not enough giving
Mother nature keeps on crying,
She’s kind of sad cause the planet keeps dying
I’m telling ya… If I were the king of the world,
I would make a better place for the boys and girls

I would clean up, all of the pollution

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If we work together we can find the solution”

In Lil Peppi’s latest eco-rap, “Melting Ice,” he asks everyone to do their part to find a solution.  Check out the video:

Find out more about Lil Peppi at his website: www.lilpeppi.com.

Universal Family Music Collection

Music lovers listen up!  The Universal Music Family collection hit the stores this summer and has become an instant favorite for music lovers of all ages.

From Stevie Wonder to Smash Mouth, Ella Fitzgerald to the Jackson 5, the Universal Music Family collection has something for everyone.  Here’s a peek at the 6 CDS in the collection:

Miss Ella’s Playhouse
Jazz Lullaby
Future Idols
Motown For Kids

Songs For The Car
Totally 80s For Kids

What makes them green? Universal Music Family CDs come in special EcoPaks^TM – “Kid, Parent & Earth Friendly” packaging that is 100% recyclable.  So now you can enjoy music with the whole family while helping the environment, too!

Want to hear the best part?  I am giving away 5 (yes, that’s right FIVE) Universal Family Music Collection sets today.  Each set contains all 6 CDs as well as a kid’s t-shirt. Here’s how to enter:

• Subscribe to The Green Parent via or .
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• about today’s contest!
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After you’ve done one of these things, leave me a comment

below telling me what you’ve done. That’s it, you’re entered. Do as many of the things above as you’d like and leave a new comment for each one. The more you do, the more times you’ll be entered. Need more info? Check out the official rules here.  Good luck!  This contest will end at midnight (PST) on Sept 5th!

New winners will be drawn for Sept 4th and Sept. 5th so keep entering!

The winning comment for Sept 3rd (chosen by Random.org) is:

Here are your random numbers:

6

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Congrats Green Dads!