I was just checking & J Lucas has a link on his web site about this video..but it's either my computer or his site that is messing up.
I'm checking some of my old posts in my group-a couple different articles :
09/21/04
>
> New public portals save Earth, lives
>
> By William Welsh
> Staff Writer
>
> NEW ORLEANS -- When Biloxi, Miss., wanted to
> encourage
> its citizens to recycle motor oil and other
> petroleum
> products, it recruited action star Steven Seagal to
> help get its message out. Seagal had taped a public
> service announcement video for Scottsdale, Ariz.,
> portal provider Engaging and Empowering Citizenship
> (E2C) for national distribution as part of the
> company’s environmental portal, Earth911. When the
> video aired in Biloxi, its results were instant,
> company and local officials said. It seems many
> Biloxi
> residents thought Seagal had come to town to deliver
> his message, although in actuality the announcement
> was taped elsewhere, said Chris Warner, E2C’s
> founder
> and self-described “chief cat-herder,” who told the
> story during his keynote presentation at the annual
> meeting of the National Association of State Chief
> Information Officers in New Orleans today. Although
> the city had set aside $40,000 to produce an
> announcement, it instead was able to use E2C’s
> announcement. The strategy not only saved money, but
> also let the city air an announcement that had the
> extra punch delivered by action hero Seagal.
> Enlisting
> the assistance of well-known Hollywood actors is one
> of the ways that E2C is helping federal, state and
> local agencies accomplish their environmental,
> public
> safety and community service goals without having to
> pay for advertisements and portal services out of
> their own pockets. Collaborative efforts among
> agencies work best when participants are given
> ownership, information is assembled in one place and
> efforts are supported by nationally known figures
> and
> media outlets, E2C’s Warner said.
>
> “We’ve gotten organizations that don’t normally play
> [together] to start playing together,” he said.
>
> In the case of Earth911, Warner has integrated
> environmental information from thousands of public
> agencies and groups onto a single network. Providing
> participants with a password that lets them post and
> maintain information on their recycling programs
> gives
> them a sense of ownership, he said.
>
> Asking and waiting for consensus on collaborative
> programs doesn’t always work, said Warner, who urged
> individuals trying to facilitate interagency or
> intergovernmental collaboration to persevere even in
> the face of organized resistance.
>
> In addition to Earth911, E2C has created several
> other
> noteworthy portals, including one for the Amber
> Alert
> program and another one known as Pets911. The Amber
> Alert portal so far has been implemented in Arizona
> and Washington state. Warner hopes to have it up and
> running in all 50 states by year’s end.
>
> A sister program to Earth911, Pets911’s mission is
> to
> help protect homeless animals and stop the
> euthanasia
> of 5 million adoptable pets by consolidating more
> than
> 8,000 animal welfare groups’ information into a
> single
> hotline and portal.
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Save The World Air, Inc. (STWA) a debt free company
welcomes the
endorsement of world renowned actor and
environmentalist Steven
Seagal. Steven is considered by many as the
quintessential martial
arts actor and has always had a very strong belief in
environmental
causes, especially in saving the worlds air from the
toxic gases
created by automobiles.
Steven Seagal joins in endorsing Save The World Air,
Inc. (STWA) as
both a shareholder and supporter of the Zero Emission
-- Fuel Saver,
(Z.E.F.S.) device. Steven can currently be seen on the
companies
brochure and video.
"I will do everything I possibly can to help promote
your company
throughout the world to my millions of fans," says
Steven Seagal.
Steven has said, "Anything that will reduce
hydrocarbons in the air
and all the horrible emissions that are so toxic to
the population of
the world, for me is a great blessing. I think that
this astounding
device is, well, as long as we are using internal
combustion engines
with gasoline, this is as far as I am concerned the
key."
Save The World Air
California Launches Celebrity Oil Recycling Campaign
Just like Star Wars…the long awaited moment has
arrived! On June
10th, the State of California presented a statewide
oil recycling
campaign to the good people of California. A
collaboration of Earth's
911, the CIWMB, EMA and The Earth's 911 Promotions
Cooperative, this
campaign utilizes celebrity television, radio and
print ads to get
out the message to "Finish The Job" when it comes to
recycling oil.
Gordon Clapp, Mario Andretti, Steven Seagal, Bernardo
Osuna and
Mauricio Cienfuegos have all lent a hand to help get
the word out
about the importance of recycling used motor oil to
both the English
and Spanish speaking communities in California.
Through a generous
gift from Earth's 911, PSAs will be customized to meet
the needs of
each community.
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