We wanted to celebrate all that is awesome about biking and walking to school, so we got some fun people together and shot a killer video. Hopefully it will inspire you to ditch the car or bus and hop on your heels, bike, or some other type of human-powered transportation. Enjoy! Thank you to the Twin Cities Fantasy Factory and Dustin Grice for speading the word. Thank you to the Twin Cities Unicycle Club...

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For our third episode of Ask Catalyst! we sought to answer a question posed by our friend Kate. Kate asked, “What are some healthy options at fast food restaurants?”To figure out the answer, we brought in Kate herself, and our friend Emily, a local registered dietitian. Together, they scoured the menus of three popular fast food restaurants: Taco Bell, McDonald’s and Dairy Queen. We found a few tasty treats that will satisfy your fast food...

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On April 10, 2011, nearly 100 students dragged bags of cans, and poured them into a giant bar graph portraying the rising rates of American obesity in the past 30 years. During the past few decades, obesity in America has skyrocketed from about 15% in 1980, to a whopping 34% today.* Download the High Res Version of this Slide The consumption of soft drinks in America has skyrocketed as well. From 1980 to today, the...

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We're very excited to announce our new video! We've been talking about it for quite sometime, but we're excited it's finished! It features lots of our awesome students. Thanks so much to Mariah, Denzel, Tamara, Lula, Brittany, Nea, Michelle, and Jeremiah for being a part of it! Also big thanks to Bryant Lake Bowl, Van Cleve Park, and Jackson's coffee shop for letting us use their facilities!   Here are some fun behind the scenes...

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Check out this fun cooking challenge from students in South Los Angeles, California.  The designed and produced the challenge and the video, and they have a ton of other cool videos to share at www.marketmakeovers.org. This video looks at what kind of healthy and affordable food is available at local corner stores.  This is somethign Catalyst is hoping to look at it Minneapolis - we'll be working with some of our partners to help corner...

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This is an awesome opportunity to do something that's fun and interesting while making a difference and learning a TON! Plus, you get paid for it :) So check this out: Who: St. Paul Neighborhood Network (SPNN) Youth Programs 2009 and  St.Paul high school students     Intern Qualifications: Entering 9th-12th grade in the fall of 2009 Attend high school in St. Paul Reside in the city of St. Paul Have little to no video experience Be...

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The Basics of Screen Printing     Screen printing is a very old form of printing. Origins of this form of printing stem from the Sung Dynasty in Japan (A.D. 960 - 1280). Screen Printing is a technique which uses simple stencils an woven mesh to transfer an image. If you have been to a Catalyst event you have probably printed a poster or two, or at least seen it done. This is an extremely effective...

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  The Catalyst Summit Video is done! Here it is in all it's glory. We're very proud of it, and hope you like it!   Catalyst Summit Video 2008 from Catalyst Movement on Vimeo. You can download a higher res version here  

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We finally finished the Killer Quotes video, hope you love it!! Killer Quotes Video from Catalyst Movement on Vimeo.

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The Youth Advocates of the Year Awards honor top youth advocates from across the country — youth who have fought hard to promote tobacco prevention legislation in their home states, to reduce tobacco marketing to kids in their communities and to stop their peers from using tobacco. Check out the video profiles of this years' Youth Advocates of the Year Awardees featured below. Also check more profiles here - http://tobaccofreekids.org/campaign/yayas/2008/   National Youth Advocate of...

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Since Catalyst is all about connecting with the media and getting our message out there, we thought you might be interested in ThreeSixty. ThreeSixty is a youth journalism program based at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul. It uses journalism as a tool to help youth in MN  tell the stories be active citizens, learn the basics of good reporting, strong writing and more! You can check out their website to learn more...

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Hey guys, WI's FACT (Fighting Against Corporate Tobacco) program put together some sweet videos. They toured around the state thinking of different ideas of how to make a sweet video, and this is what they came up with. Stay tuned for what Catalyst has in store for a statewide tour......      

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Our friends and neighbors to the south JEL (Just Eliminate Lies) has put together a killer TV commercial. Check it out! Check there website here.   Click here to check out the video! 

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Catalyst was featured on Asian Media Access' public access show. It was rock star. Here's the show!   

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 Hey guys, Truth's all new ad campaign is out, and is pretty hilarious. It's all about "The Sunny Side" of smoking. They look at all the positives of smoking, and involve cartoon unicorns. What could be better about cartoon unicorns?   Also this is some behind the scenes footage of them making the commercial.

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Definiitely a sick video about a graffiti writer from th UK named Eelus. His work is amazing, and also clearly has a message as well. Check it out.

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Check it out. It's all finished!   National Conference '07Uploaded by CatalystMovement  

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This mini-documentary was made by Preston Johnson from Dassel-Cokato High School. He made it when he was a senior there, and it's a cool example of the power of video, and it's a killer video check it out!A Life without TobaccoUploaded by CatalystMovement Here's more info on the video from Preston himself.   As a sophmore, I became part of the Dassel-Cokato High School TATU (Teens Against Tobacco Use) program, where I began to realize the importance...

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 This is a video produced by the Tobacco Institute, a front group for the tobacco industry, talking about how advertising doesn't make people want to smoke. "Just like an advertisment about bathing doesn't make me want to take baths." It's rich.

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 The birds are chirping and the flowers are blooming – you know what that means…it’s the time of the year for the Altria Shareholder’s Meeting. The Altria Group was formally known as Philip Morris – the parent company to a slew of commercial ventures that runs the gambit of everything from Marlboro cigarettes on down to a variet.   Every year Altria opens up their doors to anyone who has invested in the company, and...

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