Bellevue rolls out the "Carbon Yeti" to schools

In a case of only-in-the-Pacific-Northwest, the City of Bellevue has rolled out an animated carbon footprint mascot called the "Carbon Yeti".

I'm not really sure why they chose the Yeti, which is the Himalayan Bigfoot, rather than the native Sasquatch, but Carbon Yeti has been designed to teach kids how to reduce their footprint. (Get it? Because Yeti have big feet.)

Carbon Yeti will be touring local sixth grade classrooms in the weeks to come. He is accompanied by a colorful book that asks families to pledge certain actions that will create a small footprint. The book is actually pretty cute and has a number of useful suggestions for how to reduce your footprint. Check out the "Smaller Footprint Pledge Book".