ENVIRONMENTAL MAGIC

It started way back in 1994, when a young magician named Chris Walden realized that MAGIC could be used to help teach issues related to the environment. Chris pitched the idea to the Texas Resource Conservation Commission (TNRCC, now the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, or TCEQ), and they worked together to obtain a grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to fund the creation of the Environmental Magic Kit, a tool for trainers. Chris brought in Kent Cummins, a magician who had an established business structure as Magic Hotline, and the two of them worked together to produce and promote the kit... Chris and Kent took a TNRCC brochure which explained six specific environmental issues, and created a magical application for each issue. There were two tricks for helping with air quality, two for water quality, and two for waste management. The tricks were obtained from magic dealers, and a book and two videos were produced using local resources. One video, the..