2Eco-Troubadour helps kids smile & think green.(At Your Disposal)

Byline: Jim Johnson

In talking with Stan Slaughter, it's unclear whether he or his youthful audiences get more out of his traveling environmental education show.

"We move. We sing. It's been said I'm a cross between Pete Seeger and the San Diego Chicken,'' said Slaughter, who bills himself as the Eco-Troubadour.

He brings the world of waste and recycling and composting to thousands of kids at 80 to 90 schools each year through guitar and song. "It's exhausting and I break into a full sweat,'' he said, while doing the high-energy show.