TV turnoff

The TV turnoff network is an organization that tries to encourage children and adults to watch less television and thus have more time for a healthier life and more community participation. It is a grassroots organisation in which many organisations participate.

TV turnoff week

TV-Turnoff Week happens the last full week of April. In 2004, it was held April 19-25. It has been sponsored in the US by the TV-Turnoff Network since 1994. Up to now over 24 million have participated.

Sponsors in other countries include AdBusters in Canada, White Dot in the UK (presumably named after the small white dot that would briefly appear when turning off older TV sets, especially black and white ones), and "Asesores TV La Familia Internacional" in many countries with large Spanish-speaking populations.

Over 70 other organizations support the movement in the US, such as the American Heart Association, the American Medical Association, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America and the YMCA. (A complete list is available on the TV-Turnoff Network site.)

External links

• TV turnoff network
• Organisations that support the TV turnoff week
• Adbusters site
• White Dot site