The Amish Go Green

Even the Amish are concerned about climate change.

With Global Warming everyone has to do their part to lower the world's heat. Watch as the Amish come up with ideas on how they can help the heating crisis.

## Transcript

James: Good morrow, brothers and sisters. Before we get to our daily barn raising and our quality quilt-making, Brother Jebediah has something he would like to discuss.
Matt: Thank you, Brother Hezekiah. Brothers and sisters, the earth is changing and we must alter our habits before it is too late. We need to go green.
James: Uh.. I'm afraid we don't understand.
Matt: Climate change! It's happening all around us. We have to reduce our carbon footprint, or our children will never see polar bears. Because they'll all be dead.
Stacey: The children, or the polar bears?
Matt: Both. Children and polar bears are particularly susceptible to climate change.

Mallory: But Brother Jebediah, what do you propose we do? We don't even use electricity.
Matt: There's always something you can do, Sister Obadiah. For example, how did you all get to this meeting today?
Stacey: We walked. Because we don't drive cars. So we're already helping.
Matt: Ah, but walking produces friction, and friction creates heat. Your cavalier walking habits are raising the temperature of the entire world!
James: But how do you go more green than walking?
Matt: You can't.
James: Well, that's exactly my point.
Matt: No, I mean you can't walk. If we would stop walking, we could eliminate 0.05 percent of friction based heat. And that's a conservative estimate!
Mallory: But we need to walk.
Matt: Let me ask you something. Would you rather be able to walk, or see a polar bear?
Mallory: He makes a good point.
James: Oh, but surely you walked here today, Jebediah.
Matt: Actually, I haven't moved from this spot in three days.
Jason: Brother Jebediah is right. I know in the heat of the sun when I'm wearing my long-sleeved black clothing, plowing my fields, doing my pilates or hard yoga, well, I begin to sweat.

Matt: My word man! Don't fan yourself! Oh great. You made me walk.
Jason: But why can't I fan myself?
Matt: Climate change! We can't go fanning ourselves willy-nilly. It will alter the temperature! We have to regulate our cooling methods by reducing our fanning, and eliminating all things that flap, such as birds and butterflies.
Jason: Or a woman's mouth?... I'm going to do some pilates.

James: All this friction nonsense. It doesn't seem very practical.
Matt: What's the matter, Brother Hezekiah? Is the truth too *inconvenient* for you?
James: A little bit, yes. According to you, we can't even walk around without the earth melting beneath our feet.
Matt: Very well. Bring it out!

James: Jebediah. I don't understand. What…
Matt: Go ahead, Brother Hezekiah. Shoot it. Your actions have ensured that it's as good as dead.
James: But... but...I ju... I ca... I can't.
Matt: Are you sure? Brother Jeremiah used a lot of friction to get it here.
James: No. I'm not a monster.
Matt: Very good, Brother Hezekiah. Welcome to the cause. Oh, careful! The friction. Air-five.

Matt: Now then, let us talk about how we can reduce CO2-emissions by simply not breathing.

## Trivia

* This sketch was uploaded on the same day as the episode aired on BYUtv.
* This is the twentieth sketch to have been directed by Julian Riley.
	+ So far, only two sketches have not been directed by him. These are Facebook Philanthropist (directed by Jared Shores) and Bad Extra (directed by Nick Stentzel).
* This is the tenth sketch in which James Perry appears.
* After having written the first sketch of the first episode, the second sketch of the second episode and the third sketch of the third episode, this sketch, being the fourth sketch of the fourth episode, was not written by Whitney (Call) Meek.
* The ice bear was played by Whitney (Call) Meek, although Stephen Meek is credited instead of her.
	+ This is only the second time a Cast member is in full costume, after James Perry played a bear in The Oregon Trail.
* Shannon Hokama did the makeup for at least two Cast members in this sketch (James Perry and Matt Meese).