Convenient Truths: And The EPIC International Prize Winner Is...
by Jessica Root - Brooklyn, NY on 03.16.07
This being the weekend of EPIC Vancouver’s Sustainable Living Expo, it seems only apropos to announce the EPIC International winner of our Convenient Truths contest.
Drum roll please… “One Person” by Robin Hays. Congratulations, Robin!
Robin will receive $5,000 CAD for a sustainable shopping spree, a Jorg & Olif Citybike, and a pair of biodegradable Earthangels Shoes from John Fluevog. Not only that, but Robin has been invited to attend EPIC's Sustainable Living Expo this weekend, where she will personally be awarded her prizes on their main stage and where her video will be screened!
Get a feel for Robin’s EPIC International eco-competitors (43 in total!) here. As for the other non-EPIC entrants, you, our esteemed readers, have chosen your Top 20 and now the voting has been passed to our expert panel of judges. Stay tuned to find out who the Top 10, Grand, Second, and Third Place Prize Winners are!
We’d like to extend a huge thanks to all of our entrants and voters for keeping the inspiration flowing like finely aged, organic wine.
Why was the EPIC contest judged by someone in business of producing leather shoes in far away countries like Poland, Portugal and China? That is not a green business at all! I thought to be truly Green you would be producing everything local? Also on their website they say that they'll produce more "vegetarian styles" if the two they have are successful. Do you know how much environmental damage beef production is responsible for? And is it all about money? If everyone took that attitude, we'd be exactly where we are now, experiencing Global Warming! I hate to sound negative but a "judge" should understand what he's judging and let his actions speak better than words.
Fab that you blogged about this event. I have been looking forward to attending! Shoud be an eco-cool experience...
I guess being original was not a criteria:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECuAJtSl-dw
Strange way to judge this. But it's good to see events like this, hope it gets the word out.
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