Tag: Contests - Page 8
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Dell Announcing Social Innovation Competition - Win $50,000
University students from around the world - here's a competition that could pay for the rest of your college career.
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Faucet Giant Kohler Launches Water Saving Contest
While they design the faucets and fixtures that bring the water to you in style, they don't think that wasting water should be part of the design. So, Kohler, maker of ???, has launched their Save Water America campaign to educate
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Miss America Contestant Uses Stage to Promote Green Garb
The Miss America contest seems like a pitiful waste of time considering the larger issues we're struggling to tackle. But the fact is, a lot of people still tune in to watch hot women walk the stage in bikinis. And
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Green Beanie Awards For Jewish Environmentalists
In the Jewish community, there are many innovative initiatives
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EPA Announces Lifecycle Building Challenge 3.0
If you're somehow attached to or involved with the green building movement it's certainly worthwhile to note that the EPA is urging professional and student architects, builders and product developers to submit designs for green buildings and building
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How Fast Can a Bicycle Go? 8 Videos Brings Us Up to Speed
We do prattle on about how the bicycle is the world's most energy efficient vehicle, but just how fast can a human go on a bicycle?
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Make My Car into a Prius: Retrofit a Poulsen Hybrid Plug-inKit
Can't get by with public transit systems or a bicycle? Need a car, but would rather have something more economical and ecological like the Toyota Prius? If only you could avoid it! Someone has been eavesdropping on your thoughts and that person is
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Warped Eco Tour Needs Some Green Love
Yesterday we reported on the work Reverb is doing to green concerts across the US. Today we report on the Warped Eco Initiative, now in its fourth year, and up for a huge grant ($10,000) for its work to green concerts across 46
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Update to Celebs Surf and Bare Feet for Oceans
Earlier this summer, Barefoot Wine hosted several surfing invitationals to raise money for Surfrider Foundation. Now, Barefoot Wine is continuing its ocean-saving
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Vote for Who Gets $10 Million for Green Tech
Want to help decide who gets $25,000 for a crazy green contest idea? And even cooler, do you want to help decide what the next X-Prize competition will be?
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Tripadvisor's Democratic Charity Drive Donates 1 Million to 5 Good/Green Causes
Image courtesy of TripAdvisor TripAdvisor found a unique way to earn itself some PR by donating $1 million to charity—and letting users vote online on where the money went. The "More than Footprints" program (not to be confused with carbon footprints)
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Languages Matter! UNESCO Design Competition To Promote Linguistic Diversity
Image: DESIGN 21 Biodiversity isn't the only thing that is threatened nowadays — it seems that linguistic diversity (and by extension, cultural diversity) is also deteriorating as our world becomes increasingly mono-lingual and mono-cultural. Of the
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Financial Times, Forum for the Future Team Up for Climate Change Competition
Have a great idea to beat the effects of climate change? Want $75,000 to fund your idea? Try the contest hosted by Financial Times and Forum for the Future. It starts today and aims to seek out the best of the best for fighting climate change.
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How to Find Lost User Manuals, Green Office Birthdays and the Upcycled Party Contest
:: Rather do the green thing and fix--not ditch--your (insert electronic device or appliance here)? Unless you are super organized, it's likely you've lost the user's manual. Luckily, a large medley of manuals can be found online.
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San Diego Fun Runs Support Solar Projects in Africa
Image source: Sun Strides Sun Strides is merging two things that southern Californian's love - the sun and athletic activities - to raise funds for solar projects in Africa. 5, 10, 15K, whatever your passion or punishment, there is a spot for you at the
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Have a Future-Crucial Design Solution? Enter the Earth Awards and Win $10,000!
In the market for $10,000 cash, an all-expense trip for two to NYC and the opportunity to pitch your ideas to Fortune 500 business leaders? Then you're in luck! This is your chance to take your "great idea" out from your moleskin journal (or, may
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Filmmakers Wanted to Showcase Water Problems at Istanbul Forum
With up to 2 billion of the world's people lacking adequate access to water and $500 billion changing hands annually in global water markets, it's no wonder that "water is the new oil" has become a popular buzz-phrase--almost to the point of cliché.
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Name the New Greenpeace Balloon!
Greenpeace has ships, helicopters, a solar-paneled vehicle, and now? Our very own balloon. That’s right, a giant hot-air balloon shaped like the Earth. There’s only one problem. Our hot-air balloon doesn’t have a name yet. And just like any other
