If you're a non-profit or socially responsible business and want some pretty kick-ass design/filmmaking skills for free(!!!) then pay attention.
Free Range Studios, "the Creative Agency with a Conscience" and creators with Sustainable Table of
The Meatrix, has just announced their annual
YouTopia Grant:...
Watch this, it only takes 1 minute! You can say a lot in 1 minute, and hopefully save the world while you’re at it.
1minutetosavetheworld.com is an international short film competition on climate change. Watch, submit and vote until October 5th 2009. ...
Farm Aid is running Farm Fresh Pics -- an online photo contest -- that could put you front row and center to performances by
Willie Nelson, Jason Mraz, Neil Young, John Mellencamp,
Dave Matthews, Wilco, Jamey Johnson, and
Phosporescent, at Farm Aid 2009 Presented by Horizon Organic. They're looking for photos that show the beauty of the American farm and family, click through for details. ...
“Historically posters have been inextricably linked with cause-related campaigns. Visually striking, often iconic and frequently iconoclastic, posters grab the attention like no other medium. They effectively help spread a succinct message and in doing so shift attitudes and contribute to significant changes within society.” That’s the view of
Greenpeace Australia Pacific who recently awarded a winner in the
Greenpeace Design Awards.
And it seems the winner, out of 1,500 creative entries from 77 countries, did stick to the brief, which was, “to design a poster that delivers the message ‘Be a Part of the Action’.” The text that accompanies
the winning poster, by Sam Dickson, reads “We can’t always rely on some else to save the world.” ...
photo: Zenzi
Häagen-Dazs has long made
saving endangered bees a mission. And that’s no small feat, considering that nearly one third of the world’s food supply is dependant on an extremely
vulnerable bee population. Now Haagen-Dazs and ExperienceProject.com are working together to save these bees through a number of social networking projects....
Image via: Green Living Project
Love your KEENs? Well now your KEENs can show some love back by offering one lucky person the chance to take a trip to
South Africa to explore and help out with a local animal shelter. Lions, Tigers, Bears, Oh My. Well, not those kinds of animals. Here's how you can enter to win: ...
Kids Getting Slimed on Nickelodeon's Double Dare. Image via: Freewebs.com
The folks at Nickelodeon's new
The Big Green Help program, want to give away a little green to help kids go green. In particular, they're interested in things like asking kids to figure out the best way to reuse slime and double daring them to recycle as much as possible. Just kidding, but here is what they are actually giving grants out for:
Big Green Help Grants...
They used to play videos but now they air reality shows 24/7 that feature a bunch of rich knuckleheads. But MTV isn't all bad. In fact, they are sponsoring a really cool contest for youth around the climate negotiations in Copenhagen later this year. MTV is inviting its viewers to enter the Internews Earth Journalism Awards Competition by entering the MTV Positive Change category of the competition "with your best, most original piece of content on climate change for a chance to pick up your award in Copenhagen."...
It's time again.
Green Challenge is on the prowl for the best ideas to solve climate change through products or services that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and that are ready or close-to-ready to launch in the market place. Last year saw some interesting ideas that have already gone far, and this year hopes to gather even more brilliant concepts. And a big fat reward hangs at the finish line. ...
Image via: Getty Images
We're not sure if this is legal, or if it's the first of its kind, but thanks to
Tipster Jason for the scoop on this latest in carbon offsets. Seems where there is a need, there is a market and one man has decided to test this theory out and
make a few bucks on ebay in the meantime....
A lot of us commute by bicycle and feel strongly about using two-wheeled transportation instead of the car whenever we can.
But bikes are for fun, too, and in that spirit Sierra Club Books just published the second edition of Bike Touring, by Raymond Bride. The original edition, published in 1979, introduced tens of thousands of riders to the joys of bicycle travel and quickly became
the go-to reference for bike-touring enthusiasts.
My colleagues at Sierra Club Books here in San Francisco let me know that they're eager for TreeHugger readers to check it out, so we worked out a deal: The first 20 people who
sign up here will receive a free copy. If you sign up and don't get a copy, or want to skip the giveaway and just buy it, you can get a 25% discount if you do it before Sunday, May 31, at midnight Pacific time. Just click here and use the code HUGBIKE. (That "hug" part lets us know you're a Treehugger reader.)...
Have the latest technology that squeezes water from air using minimal power? How about a new wind energy turbine that pulls energy from the wind most efficiently? Or desalination technology that can convert brackish water to potable water using solar power?
Have a vision –– and project –– that could change the way we look at supplying the world energy?
Well take that vision and earn some serious cash for it. Step right up and apply for the Zayed Future Energy Prize. Applications are now online, and with the application date open until October 16, there’s plenty of time for submitting your plan....
Image via Revolution Foods
Want to celebrate your mom, or a mom you know, on Mother's Day? Does she make a particular effort to pack a healthy lunch box for kids? Then you might consider entering her into a competition launched by Revolution Foods that celebrates mothers who focus on feeding kids healthy, nutritious food. Not only could you celebrate your mom, but also promote organic, sustainable foods in the process. ...
Photo courtesy of Audubon
The
Audubon Society and Toyota are teaming up to promote volunteering for the environment by offering prizes, including tents and bikes, to those who log the most volunteer hours....
Okay, we checked the fine print and it seems legit. JetBlue is spearheading this green sweepstakes for the grand prize of a 3rd Generation
Toyota Prius along with some other very cool eco prizes. Seems easy enough to click over to the website and make your pledge, perhaps more difficult to stick to it, so please allow us to be the first so
encourage you with a big Obama-era "Yes you can!" See a list of promises you'll have to make (and keep) as well as the complete list of prizes when you choose door number three to click through....
Image via 4thbin.org
When it comes to throwing things out, we have a lot of bin options for sorting - trash, compost, paper, plastic, metals...but what about
e-waste? e-Waste too often e
nds up in the trash bin because, while it
really is easy to recycle it, it takes an extra step or two and, well, some folks are a touch lazy. So, a new design competition is underway to develop a logo that incorporates e-waste as "the 4th bin."...
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I know it doesn't work as literally as this, but what would you do if you knew that ancient mountains were being destroyed and communities torn apart every time you turned on a light in your home, or flipped the switch on your sound system, or heated up water for tea?
Abyss Pool, West Thumb Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park. Photo by Jim Peaco.
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