Rainforest Alliance Contest: "So Practical, It’s Radical"

The Rainforest Alliance is challenging you to submit a video, animated or live, that documents in two minutes, or less, what you are doing on your campus that is "So Practical, It’s Radical". How are you making your campus more sustainable? Have you started a recycling program, created a school garden, or taught a class about campus sourcing?  Enter our contest and tell us all about it! 

 

What You Can Do

Did you know that US colleges and universities have a combined annual purchasing power of nearly $5 billion? The majority of these dollars are currently supporting irresponsible forestry (through the purchasing of building materials, furniture and paper) and industrial farming (through the sourcing of cafeteria food and beverages).
Imagine the positive impact this money could have if it were directed toward farms and forests where workers lived in decent housing with access to medical care and education for their families; where soils, waterways and wildlife are protected, and where sustainability is the norm.
You can do more than imagine. YOU have the power to support sustainability on your campus.

 

Prize Details

· One grand prize winner will receive a Renovo bicycle made only from lumber grown, harvested and milled in the Appalachian region of the US, and two general admission 3-day passes to the Forecastle Music Festival (July 13-15, 2012).

· One runner-up will receive a Grow Anthology Special Edition Skateboard made from Forest Stewardship Council certified paper. A 2nd runner-up will receive a Patagonia Refugio Pack28L, other Patagonia goodies and a Rainforest Alliance gift bag.

Deadline

The contest starts on Friday, April 6 at 10:00 AM (EDT). Deadline for submissions has been extended to October 28 at 11:59 PM (EDT).

About Rainforest Alliance

We understand that we can’t preserve resources in a vacuum. We can’t stop people from using wood or growing crops, and we can’t prevent them from living in ecologically fragile areas. So rather than preservation, our approach is conservation through better land management. We work around the world to make farming, forestry and travel more environmentally and socially responsible.
How do we do it? By helping communities that derive their living from the land adopt our scientifically established methods of responsible land management. These methods lead to the sustainability -- or long-term health -- of the environment and the protection of wildlife, while ensuring that workers, their families and neighbors are treated decently.

Visit the Rainforest Alliance website: College Video Contest