I’m writing to tell you all about an exciting grant opportunity for environmentalists. Carbon14, a new outdoor and active lifestyle brand, is celebrating the launch of its three new lines of watches—AIR, WATER, and EARTH—by hosting a competition that will award $50,000 to one deserving contestant selected by the public! We hope that Green Girls Global readers will submit!

Whether you’re developing solar technology, working to promote animal rights, or researching a substitute for crude oil, you are eligible to win this competition!

How It Works:

Contestants should visit www.c14time.com and submit a 30-second video and brief essay explaining their projects as well as photographs of themselves.

Voting on first round of entries will conclude on February 28th, the last night of the Winter Olympics. The judges will make their selections of the top five entries by March 22nd and the public will have until April 5th to vote for the winner, who will be announced on Earth Day, April 22, 2010.

The Judges:

• Grammy Award-winning Musician Sheryl Crow
• Model, Activist, and Host of the Discovery Channel’s “Planet Green” Summer Rayne Oakes
• Chef, “Locavore,” and Owner of Savoy Restaurant in New York City Peter Hoffman
• Professor of Biology at Bard College Felicia Keesing
• Founder and CEO of causecast.org Ryan Scott
• DJ Greg K. of the MisShapes

If You Have Any Questions…

…Don’t hesitate to ask! Send any inquiries to info@c14time.com. Of course, you can also feel free to e-mail me.

Article by Alex Simons

On our site, www.ChicaAndJo.com, we like to write lots of posts on being green. We love trying to think of new ways to use things we would otherwise throw or give away.

In honor of Earth Day coming up on April 23rd, we challenge you all to submit your best recycling projects to our contest. Just email us (contest@chicaandjo.com) a picture of your finished project or a link to it. Below, you will find some of the prizes already donated by our sponsors.

Rules:

• Project must contain at least one recycled item.
• Submission emails should contain your name, picture or link to the project, list of materials used, and short project description. By submitting your picture you are giving us the right to publish it on our site if we choose.
• All submissions must be received by 12:00 AM, ET on April 20th to be eligible.
• Multiple entries are allowed.
• International entries are accepted.

Prizes:

Yes, there will be prizes! Among them is

• $25 gift certificate to PlumParty.com
• Product from Galison’s Nature’s Cabinet collection
• Game packs for baby or wedding showers from the site, Shower in a Box
• A canvas organizer tote customized by us.
• A Craft Green t-shirt

www.chicaandjo.com
Tackling life one project at a time!

I think the day after Valentine’s Day is as good a day as any to let green girls know about a green wedding competition!

Ethical Weddings member and environmentally committed videographer, Jennifer Sabini Evans of BeanTime Productions is offering six hours of her time to 4 US couples who are having a Green Wedding in 2008!

To be in with a chance to win this package valued at $1200 all you need to do is email a description of your green wedding event (including the date and location) to Jennifer, along with a photo of you and your other eco-loving half.

And as if that wasn’t enough, since the competition was first announced, Jennifer has managed to round up a few more prizes for the lucky brides-to-be:

• a t-shirt from Naked Cotton
• a pair of jeans from Delforte
• the chance to be published in Bean Time Production’s first coffee table book entitled: ‘Forget White Go Green!’ (Free copy of course)
• a guest star spot on XM- Broadminded (channel 155) – where Jennifer will soon be Broadminded’s ‘Green Broad’!

So the search is on for the most creative, authentic green and organic wedding:

“It’s simply beautiful to see more couples not only making a commitment of love to each other but to love the Earth as well.”

The contest has four deadlines, one for each season. Winning couples will be announced through the BeanTime Productions website.

The contest submission deadlines are as follows:

• Spring 2008 Brides – 21 March 2008
• Summer 2008 Brides – May 2008
• Autumn 2008 Brides – August 2008
• Winter 2008 Brides – November 2008

So good luck with the competition – but remember, it’s just for fun! We don’t want brides to start feeling bad if their wedding doesn’t work out quite as green as the next couple’s. Green guilt is so not a good look on your wedding day. Do what you can and have a fab day!

Take care,

Katie
Ethical Weddings