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The National Wildlife Federation wants you to Chill Out…on camera.
Go Green Tube (GGT) is a new video-sharing startup that offsets a pound of CO2 every time one of its green-themed videos is viewed. These are purchased through the reputable Carbonfund.org, and according to the site ticker, the GGT community has generated 2,191 credits as of this post. This is clearly at the nexus of social media and green living.
The National Wildlife Federationation (NWF) has tapped GGT to host its third annual Global Warming Solutions Video Contest, which challenges college students, staff, and faculty to record their best efforts and ideas on mitigating climate change. If we could offer a bit of advice to those considering entering: the Will Farrell approach is not recommended.
From NWF: Colleges and universities are stepping up to the call for global warming action and confronting it on campus, with the tools they already use in their daily life: Their webcam, their cell phone, and their video camera. National Wildlife Federation has partnered with www.GoGreenTube.com and they are looking for the best videos of global warming solutions on campus. For each video that is watched by a GoGreenTube community member, Go Green Tube offsets one pound of carbon through Carbon Fund. Not only can you watch great green videos, but you can offset carbon sitting in front of your computer.
National Wildlife Federation’s Campus Ecology program’s Chill Out competition is in its third year of awarding and recognizing all the cool things students, faculty and staff are doing to reduce the impacts of global warming.
“Colleges and universities are key places for demonstrating to society how to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide, the major culprit of global warming,” says Julian Keniry, Director of Campus and Community Leadership for the National Wildlife Federation. “Chill Out recognizes and celebrates the schools which are leading the way to a more sustainable future.”
Students, faculty and staff are encouraged to create a three minute creative video about what they, their school, or their campus group is doing or could do to reduce the impacts of global warming. Campus groups are eligible to win grant funding and the opportunity to be featured in Chill Out: Campus Solutions to Global Warming, a nationwide multi-media broadcast in April 2009. Entrants will create the video and upload it to www.GoGreenTube.com, a new video sharing site for all things green.
GoGreenTube LLC was founded in March 2008 and was launched in June 2008. GoGreenTube strives to be the destination for the world to share and view “Green” online videos that help provide important information about our environment, green technologies, innovations, products, and services so we as governments, corporations, organizations or individuals can “Go Green” using the most effective means possible. National Wildlife Federation and Go Green Tube have partnered together to encourage all students to engage in climate action on campus and to share their stories with the world.
The Chillout competition begins September 1st and the deadline for entries is November 30, 2008. For complete information on the contest and how your school’s contribution to the global warming solution can receive national attention go to www.campuschillout.org.
3 responses so far ↓
1 Paul Smith // Aug 20, 2008 at 12:20 pm
This is an encouraging sign to see such a convergence of technology, education, and action. I think that the idea of making offsetting your carbon footprint as simple as doing something you already do, watching videos, is a brilliant one. I’m really curious to see what the students that enter the Chill Out competition come up with!
2 Bookmarks about Green // Sep 27, 2008 at 4:30 am
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3 sally // Mar 29, 2009 at 4:23 pm
You should take a look at this. These guys seem to have found a
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