Contest: Kids Go Green

Kids Go Green
by Peyton Baldwin | November 30, 2007 | Read Comments (1)

The opportunity for kids to have their voices heard about
environmental issues is here. By Kids for Kids (BKFK), Warner
Independent Pictures with Leonardo DiCaprio and The Weather Channel
have teamed up to create the "Going Green Challenge."

The contest allows youth ages 19 and under to share their ideas or
plans to make the Earth a better place. Students can invent new ways
to improve air quality, alternative energy, forest reclamation,
irrigation, land preservation, recycling systems, water purity and
more. The ideas must indentify a problem and provide a complete,
marketable solution.

The winner receives $10,000 and a "Connection to Reality." The
connection includes a trip to shadow one of the experts from "The
11th Hour " and the chance to blog on the movie's Web site.

The 11th Hour demonstrates how the way we live affects the Earth and
what we can do about it. The site includes blogs posts and action
items by members. Anyone can post what they plan to do to reduce
their carbon footprint or discuss current issues relating to the
environment.

The BKFK site already has over 1,700 ideas; youth have until December
31 to enter the contest.
http://www.bkfk.com/