2009 THEME:

ECO EATING
RAISING AWARENESS OF HOW OUR EATING HABITS AFFECT THE PLANET

We provide the resources, you create awareness.
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Win €3000 For Having the Coolest Social Space!

The Green2Cool international social networking competition will take place in conjunction with the Eco-Eating Irish Universities competition, and is open to people worldwide.

The objective of the Green2Cool competition is to raise awareness globally on how excessive meat eating and animal products in general play a leading role in climate change as well as affecting our health.

What you eat affects the environment far more than what car you drive! Excessive meat eating damages your health and contributes more to global warming than total worldwide transportation combined! Therefore, the theme for this year’s competition is ECO EATING.  

First prize of 3000 Euros will go to the person that invites the most friends to the Green2Cool.org social networking website informing them of the eco eating messages available on the resources section of this website, as well as on many other sites (see the Links section for more resourceful sites).

The Green2Cool competition is open to everyone. The competition starts on February 7, 2009 and campaigning must be completed by June 30, 2009. 

To enter the competition please visit www.Green2Cool.org and sign up.


Here are some ideas that can help you to win

- Create a compelling profile highlighting the message from here:  www.GreenPlanetAwards.org. We encourage people to use their own picture for their profile, as this helps to create a more personal touch to the message

- Upload videos and pictures about the eco-message

- Invite as many friends as you can by email

- Invite friends from facebook, etc

- Spread the word by inviting people to view your cool profile and become your friend

- Add links to your profile from other web sites on the internet

Terms and Conditions for the Green2Cool competition

The winner will be judged using a combination of variables including, but not limited to:

  • Total profile page views

  • Number of friends

  • Number of new people joined through their efforts

  • Effectiveness of profile at spreading the eco message

  • General creativity of campaign

Contestants will be automatically contacted by July 15 2009. They will then enter the final judgment process and be notified of the competition winner via the Green2Cool social space by July 29.

Our system employs technology that can detect fraudulent accounts, using auto clicking programs and other types of unfair activity that can undermine the competition. Members using such techniques will be disqualified from the competition.

Reducing Methane from animal sources is the fastest way to bring about planetary cooling
UPDATES & EVENTS

Excerpt from the film "Meat The Truth," The power to stop climate change is ours. What we choose to eat influences climate change more than anything else (2 minutes)

Devour The Earth narrated by Paul Mccartney: Landmark film on how Meat consumption affects the planet (22 minutes)

Eco-Eating facts on meat diet vs. Plant-based diet (1.5 minutes)


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RESOURCE LINKS

COOL LINKS
Wake Up, Freak Out
Take Aim At Climate Change
Save The Human Music Vid

GENERAL LINKS
Price of Meat
Meat The Facts
Veg Source
Earth Save
Monga Bay
NASA
Eco-eating
SEI
ENFO
Cultivate
Friends of the Earth
United Nations FAO
Hunger Site
One World
Diet, Energy, & Global Warming

HEALTH LINKS
Nutrition Ecology International Center NEIC
The Cancer Project
PCRM
Nutrition MD
Human Herbivore Physiology

ENVIRONMENTAL LINKS
Answering the sceptics
Tree Hugger
Sea Shepard Conservation Society
Permaworld
Grist
VNV.ORG.AU
UN News Centre
Science Daily
Science Daily: Poison ice
Time: Health and Science
Common Dreams
Global Stewards
The Independent
National Geographic
DotEnvironment
Green Peace Reports
IVU
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BOOKS AND DVDS

Vegan: The New Ethics of Eating by Erik Marcus
The Food Revolution and Healthy at 100 by John Robbins
A Delicate Balance (film)
Meat The Truth (film)
The 11th Hour - Narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio (film)

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