The Great Green Challenge
At Home
Show us what you or your family have done in your own home to help the Earth.
Water conservation
Green living tip by: Marilyn-03 Waynesboro, VADoes your shower water take a long time to get warm? Do you let it run till it gets warm or hot? Bring a clean bucket into the shower with you and allow the cold water (or ev...
Reusable Lunch Bag
Green living tip by: RBoukis Walnut Creek, CALet me tell you first how this idea came to be! My daughter, Adrienne, was entering middle school last year. Her school does not have lockers, so the kids have to carry arou...
GREEN FROM HOME
Green living tip by: jlt92flstf LITTLE ROCK, ARWe've started our own fruit and vegetable garden, purchased reusable grocery bags (for every one we fill at Whole Foods, they donate 5 cents to our choice of local charity), r...
Pick up cans, to talk
Green living tip by: shefiddler Edmond, OKMy dauther Whitney (age 9). Wanted a cell phone. We told her no way are we signing a contract for her a phone at her age. Then she ask if she could buy a pay as you go phone a...
The Great Bunny Challenge
Green living tip by: imageproject Lake Oswego, ORMy toddler son, Draegon, and I were out in the garden and talking about the holidays and that the Easter Holiday was approaching. We saw neighbors with inflated easter eggs in...
Solar Lights
Green living tip by: THING1966 Highland lakes, NJI am slowly replacing all of my outdoor lighting with solar lights. 90% of our lights are engery efficent. I also try to hang all my clothes on a clothes line to dry. I bring...
Contest Tips & Guidelines
- Document your green project thoroughly! Tell us what you did, why you did it, and how it makes your home, community, or work more eco-friendly.
- Write out your entry before you submit it. This way you can edit it and just copy and paste the final version into the fields on the upload page.
- Tell your friends and family about your entry and tell them to vote for you! Post a link to your entry on your social networking sites, blogs, etc.
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