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NY's Creative Core Presents "Green of the Crop"

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, New York's Creative Core is looking to highlight Central Upstate New York's greenest endeavors.

Are you secretly the greenest on your block? Do you know someone who is? Go to www.greenofthecrop.com to nominate yourself, a friend, your family, a business, your neighbor, your school/community organization, and you both could win!

Categories

1) Businesses

• What business, large or small, has the most ingenious green idea, product, or service?
• Does the business produce an innovative green product or service?
• Does it have a greener way of doing business (locally sourcing materials, reducing packaging or waste, a green production line, recycling programs, educating consumers)?
• Does it have a greener way of running its business (car pooling programs for employees, energy efficiency at the workplace)?

2) Educational & Community Organization:

• What school or community group is doing the most to "green the planet"? This category can include an entire school or an individual class, team, or club, as well as any community organization.
• Is the educational or community organization involved in an ongoing green project?
• Has the organization developed a green way of conducting its activities?

3) Individuals or Households:

• Which local person, family, or household is doing the most unique or coolest thing to be green?
• Does the individual or household have a unique or cool green "passion" (extreme recycling, community composting or gardening, green volunteering)?
•  Does the individual or household have an innovative green lifestyle (reducing energy use at home, using clean and renewable energy, sustainable transportation options, eating and buying local products)?

4) Inventor, Innovator, or Entrepreneur
Know a green innovator or inventor? We're looking for the next big green idea that could be coming out of a research lab, barn, garage, basement, or warehouse in the Creative Core.  Is there a "green Edison" at work in our region?

• Does this inventor, innovator or researcher have a bold new idea that can be the next green product or solution?
• What are the cool new technologies being developed in this region, and who are some of the green inventors and entrepreneurs behind them?       
• Prizes
• First place winners in each category will receive $150.00, be profiled in the May 18th issue of GreenCNY magazine, and will receive an invitation to a recognition ceremony.
• Second and third place awards will be given in each category, and they will receive mention in GreenCNY Magazine and an invitation to the recognition ceremony.
• Nominators are eligible for a random drawing to receive a gift certificate donated by local businesses.

Nominations are due April 9, 2010. For further participation and submission guidelines, terms and conditions, and to see the list of organizations partnering on the competition , visit www.greenofthecrop.com.