Eek!

Now that's an eye catching title if ever I saw one.

It seems the race is on to find 3 aspirational short film-makers (and I mean short) to put together a little ad telling us how we can be kinder to the planet.

They need a 15 second, a 30 second and a one minuter!



If you think you are up to the challenge, here's some good advice from their Ecospot website:-

TAKING ACTION:

Showcase how you, or someone you know, is taking action to alleviate the climate crisis in their own small or big way

OR...

MOTIVATING CHANGE:

Create an original, persuasive message that will open eyes, inspire change and empower your audience.

Ecospot guidelines:

Make it powerful: make your viewers think and inspire them to act

Start from scratch, or use the videos and music tracks provided

Must haves:

You need to include the endtag at the end of your video.
Your ecospot should be exactly :15, :30 or :60 seconds including the :05 endtag

Contest only open to US, UK and Republic of Ireland residents.

Judges choose the 20 semi-finalists.
You choose the winners.

Judges include highly committed environmental activists as well as individuals who are just getting involved and want to help the cause.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Hmm...has that got your creative juices flowing?

A look at the prizes might help!

The winner gets a Toyota Hybrid Prius and there are more goodies for the runners up.

So get your camcorders out and your thinking caps on!

Visit the website for further details....aaaannnnd ACTION!

For more ideas of how you can slow down and green up, please visit www.DownshiftingWeek.com