Video/Graphic Competition
Explain to America how a carbon cap will solve our oil addiction
What is a carbon cap and how will it cure our oil addiction?
A carbon "cap" is a ceiling or limit on greenhouse gas pollution. A cap was used successfully to address America's acid rain problem in the 1990's.
It obligates companies to pay for the carbon they emit—the less they emit, the less they pay—so it's in their best economic interests to invest in alternative fuels and technologies.
That investment will spur more inventors and entrepreneurs to focus on finding alternative sources of energy that don’t cause carbon emissions, as fossil fuels do.
Instead of sending a whopping 3% of our GDP overseas to oil-rich nations, we can keep it here at home providing cleaner technologies to advance a booming, green economy.
Thank you for your participation. The competition concluded on December 2, 2008. Winners will be announced in the coming weeks.
Climate Activist's Choice Award
The Climate Activist's Choice Award is separate from EDAF’s decision on the Carbon Cap Competition. The winner of both awards will be announced at the same time.
EDAF’s Climate Activist Choice Award will begin Monday, January 26, 2009 and end Monday, February 2, 2009.
The Competition
Many scientists, economists, environmentalists and business leaders agree that a cap on carbon emissions is the best way to cure our addiction to oil. But, quickly and vividly explaining how a cap will solve our energy problems is a challenge.
We need your help conveying this concept to the American people in a clear, brief, convincing and memorable way to stick in the public's consciousness—like the well-known shot of an egg frying that depicted "your-brain-on-drugs."
What We Want
- A video or visual analogy smartly, vividly and clearly explaining how a carbon cap will break America’s addiction to oil.
- Videos should be no longer than 30 seconds.
- Visuals can be submitted as a still image or any other format.
- Submissions must be posted to a website—for example, your personal site, company site, YouTube, or Flickr.
- If we decide your submission will most vividly connect the dots between a carbon cap and solving our oil addiction effectively, you will receive a $10,000 professional fee.
- There are also cash prizes for second and third place entries.
See the competition rules for detailed guidelines.
What We Don't Want
- Don't focus on global warming—its importance, impact, or the necessity to solve it. We know it's a critical issue, but that's not the message of this project. This is about drawing a line between our over-dependence on oil and the cap that will solve it.
- Don't assume people know what carbon pollution is, or where it comes from.
- Don't assume the audiences will understand what a cap is.
- Don't alienate anyone by being partisan. Our goal is explain a concept, not lecture anyone or place blame.
Posted: 09-Sep-2008; Updated: 27-Jan-2009
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