A hearty congratulations and “kudos” to Peg, who has shown how you can take a tiny sliver of time and make a big difference in your community! I hereby anoint her as an O-fficial Eco Hero.
Her mYsTeRy PrIzE for winning the litter cleanup challenge is a Kitchen Crop Sprouter, which will allow her to grow her own organic, ultra-local, vegan food right in her kitchen! Huzzah! Take a gander at it with your eye-balls!
Thanks for all the contest participants, and stay tuned for more challenges of various and diverse types. This is EcoJoe, signing out!
Do you have what it takes to participate in the 10 Minute Litter Cleanup Challenge? Can you clean up more litter than me, Mr. Eco-freaking-Joe? Will you become an O-fficial Eco Hero? Well bring it on!!
Imagine what would happen if every EcoJoes reader stood up right now and took just 10 minutes to clean up some litter outside their house.
Hey, you’re an EcoJoes reader right now, yeah? How about you scurry outside, pick up some trash, and come back in ten minutes? I’ll go outside, too.
Can you clean up more litter than me? You got ten minutes; go!
* Ten minutes later *
Okay, I’m back! Here’s what I found in just ten minutes in the woods outside mi casa:
Bam, most of that’s getting recycled, and some’s getting thrown in the trash. How much did you clean up?
Do You Want to Win?
You have until Sunday, February 9th to send in your picture of what you cleaned up. One contestant will be chosen to receive a special mYsTeRy prize! So hurry up, send your picture (and a sentence or two about what you did) to ecojoe@ecojoes.com!
Did y’all know that America Recycles Day is right around the corner? I didn’t either, but apparently it’s on November 15!
It’s basically a day to try to get Americans recycling more. The average American generates 4.4 pounds o’ trash every single day. It makes a ‘uge difference if you recycle a chunk of that instead of just sending it to your local landfill to sit in the dirt.
As if THAT isn’t enough incentive to take the “America Recycles Pledge” (which I strongly urge you to do immediately, just go do it), you can win a FREE bench made from recycled plastic! I don’t know about you, but I can’t wait to be lounging on my very own recycled bench after I win one.
If you haven’t heard the word about the dandy recycled sandals Okabashi is making, pause for a moment and go check out that splendidly-worded article. I’ll be sitting here, waiting.
Back already? Did you even read that? Never mind, no time to argue, for it’s time to announce the
EcoJoes Recycled Sandal Giveaway
“Well what the heck is that?” you’re probably thinking. I’ll tell you what, in this easy-to-read bulleted list (ordered list, mind you).
All entries must be in by the day after Thanksgiving (November 25).
After you take their survey, you’ll be given an opportunity most people only dream about – the chance to donate your hard-earned money (“skrilla”, as it were). Even ol’ EcoJoe broke a long miserly streak and donated to this worthy cause.
Update: Many people are reporting that this survey no longer rewards you with trees, so buyer beware!
You might want to sit down before you read this news. Go on, I’ll wait.
Although my hopes were high, someone else’s video won the Raleigh Nissan LEAF event. As full of sorrow as I am, I’ll blink back the tears just enough to put up a link to the winning video.