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We are looking for original, environmentally beneficial projects that include clear instructions and detailed pictures or a video tutorial that describes how to create the finished product.
Project submissions will be accepted in English or French and must consist of:
Maximum two (2) entries per individual or group category; entrants are only eligible to win once.
Photograph and video guidelines
Submitting photographs
After submitting your online entry form with all required fields, you will receive an automatic email to submit your project photographs along with your full name, address, email, phone number and project name to: campaigns@earthday.ca
Photographs must be in digital format. No print submissions will be accepted for entry into the Contest. All photographs must be 5 megabytes (MB) or smaller, and in JPEG format.
Submitting videos
After submitting your online entry form with all required fields, you will receive an automatic email to submit your project video via a file hosting service, such as Senduit, Dropbox or YouSendIt.
All videos must be 100MB or smaller and in MPEG, AVI, MOV or WMV format.
Submitted photographs and videos must be original material and must not infringe on the copyrights, trademarks, moral rights, privacy/publicity or intellectual property rights of any person or entity, and that no other party has any right, title, claim, or interest in the photograph.
Photograph and video submissions may be used by Earth Day Canada as per the terms of our Photograph/Video Release form.
The Contest winners will be determined through the process outlined below:
Judging: A panel of qualified judges determined by Earth Day Canada in its sole discretion will select three winners from each Category based on the highest scoring submissions.
Scoring: The scoring is based on the following criteria: (i) originality, (ii) creativity, (iii) clear instructions, (iv) environmental resourcefulness and (v) fit to contest category. Each criterion will be given equal consideration.**
Contest Winning Awards: There will be three awards for the Individual Category and three awards for the Group Category. Each category will identify an award for the following: (i) “Most Upcycled,” (ii) “Most Inventive,” and (iii) “Best Makeover.”
**In the event of a tie, the entrant whose submission received the highest score for creativity, technical execution and presentation quality, as determined by the judges, will be deemed a winner.
Note: Projects should demonstrate the importance of re-use and waste reduction with adherence to good safety practices. Videos should be filmed as tutorials to help others replicate the projects. They will also be judged on technical execution.
Decision Date and Notification
Winners will be notified by phone and/or by email between 9:00 A.M. and 17:00 P.M. E.S.T on December 7, 2011. Attempts will be made to contact the winners for a period of seven (7) working days following the decision date.
If your project is selected as a winning project, you will be provided specific instructions on what is required in order to claim a prize. Prizes will be awarded only upon verification and final approval by Earth Day Canada.
All winners will be required to complete, sign and return to Earth Day Canada, a Declaration and Release Form within seven (7) days from receipt. If any winner fails to complete, sign and return the Declaration and Release Form to Earth Day Canada, that project will be disqualified and another project will be selected to win.
By completing, signing and returning the Declaration and Release Form, the winner (i) confirms compliance with these Contest Rules, (ii) releases and forever discharges Earth Day Canada, advertising and promotional agencies from all claims, demands, damages, actions and causes of action arising by reason of the acceptance or use of the prize, (iii) gives permission to Earth Day Canada, at its option, to publish or otherwise use the winner’s first name, school, and project, without compensation, in any publicity carried out by Earth Day Canada or its advertising agencies, and (iv) assigns all copyright in the project to Earth Day Canada.
Once being declared an official winner, and after receipt of the signed and fully completed Declaration and Release Form, winners will be instructed on how to claim their prize.
Prizes must be accepted as awarded and no substitution, transfer, conversion or assignment of prizes will be allowed, unless at the discretion of the Sponsor which may substitute a prize of comparable or greater value. No correspondence will be entered into with winners except as described herein.
First place prize (x 3) - Individual
Panasonic 18 V Drill & driver kit with two Li-ion batteries (approximate value $400).
First place prize (x 2) - Group
Panasonic 18 V Drill & driver kit with two Li-ion batteries and a cordless jigsaw (total approximate value $900).
First place prize (x 1) - Group - Classroom/school
Panaboard electronic whiteboard equipped with an integral printer (approximate value $1 000).
The combined value of all six (6) Prizes available to be won is approximately Four Thousand Canadian Dollars (CDN$4 000). The odds of winning the Prizes are dependent on the number and quality of eligible submissions received.
Disqualification
Earth Day Canada is not responsible for lost, interrupted or unavailable network server or other connections, miscommunications, failed telephone or computer or telephone transmissions or technical failure, jumbled, scrambled or misdirected transmissions, or other errors of any kind whether human, mechanical or electronic.
Persons found tampering with or abusing any aspect of this Contest, as determined by Earth Day Canada will be disqualified. In the event any portion of this Contest is compromised by virus, bugs, non-authorized human intervention or other causes beyond the control of Earth Day Canada, which, in the sole opinion of Earth Day Canada, corrupts, or impairs the administration, security, fairness or proper entry into the Contest, Earth Day Canada reserves the right, at its sole discretion, subject to the Régie, the Competition Act (Competition Bureau Canada), and the Criminal Code to suspend or terminate this Contest or to amend the official Rules of the Contest.
Privacy
By entering this Contest, you consent to the collection, use and sharing of information about you with Earth Day Canada for the purpose of administering the Contest in accordance with the Privacy Policy available at: http://www.earthday.ca/pub/about/privacy.php
Earth Day Canada will keep all contest submissions and participant contact information for a period of twelve (12) months after the Contest closing date, at which point they will destroy all submissions and personal contact information associated with projects that are not selected as Finalists or Winners.
Quebec residents
Any litigation respecting the conduct or organization of a publicity contest may be submitted to the Régie des alcools, des courses et des jeux for a ruling. Any litigation respecting the awarding of a prize may be submitted to the Régie only for the purpose of helping the parties reach a settlement.
