Citizen Act

A good friend of ours, Jenn Halweil, along with two colleagues, Yusuf Simonson and Holly Hardison, are participating in a competition, Citizen Act, to create a bank that will benefit strong and powerful women. The name of their team is Contribution Globale.

Their mission is to empower female entrepreneurs to build strong businesses, strengthen family ties, and cultivate sustainable communities. Their idea, RoseLeaf, is a social network and banking initiative to foster mentorship, encourage collaboration and develop a variety of tools to address the particular concerns of female leaders. Both oppressed women in need of empowerment and strong women who inspire will benefit from Citizen Act.

The following is a message from Contribution Globale:

“Our team, Contribution Globale, is taking part in an international business competition know as Citizen Act. We are competing for the opportunity to make our vision of the socially conscious bank of the future a reality. Hosted by Société Générale, a banking network headquartered in Paris, France, whose focus is on promoting Corporate Social Responsibility, this Wiki-Blog is designed to demonstrate our idea, known as RoseLeaf, and receive feedback from people like you world-wide. We encourage you to comment, suggest ideas, and ask questions, so that we may work together to build the bank of tomorrow!”

RR2010 Poster Contest

You got it. 2 colors, 11 x 17 in. Go crazy (by March 6th).

Redress Raleigh is looking for some amazing, stupendous, fantastic artwork to celebrate our 2010 eco-fashion show.  So to do that, we thought we’d extend an invitation to the most talented bunch of artists and designers we know — YOU!

We’re looking for 11 x 17 inch, two color poster designs that celebrate the Redress philosophy: Reenergize, Reinvent, Recycle, Reimagine, Renew, Repurpose, Revolutionize, Revive, and Recreate.

Interpret one, or all, of these words as you please within the confines of an 11 x 17 inch template, and send those lovely creations our way!

Several of the submissions will then be selected for screen-printing and will be put up for a silent auction around show-time to benefit the Redress cause. The lucky winners will receive one free ticket to the show and a warm, fuzzy feeling in their hearts for completion of their good deeds.

***Submission Details:***

Submit all work to Carrie Misenheimer at: * carrie.misenheimer@gmail.com*

By Saturday March 6th.

Please save all final images as 2 high quality JPEGs, one image for each layer of color.

Also send along a third image of the full-on, two color poster (no need for color separation on this one).

We will do our best to match your color specifications, but reserve the right to change them if needed be.

GOOD LUCK!

And thanks for participating.

TreeHugger: Best of Green

Nominate your favorite sustainable person, place or thing!

TreeHugger.com is accepting nominations of people, places, and things that putting the idea of sustainability in the mainstream minds. Read below for complete information:

Best of Green 2010

Best of Green Call for Nominations!

“Do you know of a green person, product, company, event, or concept that deserves to be lauded for the positive environmental change it has enacted? Let us know! In TreeHugger’s second annual Best of Green Awards, we’re looking to bestow top honors on the people, places, and things that are helping move sustainability into the mainstream.

Last year, we awarded more than 170 prizes across eight general themes. This year, we’re asking for your help making some of the selections. Let us know who you think should be nominated for a Best of Green Award. Then we’ll ask for your help picking the cream of the crop in dozens of specific categories in our new-this-year Readers’ Choice Awards.

To make a nomination, pick from one of the eight general themes in which your suggestion belongs, enter the name of your nominee, and submit your form. Suggest as many nominees as you like (only one submission per nominee per person, though, please). We’ll be accepting nominations through February 22. Our editors will review your suggestions, and, come March 1, voting will open for the Readers’ Choice Awards.”

MorLove T-Shirt Design Competition

For all the artists out there who have been waiting to use their creativity and talent to make a difference in the world, this competition goes out to you!

MorLove is holding a T-Shirt Design Competition where five t-shirt designs will be chosen to be sold through our Skreened account. From each t-shirt sold, MorLove will receive $2 which will be sent to the Amani Baby Cottage. The five winners of the competition will also receive a ticket to Redress Raleigh 2010 Eco-Friendly Fashion Show.

Your mission is to design a new MorLove t-shirt that exemplifies the organization’s goals and ethics. All will be showcased, the best will be chosen!

How to submit your t-shirt designs: Email either a JPG, PNG or GIF file to morloveorg@gmail.com.

Deadline: December 1, 2009 at 5p.m.