The Super-Cars Shout Out Competition is a contest that allows you to place a simple, colorful flyer on high mileage cars that you encounter, showing the vehicle owner that s/he has done something worthy by choosing a leading-edge (in terms of miles per gallon) vehicle, while also allowing yourself to participate in this competition. Optionally, you can re-use a single copy of the flyer on multiple vehicles to avoid paper waste. Printing flyers on recycled paper is definitely recommended.
Image credit: Tommy Wong. Page design credit: Pelf Nyok.
The prize for this competition will be at least US $500 guaranteed, and will go to the person with the largest number of valid uploaded images. So if you are not in it for the fun and the mission, there is another reason to join in. And to make this fun for the wise car buyers, US $50 will be given per month to one randomly selected car owner who contacts PlanetThoughts.org that month and who has a valid photo of their of car uploaded on our site by any other entrant.
Note: No individual or their family can win more than one secondary prize (the US $50), but such winners are still eligible for the grand prize.
Anymore rules and regulations?
Yes, but for your benefit, I will keep them short and straight-to-the-point:
The competition will run through September 30th, 2008.
You CANNOT participate if you are a vehicle dealer or manufacturer or car repair garage owner or staff.
Photographs of vehicles must be seen "in the wild". For example, auto dealer parking lots and immediate surroundings are NOT valid as image sources for this competition. Mall parking lots not connected to car dealerships are valid image sources.
Images must include a copy of an official Super-Cars Shout Out Competition flyer (does not need to be readable in the photo).
The winner will be selected using a weighted value calculated from the number of valid uploaded car images from each participant.
Here are Partners i.e. generous friends and colleagues of PlanetThoughts.org who believe we should all make wise buying choices to protect the environment, and that we should recognize others who do so. Click below to see more:
Comment by: PT (David Alexander) (Jan-9-2009) Web site
Thank you, Henry. I got some participation, but not as much as you would think with an offer of $500. I did give the prize to Pelf Nyok of Maylasia, and chalked up the competition to experience... I do have some other ideas coming along! [there were quite a few earlier comments, which were lost when this item got migrated]
In 2006 I started building the PlanetThoughts.org Web site to raise awareness of environmental issues, but I have been in the software field since 1978, working primarily on healthcare-related and not-for-profit organizations, but also for some general commercial companies. I have also long been a supporter of environmental causes.
I am an enthusiastic Tai Chi Chuan practitioner and teacher. This helps balance my brain after sitting at a screen for hours at a time, and lends some balance to life.
In early 2006 global warming and other environmental and energy challenges, as well as escalating wars in numerous locations, became central to my understanding of issues that our whole planet faces, and I wanted to do something with my skills to spread awareness and understanding of environment and energy issues, as well as discuss better philosophies of living, for greater satisfaction beyond consumerism.
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