Quantum Shift and Earth911 Call for Environmental Video Help
Filed under: Earth 911 - November 30, 2007
Calgary-based web broadcaster Quantum Shift TV, along with Earth911.com, will use online tools to deliver actionable and educational content to the next wave of environmental stewards: students.
Quantum Shift and Earth911 are currently staging a “Be the Change! Share the Story!” youth video contest, in which students from across the U.S. and Canada can upload videos documenting the planning and implementation of social and environmental projects. The first prize for the contest is $50,000.
As part of this partnership, Earth911.com has uploaded over 50 videos to www.quantumshift.tv that serve as eco-friendly examples for contest participants. Quantum Shift has provided a player so that visitors to www.Earth911.com can also view these videos.
Earth911.com will be co-branded with Quantum Shift to feature content on recycling, reduction and reuse, in addition to topical issues including electronic waste and water conservation. The site will direct students back to the Quantum Shift Web site in order to enter the contest.
“Quantum Shift TV’s platform was designed with the needs of nonprofits and socially-responsible businesses like Earth911.com in mind,” Leif Utne, VP Marketing at Quantum Shift TV, said in a release. “Through this partnership and our affiliation with Earth911.com, we aim to help students be the change, and share their stories.”
“Quantum Shift provides a high quality of video and the flexibility and control that Earth911.com desired for displaying videos on our site,” added Jonathan Smith, Earth911.com VP of Marketing. “We are excited to incorporate Quantum Shift’s video content in our student section and encourage students to get involved with this exciting contest.”
About the “Be the Change! Share the Story!” School Video Contest
Students in grades one through 12 in the U.S. and Canada are invited to work on a social or environmental project of their choice and document their progress in two short videos to be uploaded on the Web. In addition to making a difference in their community, students have an opportunity to win up to $50,000 in prizes for their school. The deadline to sign up and upload the first video is January 31, 2008. The second video is due by March 31, 2008. Winners will be announced at the end of May.
Earth 911.com delivers actionable local information on the environment that empowers people to act locally, live responsibly and contribute to sustainability. As Google’s #1 return for “Recycle,” and many other environmental action terms, Earth911.com is the nation’s leading source for non-activist, politically-neutral information. During its more than 16 years in “green” leadership, Earth911.com has established a wide base of strategic media partnerships including three appearances on the *Oprah Winfrey Show *during 2007 alone.
*Quantum Shift TV is described as a 21st Century storyteller renewing the cultural values of community, care and interconnectedness via a quality citizen journalism platform that integrates Web videos with games to create an active and engaging experience for its audience. Founded in early 2007, Quantum Shift TV is based in Calgary, Alberta, with a virtual team of experienced filmmakers, journalists, and entrepreneurs spread across Canada and the United States.*
One Response to “Quantum Shift and Earth911 Call for Environmental Video Help”
I am a 5th grade teacher and would love to get the info to enter the video contest. Can you emal the rules and what is expected in the videos. asap ? please
Dave Neubacher