{"id":13277,"date":"2011-08-17T14:54:37","date_gmt":"2011-08-17T20:54:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.sustainablog.org\/?p=13277"},"modified":"2011-08-17T14:54:37","modified_gmt":"2011-08-17T20:54:37","slug":"energy-star-video-contest-simple-ways-to-save-energy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/energy-star-video-contest-simple-ways-to-save-energy\/","title":{"rendered":"ENERGY STAR Video Contest Highlights Simple Ways to Save Energy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Journey of Energy\" width=\"1170\" height=\"878\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-lYKCPVTwRY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Think the kids in the video above are cute and clever? Yeah, me too&#8230; which is while I&#8217;ll probably give them a vote in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/energystar?sk=app_187661124631544\">ENERGY STAR&#8217;s <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.energystar.gov\/index.cfm?fuseaction=globalwarming.showPledgeHome\">&#8220;Be an ENERGY STAR&#8221; Video Challenge<\/a> currently running on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/energystar?sk=app_187661124631544\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/EPAENERGYSTAR\">YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, this is another one of those &#8220;make a video about something that matters to you&#8221; contests that have been around almost as long as YouTube and webcams (the necessary ingredients for this kind of user participation). The videos don&#8217;t have to be professional or long &#8211; many submitted so far are in the 10-20 second range, and two minutes is the upper limit &#8211; but they do need to address what &#8220;you, your family, and friends are doing at home, at school, at work, and in the community to save energy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I mentioned voting above, and that will take place once submissions are closed. I&#8217;ll have to mark my calendar, though, as the contest is open to new videos for another month: September 16th is the deadline for entering. So, plenty of time to come up with a concept, and share it with the world&#8230; though I think the kids above have set a pretty high bar for competition. \u00a0If you browse though the videos already in competition, you&#8217;ll see many keep it short, sweet, and simple, and are clearly made by high-school or college-aged students. No age limit, though.<\/p>\n<p>So, what happens if you win, or place in the top finalists? Cash, prizes, and eternal fame? Nah&#8230; we&#8217;re in the age of government austerity! Your video will be featured, though, in a national production by EPA&#8230; not bad exposure for a budding filmmaker. And the entry process is pretty simple: make your video and upload it to YouTube. That&#8217;s it &#8211; you&#8217;re entered. While you&#8217;re there, you can also consider taking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.energystar.gov\/index.cfm?fuseaction=globalwarming.showPledge\">the ENERGY STAR pledge<\/a> to reduce your energy use.<\/p>\n<p>Let us know if you enter, and feel free to share the link to your submission&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Image credit:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nilsvik\/352347959\/\">nilsvik at Flickr<\/a> under a <a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/deed.en\">Creative Commons license<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Think the kids in the video above are cute and clever? 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