Picnic Green Challenge
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The Postcode Lottery Green Challenge is an international competition where people are invited to send in creative and innovative ideas to help the environment. These ideas can be about new products, services, concepts, work processes or in fact any other idea that 'helps save the planet'. The ideas should directly reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In addition they should score well on other factors as well, such as convenience, quality and design.
The contest is an initiative of the Dutch Postcode Lottery and the Amsterdam
based cross-media event PICNIC. The best idea will win €500,000 and professional support to execute the winning plan. The contest closes each year at the end of July and the prize is awarded at the end of September.
The Postcode Lottery Green Challenge appeals to creative, innovative people all over the world.
In the first edition, in 2007, the chairman of the jury, Sir Richard Branson, awarded the prize of €500,000 to finalist Igor Kluin of the Dutch company Qurrent http://www.qurrent.com and his product Qbox. The Qbox enables people to generate their own energy locally. Other finalists presented a solar lamp, which is in production right now, and a carbon reduced goods transport, making use of the tramways in city centers. This project is in execution in Amsterdam right now. An idea for climate friendly clubbing, is also being further developed. In 2007 the Green Challenge received a total of 439 green ideas.
In the second edition, 2008, the Jury awarded the prize of €500,000 to Ecovative Design, led by Eben Bayer and Gavin McIntyre. Ecovative Design produces replacements for conventional plastics, using mushrooms as a self assembling resin. Their Products include Greensulate
, and eco-friendly insulation, and EcoCradle, a replacement for conventional Styrofoam
Packaging.
In 2008 the events of Picnic and Green Challenge are also linked to another climate saving initiative: Connected Urban Development
http://www.connectedurbandevelopment.org/, a program initiated by technology company Cisco
, in which major cities around the world, like San Francisco, Amsterdam
and Seoul
are cooperating to improve the living environments in their cities. In September the CUD organizes its conference in Amsterdam in September.
The contest is an initiative of the Dutch Postcode Lottery and the Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
based cross-media event PICNIC. The best idea will win €500,000 and professional support to execute the winning plan. The contest closes each year at the end of July and the prize is awarded at the end of September.
The Postcode Lottery Green Challenge appeals to creative, innovative people all over the world.
In the first edition, in 2007, the chairman of the jury, Sir Richard Branson, awarded the prize of €500,000 to finalist Igor Kluin of the Dutch company Qurrent http://www.qurrent.com and his product Qbox. The Qbox enables people to generate their own energy locally. Other finalists presented a solar lamp, which is in production right now, and a carbon reduced goods transport, making use of the tramways in city centers. This project is in execution in Amsterdam right now. An idea for climate friendly clubbing, is also being further developed. In 2007 the Green Challenge received a total of 439 green ideas.
In the second edition, 2008, the Jury awarded the prize of €500,000 to Ecovative Design, led by Eben Bayer and Gavin McIntyre. Ecovative Design produces replacements for conventional plastics, using mushrooms as a self assembling resin. Their Products include Greensulate
Greensulate
Greensulate is a renewable and biodegradable material that can be used for thermal insulation, fire insulation and also as a substitute for styrofoam and other plastics used in packaging and other applications....
, and eco-friendly insulation, and EcoCradle, a replacement for conventional Styrofoam
Styrofoam
Styrofoam is a trademark of The Dow Chemical Company for closed-cell currently made for thermal insulation and craft applications. In 1941, researchers in Dow's Chemical Physics Lab found a way to make foamed polystyrene...
Packaging.
In 2008 the events of Picnic and Green Challenge are also linked to another climate saving initiative: Connected Urban Development
Connected Urban Development
Connected Urban Development is a private/public partnership, initiated in 2006 by Cisco in cooperation with the cities of Amsterdam, San Francisco and Seoul, to work towards a further reduction of carbon emissions through improvements in the efficiency of the urban infrastructure...
http://www.connectedurbandevelopment.org/, a program initiated by technology company Cisco
Cisco
Cisco may refer to:Companies:*Cisco Systems, a computer networking company* Certis CISCO, corporatised entity of the former Commercial and Industrial Security Corporation in Singapore...
, in which major cities around the world, like San Francisco, Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
and Seoul
Seoul
Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...
are cooperating to improve the living environments in their cities. In September the CUD organizes its conference in Amsterdam in September.