WLBT 3 - Jackson, MS: Register To Be A "Going Green Mississippi" Champion

Register To Be A "Going Green Mississippi" Champion

Are you doing your part to protect and improve Central Mississippi's environment?  If you are, your group could become a Going Green Mississippi champion!  WLBT along with the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) and Recycling Services are now accepting entries! 

WHO CAN ENTER THE COMPETITION?

Going Green Mississippi will spotlight classrooms, schools, businesses, churches, civic organizations and other groups (includes 3 or more individuals) within WLBT's 24 county coverage area for outstanding environmental projects.  Counties include: Adams, Attala, Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Hinds, Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena, Jefferson, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Leake, Lincoln, Madison, Pike, Rankin, Scott, Sharkey, Simpson, Smith, Walthall, Warren, and Yazoo.  Employees of WLBT, as well as immediate family (brothers, sisters, children, father, mother), their legal or common-law spouse and any individuals with whom such employees are domiciled, are not eligible.

WHAT KIND OF PROJECTS ARE ACCEPTABLE

Your Going Green Mississippi project can be a hands-on action project or an education campaign.  Choose one that looks interesting or one of significance to your group and the community!  Projects must address one or more of the following:  air, water, land, waste reduction or energy efficiency.  Projects must also educate the community and make a lasting difference to the environment.  It can be homegrown!

AWARD PROGRAM

By doing your part to preserve Central Mississippi's environment, your group could be:

• featured in a 30 second TV commercial about your project on WLBT!
• Highlighted on WLBT.com's Going Green Mississippi page!

Seven (7) Going Green Mississippi Champions will be selected!  Winners will be chosen based on the quality of their environmental projects.

HOW ARE WINNERS SELECTED

• Creativity of project
• Knowledge of the environmental issue selected
• Benefits of the project to the Central Mississippi region
• Project's likelihood of success and Likelihood that the project will encourage others to "Go Green."

CAMPAIGN DATES/ACTIVITIES

• 4/04/08 - 5/18/08 : Call for Entries/Nominations
• 5/19/08 - 6/15/08 : Panel of Judges meet to vote on top 7 entries.
• 6/16/08 - 7/13/08: Going Green Champion Spotlight #7
• 7/14/08 - 8/10/08 : Going Green Champion Spotlight #6
• 8/11/08 - 9/07/08 : Going Green Champion Spotlight #5
• 9/08/08 - 10/05/08: Going Green Champion Spotlight #4
• 10/06/08 - 11/02/08 : Going Green Champion Spotlight #3
• 11/03/08 - 11/30/08 : Going Green Champion Spotlight #2
• 12/01/08 - 12/28/08 : Going Green Champion Spotlight #1

DIRECTIONS:

To fill out this application by hand:

• Please type or print with ink
• Us additional pages as needed

To Fill out this form using a computer:

• Save a copy of the form to your computer
• Fill-In the requested information and submit

To submit you application:

• Mail the completed application and any supplemental materials to:
• Going Green Mississippi, c/o WLBT-TV 3, P.O. Box 1712, Jackson, MS  39215-1712
• Submit the entry application online to WLBT.com