We Indians always yearn for better ideas to emerge from our innovators that are affordable and adaptable our local needs. Despite all the talk about environmentally-friendly living, it seems like all the good green ideas are originating from the West! Thankfully, there is a growing list of simple yet innovative ideas that are not only eco-friendly, but also are economical.
We are organizing the ‘Ecoideaz Innovation Contest’ where we seek your nominations to recognize the best innovative green idea seen in India. The primary criteria will be the eco-friendliness of the idea and its commercial feasibility. We request our readers to identify the most eco-friendly product or service created in India either by writing a case-study on it or by just nominating it with a brief description. Remember, the idea need not be implemented by you!
1. Eco-ideaz Nomination Contest
Participants have to just identify the most popular and unique eco-friendly idea created in India.
First prize for identifying the most unique idea – prize worth Rs.1,000
The contest guidelines are as follows –
- The chosen green product or service should be innovated in India or by a person of Indian origin.
- Participants have to just write a one-line description about why they choose the eco-friendly idea.
- If the idea is not featured on our site, you can add a new idea along with its photograph searched online.
- A participant can only choose two ideas. They can also promote their idea among their friends and get more votes.
- Judges will select the best idea based on both popular votes from readers and votes from a panel of eminent ecologists.
- Just write a comment on this page to submit your idea.
2. Eco-ideaz Case-study Contest
Write a short case-study on the most innovative eco-friendly product or service created in India.
First prize for the winning case-study – Rs.5,000 cash prize
Second prize for case-study – Rs.2,000 cash prize
Consolation prize – Rs.1,000
The contest guidelines are as follows –
- Write an original article in a range of 500-700 words. Copied content will be rejected, but you can quote relevant sources in your footnotes.
- The chosen green product or service should be innovated in India or by a person of Indian origin.
- The case-study must elaborate on the existing problem and how the idea has solved the problem.
- Participants can submit as many case-studies as possible about different innovative ideas.
- It would be great if you have pictures of the idea. You can also send web images taken by others (Flickr, Facebook, etc), but obtain written permission from them.
- Judges have the right to reject articles or images that do not fit in with our editorial policy.
- Each of these case-studies will be published on Ecoideaz and will be voted by our readers. Participants can promote their ideas among friends and get more votes.
- Judges will select the best case-study based on both popular votes from readers and votes from a panel of eminent ecologists.
- All the articles and images sent to Ecoideaz will become our property, which will be published with proper credentials of the copyright holder.
The last date for submission is extended to 5Â June and prizes will be declared on 15 August!
Please send your entries to editor@caleidoscope.in
OR Â Use below form to send your innovation details.
