EVENT DETAILS
Date: March 16th, 2011
Time: 4.30pm – 9pm
Venue: Winters Master Dining Hall (Building #54 http://www.yorku.ca/yorkweb/maps/KeeleMap.pdf)
Dress Code: Casual
Cost: FREE

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IRIS, ECO and Net Impact will co-host an Earth Hour event focusing on this year`s theme, Earth Hour Every Hour. Sustainability should not be limited to a single day dedicated to energy reduction; rather it should about creating a future where all our needs are met by limiting how much we waste today. This year`s event will serve as a platform for discussion about how we can achieve this goal. Activities will include a fashion show with a Pre-Loved theme, a keynote speaker, dinner, followed by a performance piece.

Mr. Bowerbank from Magna International will be the keynote speaker who is a respected authority on green buildings, sustainable development, industrial design, and low-carbon economics. He regularly draws from his diverse background in efforts to engage industry leaders and support new business strategies in response to current energy and environmental issues. Mr. Bowerbank was Executive Director of the World Green Building Council between 2007 and 2009.

The fashion show will showcase re-imagined clothing made from used fabrics. The participants will include York University student talent and Pre-loved Fashion Boutique.

We hope that this event will create connections amongst the York community and bring together participants from diverse backgrounds. Join us for a night of fun and help to inspire change towards a more sustainable future!

The event will proceed as follows:

4.30-5pm Opening Address
5-6pm Fashion Show
6-6.30pm Careers In Sustainability
6.30-7pm Dinner
7-8pm Keynote Address
8-9pm Live Music Performance

All attendees will be entered in a draw to win a door prize.

To ensure there is sufficient space and food, please register your attendance by emailing us at irisinfo@yorku.ca

All designers are invited to take part in the "Earth Hour Pre-Loved Fashion Showdown" which will occur during the upcoming 2010 Earth Hour event.

Designers are asked to focus on the reinvention of pre-loved clothes which will have been donated by the York student body. Designers are asked to create 2 or 3 outfits using these pre-loved clothes.  Participants will be provided with models as well as hair and makeup services on the big day.

The winning designer will receive and exclusive prize package including 100$ in cash. All designs will be showcased during the Earth Hour fashion show.

To participate please email your name, phone number and email to sarahc13@YORKU.CA

We hope that you will join us in celebrating Earth Hour and participate in this year's one of a kind pre-loved fashion show!

Are you living Earth Hour every hour?

Earth Hour is more than switching off lights for one hour, once a year. It's about giving people a voice for the future of our planet and sending a message to our world leaders for action on climate change. Make your voice heard and share with us what Earth Hour means to you

To enter please submit a video, picture essay or art piece that embodies the theme – Earth Hour, Every Hour

The winner will receive an exclusive prize package including  $100 IN CASH

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TO ENTER

1)            Register by sending in your name, phone number and email to ecoyork@yorku.ca

2)            Make sure to visit submission requirements, contest rules and judging criteria

3)            All entries should be submitted by Tuesday March 1^st 2011

RULES & GUIDELINES

1. ELIGIBILITY: The Contest is open to all students of York University (Keele & Glendon Campus) including both Undergraduate and Graduate students

2. HOW TO REGISTER & PARTICIPATE:

• Registration and Submissions: Email your name, phone number and web address to ecoyork@yorku.ca
• Digital Format: Entries in digital format may be emailed to ecoyork@yorku.ca
• Non-Digital Format: Entries in a non-digital format will need to be dropped off at the ECO office (Room 441 Student Center). Please email ecoyork@yorku.ca to set up a date/time to submit your entry

All submissions are due by midnight on Tuesday, March 1^st 2011

3. SUBMISSION CRITERIA. Each Submission must demonstrate:

• Creativity;
• Originality; and
• Content: How it best represents the theme Earth Hour Every Hour

Any submission containing sexually explicit, disparaging, discriminatory, libelous or other inappropriate content will be removed from the selection process and thus the competition

Submission of Photo Essay must:

• The submission should include a collage of pictures with short descriptions regarding their purpose and meaning;

• Should include a minimum of six (6) and maximum of twenty (20) photo(s);
• Be 300 words or less;
• Be submitted in one of the following file formats: jpeg, gif, png (No progressive Jpeg or animated gif allowed) - Alternatively you may also submit a hard copy of your piece;
• Must contain entirely original materials

Each submitted Video must:

• Be submitted in one of the following file formats: FLV, WMV, ASF, AVI, MOV, 3GP, , MPEG, MP4 or posted on Youtube with (the title “ECO York—Earth Hour Every Hour Contest”);
• Be no more than 3 minutes in total running time;
• Not contain any copyrighted works (other than as owned by the Contest entrant);
• Contain entirely original materials.

Other Art Forms:

• Any other Forms of the Submission must also meet the rules and regulations of the contest, except for the “Photo essay” and the “Video Submission” criteria as they are not relevant
• Each submission must come with a short description explaining how the piece embodies the Earth Hour theme

Each Submission satisfying the requirements set out above and submitted in accordance with these official rules and regulations will, subject to the discretion of the Sponsor, be an eligible entry

4. PRIZES: The winner will receive an exclusive prize package, including $100 in cash.

5. WINNERS & ANNOUNCEMENTS: The winner will be announced during the Earth Hour event on March 16, 2011

Winners will be contacted via email or telephone within five (5) business days of the Earth Hour event (this isn’t consistent with the above statement – will they be told before?). Finalists will be accessed to present their entry at the event

6. SELECTION PROCESS: Submissions will be viewed and selected by the ECO York-Earth Hour Contest judging committee, based on the Submission Criteria (outlined in Rule 5). All submissions must be in compliance with the rules and regulations of the contest.

7. PRIVACY: Eco York respects your right to privacy. Personal information collected from entrants will only be used by the Sponsor to administer the Contest and, only if consent is given at the time of entry, to provide the entrants with information regarding upcoming promotions and/or events and/or opportunities to support the Sponsor's mission. (this means you have to provide a consent form for them to sign when they enter the competition)