LAST YEAR WE HAD OUR
1st ANNUAL
GREEN IS RED HOT CONTEST...
The following text is a review of that contest.
ARE YOU R E A D Y for the 2nd ANNUAL GREEN IS RED HOT CONTEST?????
It's just around the corner. So here's your "heads up!!!" Don't just sit there! Plan your entry ...and GOOD LUCK!
Like the little boy sitting here on the tracks in the photo I took in Saluda, N.C. in 2007, we all would be wise to take a good look around us to see "what's coming" down the tracks.
(Don't worry, in this case, the train stopped running four (4) years ago, and our little guy is perfectly safe..unlike some kids who are being exposed to toxic chemicals ..VOC's right in their own homes everyday.) Brigitte Mueller can tell you more about that here.
As real estate professionals, does it make sense to you to keep abreast of trends our market and in our neighborhoods? What are our clients asking for in the way of residential properties, for example?
Recently, REALTOR Magazine explores the trend toward green-built homes and the demand for sustainable products. "It's easy sounding green" the article reports, "...the triple whammy of gas prices, global warming, and health concerns about chemicals has made green buildings red hot. ...Take a first step toward working with the growing segment of buyers who appreciate green building...read the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®' smartgrowth green publication, On Common Ground. Or see what the green house of the future will be likeby checking out the NAR cosponsored exhibit The Green House at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C., or on the Web at www.nbm.org," the article advises.
GREEN IS RED HOT CONTEST ( Could be a super opportunity to get noticed, Newbies!)
So what can we here at Active Rain do to respond to the trend? To educate ourselves? To take a look at what's on the horizon? Well Dena and I got to talking about it the other day and here's the upshot of our conversation, "..."janeAnne, let's have a CONTEST! one about 'thinking green', building the ECO All-Stars Group and Localism for their own and others' benefit.
Reward, should probably be the gold stars and the increased knowledge they will obtain by exploring their neighborhoods with new eyes." ".What's the perfect time for a GREENING UP CONTEST? I know! ... Spring's on the way!" I chimed in.
So that's how it started to bloom .... ARE YOU READY FOR THE 2nd Annual EVENT?????
Let me know...
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Hey janeAnne, Did you know I used to live in Saluda? I lived there from roughly 9 to 12. I loved that little town. My father was the pastor of the Lutheran Church.
I know everytime you have these contests I say I'm going to write something and every time I don't. I guess "green" is just way out of my area of expertise. I have learned a lot this year from reading your posts though. So keep it up.
janeAnne - Y-E-S!!
Green is not my area of expertise, but I surely do learn a lot from each 'green' post I read!!
Ann
OK janeAnne, Give up the details.
BTW, I know that I'll always learn something from your blog, but I didn't expect to learn that BB is a PK.
Bill Roberts
Lane~
this is the second(2nd) Annual event..YAY-yeah!
I am not sure if any other events/contests have had an annual event...
but I think it is pretty exciting! Hope you will participate!
Bryant~
THIS year (since it is the 2nd Annual Event) I sure hope you do write something... and I love Saluda...good to know you lived there...and of your experience
Stephanie~
This will be the Eco-All-Stars Group March Challenge! it should be a fun project. Hope it creates as much interest as it did last year...and THANKS, as always for your energy and participation.
Joan~
I'm snowed in up here in the mountains today! I love it! My (=^:^=) however, put one foot outside and hastily made a retreat right back into his warm nest.
I am very excited to be having our 2nd Annual Green is red Hot Contest. I sure look forward to your entry.
Everyone~
i will be doing a new post on this next week...but for those of you who want to know ASAP...here's a quick insight into the 2nd Annual Green is Red Hot Contest...here it is:
A "Wee Bit" of Lucky Green Philosophy, an Invitation, and Article Ideas
As Jeff Turner mentioned in Take Action, Inspiration Will Follow "We can sit around waiting for a great wave of ecological inspiration to kick us in the butt, or we can simply, locally, actively begin doing something... anything. If we do, inspiration will find us." THAT being said... The 2nd Annual Green is Red Hot Contest Is a Call to Action.. As professionals, we stand at the gate of positive futures.. It's a mighty powerful position in which to find yourself....SO...Read the contest guidelines and then enter one or two of your articles!
Newbies...This could be your lucky day!
EVERYONE is invited to give us your personal take on/experience of/musings about the Green is Red Hot Trend.
The deadline to enter those thoughts (300+ words) will be March 14th. Winners will be announced and featured on the 15th, 16th and onMarch 17th when some of you may be doing more than writing about Green is Red Hot.
Article Ideas: Interviews ...with the Experts... Interviews with Your Kids on Energy Efficiency, on What they Think the world will be like when they are your age, etc. ....Humor that makes a good stewardship point,...Your words on the subject of Alternative and Passive solar energy, ECO-villages, Sustainable Neighborhoods and Communities, Native Plants and Landscaping...How Green Staging Can Model Change...Personal experiences in Your Back Yard, Neighborhood,Business....... UNIQUE, lively, informational and compelling articles with a positive, fun spirit.
TYPE E'S....Artists, and Photo Nuts...Let us discover your views on the subject of this Trend. Oh! AND...We love photos! Photo essays count! (You only need 150 eco-wise descriptive words)
A "Wee Bit" on the Pot O' Gold!
· Gold Stars for the winner and two runners' up
· Your article featured at ECO-All-Stars
HOPEFULLY BOB at Active Rain will be adding an points to wining entry and for two runners up.
AND FINALLY...For those of you who missed the original post, here's a link to our last update . Go there. It has all the information you will need to participate. "Green" G O O D LUCK to all !
REMINDER>>>TAG YOUR ENTRIES "Green Awareness"... <<<<< or I may miss it!
...and may you find
a pot of gold
and a real leprechaun
hiding where you didn't even expect him ...
maybe even
in a tree right
out your own back door!
green-o-lina!
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