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Are you an educator working to support environmental stewardship amongst youth?

Then step up to the Tread Lightly Educator Challenge for a chance to win great prizes!

TakingITGlobal and the Staples Foundation for Learning want to recognize the commitment and passion of educators who are using the Tread Lightly program to engage youth in learning about climate change. Through the Tread Lightly Educator Challenge, our goal is to showcase inspirational stories from teachers around the world who have engaged with the program while rewarding exceptional examples of leadership and innovation in the field of environmental education. Share your Tread Lightly story by May 20, 2011 for your chance to win!

Prizes:

- Grand prize of $1000 US

- 5 finalist prizes of TIGed virtual classroom licences

- 3 additional prizes of $100 US for teachers who sign up for a Tread Lightly thematic classroom

Eligibility: Educators from any country who are currently utilizing or have previously engaged in the Tread Lightly program may participate. Submissions from both formal and informal educators are encouraged.

Criteria: We will be choosing the winners who have shown the most active and innovative participation in Tread Lightly’s climate change initiatives. This could include using the lesson plans in the teacher’s toolkit, creating a virtual classroom for student interaction, taking part in one of our video conferences, holding a Low Carbon Lunch event, organizing students to take the Tread Lightly Challenge or submitting their ecological artworks to the Imprints Art Contest.

How to enter: Share a written story, photo blog post or video that captures how you utilized the Tread Lightly program to engage with youth, and what impact it had. Be sure to indicate clearly which aspects of the program you utilized and how. Post your blog entry or video creation online as you see fit and then share the link with us through a simple contest submission form (or if you prefer, submit your written story directly, through the form) to complete your entry.

Deadline: Submissions will be accepted until May 20th, 2011. Winners will be notified by May 31st.

If you have any questions, contact the Tread Lightly team at info@treadlightly.org.

For more information on the Tread Lightly program, please visit www.treadlightly.me, or find us on Twitter (@TIGTreadLightly).

Thank you!