Check this super cool contest out!

"One of the most common questions I get asked as an environmental educator is, “Why don’t we shoot our garbage into space?” Now it’s your turn to answer the question. Tell me your answer in a 500-1200 word essay for a chance to have your ideas animated into a video. What would happen? What would it cost? Would the planet survive?

Be creative with your essay and submit your finished original work with your name, age and contact information to powerofr@gmail.com with ESSAY CONTEST in the subject line. Youth aged 5-18 are invited to compete. Submissions are due by April 15th, 2011. What you think matters, so tell the world.

Judging will be completed by Zac Whyte and judges TBA by April 30th, 2011. Winners will be announced on Facebook, Twitter and PowerOfR.ca. The winning essay and runners-up will be posted on this site. The winner of this contest will not receive money or remuneration for their work and will be asked to sign a release form with their parents before production begins. Good luck."

http://www.powerofr.ca/essay-contest.html