Slogan Contest Opportunity - deadline Nov. 30

This competition is sponsored by Clean Air Partners, in conjunction with the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments and the Baltimore Metropolitan Council. The purpose of the slogan contest is to engage students and educators to study and actively pursue solutions to air pollution and climate change.


Clean Air Partners invites students in grades 4-8 to submit a creative slogan that brings to light the solutions to air pollution and climate change and inspires people to take actions to improve our region’s air quality. Some example topics include but are not limited to:

• Increasing energy efficiency to combat climate change.
•  Reducing electricity consumption.
• Alternative transportation such as bike/walk to school, taking transit, carpool, etc.
• Ways to reduce ground-level ozone and air pollutants.
• Alternatives to fossil fuels.
• The Air Quality Index as an education tool.
• “Green Jobs” related to air quality and climate change.

Resources for helping students develop their slogan can be found on the Clean Air Partners website (http://www.cleanairpartners.net/EducationResources.cfm) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency website (http://airnow.gov/index.cfm?action=student.main, http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/kids/ ).

ELIGIBILITY
All students in grades 4 through 8 residing in the metropolitan Washington and Baltimore region can participate by submitting a slogan. Entries will be judged in two grade-level categories:

• Category 1: Grades 4-6
• Category 2: Grades 7-8

For more information,  please visit http://www.cleanairpartners.net/contest.cfm