Call for Entries – The Earth Awards 2010 – DEADLINE TODAY
May 10, 2010 by Hatty
A Global Search for Sustainable Innovations Designed for the 21st Century
Great thinkers of our generation have joined The Earth Awards to help search for design innovations
that will change the way we live and pave the way to the imminent sustainable revolution. From
pioneers of the sustainable movement to green entrepreneurs and adventurers alongside household
names in design and architecture, The Earth Awards has gathered powerful momentum to ignite the
revolution:
Paola Antonelli, MoMA • Yves Behar, Fuseproject • Richard Branson, Virgin Group • Graydon
Carter, Vanity Fair • Majora Carter, The Majora Carter Group • Tony Chambers, Wallpaper
Magazine • Alexandra Cousteau, Blue Legacy • David DeRothschild, Adventure Ecology • His
Holiness Gyalwang Drukpa • Rick Fedrizzi, USGBC • Julie Gilhart, Barney’s NY • Dr. Jane
Goodall, The Jane Goodall Institute • Scott Mackinlay Hahn, Loomstate • Paul Hawken, Author •
Peter Head, ARUP • Graham Hill, Treehugger • Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak • Yang Lan, Sun
Television • Ira Magaziner, The Clinton Foundation • Bill McKibben, Environmentalist • Barry
Nalebuff, Yale University • Sergio Palleroni, BaSiC Initiative • Karim Rashid, Designer • Cameron
Sinclair, Architecture of Humanity • Werner Sobek, Architect • Philippe Starck, Artistic Director • Diane
von Furstenberg, Designer • Dilys Williams, Center of Sustainable Fashion • Ken Yeang, Architect
The Earth Awards invites design submissions from all corners of the globe in six categories: Built
Environment, Fashion, Products, Systems, Future and Social Justice. Ideas, great or small,
realized or prototypes, will be considered but must distinguish themselves in six criteria: Achievable,
Scalable, Measurable, Useful, Original and Ecological. The grand prizewinner will receive $50,000
while category winners receive $10,000 each.
In 2010, The Earth Awards’ Ceremony moves from New York City to London, where the Selection
Committee will judge a shortlist of six finalists culminating with an exhibition in sustainable design.
This world-class exhibition will showcase the 2010 winning submissions, as well as past years
winners. Along with the exhibition and awards gala, the Financial Times will hold a Sustainable
Business Summit inviting CEOs, entrepreneurs and venture capitalists to match innovation with
investment, fulfilling The Earth Awards’ commitment to shepherd winning innovations closer to
market.
Not since the Industrial Revolution has there been a more apt moment for unbridled creativity,
invention, innovation and entrepreneurialism. The Earth Awards provides a platform for
transformational ideas for the way we think about design and the way we live on Planet Earth.
Open for Submissions: March 3rd – May 10th 2010
Selection Committee Review: May 17th – July 23rd 2010
Awards Gala in London: September 16th 2010
SUBMIT TO A BETTER WORLD: www.theearthawards.org
