During the past school year, I was the president of Clarkson's Environmental Conservation Organization (we called ourselves ECO). By far the most awesome club on campus (I'm being facetious) we did cool stuff like organize a contingent to go to Power Shift '09 in DC, submit a formal report to Clarkson administration about the sometimes less-than-ideal placement of recycling bins, carry around our garbage for a week to show how much trash people generate on a daily basis, and organize a huge Potsdam event in support of climate change and green job awareness.
ECO's pretty great. And because ECO's pretty great, someone at Clarkson decided they would enter a contest that could win us obscene amounts of money! Well, not necessarily obscene amounts, but $15,000, which is more money than I've ever held at one time. With $15,000, ECO could do some pretty excellent stuff on campus, such as:
It's a photo contest, and Clarkson is one out of 25 finalists. Right now, we're fifth out of 25, and we need to be in the top 10 to be considered for the prize. If you're interested in helping us out, you should vote for the photo at the top of this post. (It's gorgeous, isn't it? That's a secluded corner of Clarkson's campus in the middle of the winter.) Writing reviews and posting links to social media and the like are also, apparently, very helpful in making this photo win. Here's where you go:
How else do you think a school's environmental club might be able to make use of large amounts of money? I invite you to comment on the matter below.
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