Power Down for the Planet Video Challenge Winners

We are excited to announce the winning entries for the Power Down for the Planet Video Challenge. The contest was competitive with many great submissions that highlighted the Climate Savers Computing mission.

The Grand Prize was won by team ArcaneMind. The team wins $5,000 and one HP TouchSmart tx2z laptop for each team member.



The Grand Student Prize was submitted by team Tiger P.R.I.D.E. Connection from Jackson State University. The team wins $5,000 and each team member receives one 2009 Specialized Globe Vienna Deluxe 1 bike powered by Specialized and one license for Microsoft Expression Studio.



We thank everyone who participated in the Power Down for the Planet Video Challenge. All submissions are available to view at the Power Down for the Planet YouTube Group page. Below is a Playlist that includes the winning entries as well as those that received honorable mention:



The Power Down for the Planet Video Challenge was a related competition under the Power Down for the Planet Challenge that brought eco-conscious students and campus communities together in a movement to reduce the energy consumption of computers. Students, staff and faculty at participating universities joined the challenge by pledging their support to adopt green computing practices.

The University of Maine at Farmington won the first Power Down for the Planet Challenge with more than 24 percent of its campus community pledging to commit to sustainable computing practices. The University of Iowa also received honorable mention for garnering the highest number of campus-wide pledges with 6,013. Additional information about the winners of the Power Down for the Planet Challenge here.