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Winner-For Paint Your City Green!

Mar-19-2011 By Barbara Zak

It’s Green Bay,Wisconsin for the win, of the Paint your City Green Contest!

enter your city to win 85000 dollars in the paint your city green contest

Paint Your City Green Logo Courtesy of Sherri May & Co.

Phoenix creative agency Sherri May & Co.,  awarded Green Bay, Wisconsin  as the $87,000 Go Green Marketing Campaign winner, of their Paint Your City Green Campaign, on March 15, 2011.

Paint Your City Green, is the Second Big Win for Green Bay, this year!

As this year’s winner of the Super Bowl, Green Bay, gets a double win.
Sherri May & Co. is a creative services firm, headquartered in Phoenix,  and sponsored the Paint Your City Green, contest.

“The City of Green Bay, is honored to be painted green, by Sherri May & Company,” Green Bay Mayor, Jim Schmitt said. “As sustainability, continues to be one of our essential goals, the residents will be the true beneficiaries of this opportunity.”

Dunn Edwards donates 50 gallons of paint to the Paint Your City Green project!

As the winner, of the Paint Your City Green campaign, Green Bay, also will receive as part of the package, professionally designed statement inserts, brochures, avenue banners, billboards, signage and a website. The grand prize, also includes 50 gallons, of Dunn Edwards Greener by Design TM eco-efficiency paint, for the interior and/or exterior of one city building. Read the rest of this entry »

Contest To Paint Your City Green!

Feb-21-2011 By Barbara Zak
enter your city to win 85000 dollars in the paint your city green contest

Paint Your City Green Logo Courtesy of Sherri May & Co.

It may not be easy to be green, but one city in America, will get a leg-up if selected as the winner of the Paint Your City Green campaign contest. It’s an $85,000 GIVEAWAY underway and your city could be the one chosen!

Deadline Fast Approaching to Enter to Paint Your City Green!

Sherri May & Co., a creative services firm headquartered in Phoenix, Ariz., is giving away a marketing campaign, aptly called “Paint Your City Green,” that includes professionally designed statement inserts, brochures, avenue banners, billboards and signage, valued at approximately $85,000.  The U.S. city chosen (with a population of 45,000 to 500,000) will be one dedicated to making a positive impact on the environment by encouraging sustainable living in their community.

Dunn Edwards Donates to Paint Your City Green

In addition, Dunn Edwards has recently committed to donate 50 gallons of their “Greener by Design” paint to the winning city. This paint, will be used to cover the interior and/or exterior of one city building.

To enter your city, just fill out the application. It’s that easy. Applications For Consideration In The Paint Your City Green – GO GREEN Contest are being accepted now, and MUST be submitted by Feb. 28, 2011.

To enter the go green contest, cities must complete an eight question entry form by Feb. 28, 2011. Finalists, will then be selected, and asked to participate in a conference call interview.  The winning city, will be named on March 15.

The Paint Your City Green winning city, will work closely with Sherri May & Co., to coordinate campaign details for maximum impact and to track results.

Why Enter Your City To Go Green?

“There is a lot of talk about being green, but people don’t always know that it only takes a few simple changes to make a big difference,” said Sherri May, owner & president of Sherri May & Co. “By offering this opportunity to an entire community, we believe this will not only make a difference to our environment, but it will also provide a positive economic impact.”

The goal of the Paint Your City Green marketing campaign, is to inspire city residents, to adopt new practices, that will help reduce energy use, and fossil fuel emissions, improve citywide energy efficiency, spur economic growth and potentially attract new residents.

By engaging residents, the campaign will help increase awareness for the winning community, as well as, help that community gain recognition and reputation, as one of America’s greenest cities. The winning city, will also garner recognition as an environmentally safe place to live.  It can also help, encourage economic growth.

To find out more, visit PaintYourCityGreen

About Sherri May & Co.

Sherri May & Co. is a creative service and marketing agency founded in 1997. Sherri May connects clients’ objectives, budget, timelines and brand with their creative, to effectively communicate their message, both internally and to the public, and achieve results. Phoenix-based Sherri May & Co. is best known for their work with financial services companies, but they also cater to consulting, bio-technology, manufacturing and retail industries. Visit www.sherrimayco.com.

Come on now – Enter to Paint Your City Green!

How About Plug-In Wind and Solar Power?

Sep-4-2010 By Barbara Zak

As you  may recall, Google hosted a contest last year. The winner in the category for wind turbines/power, was the Jellyfish Wind Turbine from Clarian technologies.  I thought this was such an innovative idea, I posted about it in January 2009, as Jellyfish Windpower , and updated the topic again in June 2009, as JellyFish Plug-In Windpower .

The JellyFish, is a great innovation in Wind Turbines. It changes the public perspective, that a wind turbine should be big, expensive, and has to be, more than 30 feet tall. The Jellyfish has dimensions of only 48” x 36” (1.2m x 0.9m), and weighs about 30 pounds.  Roughly, it is able to generate about 40 kWh / a month, on an average windy day. That’s enough to power a room with CFL light bulbs, a blender, or a toaster. There is no fancy setup, to use the Jellyfish. Just plug it directly, into electrical sockets. It also comes with Wi-Fi and WiMax, modules.

The Genius behind Jellyfish, is Seattle’s  Chad Maqlaque.  He visions that, “We could have 10,000 of these sitting in a city, when  networked—it’s like a virtual utility…”

The Jellyfish Wind Turbine, is not available for market, just yet, but will be in 2011.  However, you can sign up online(Below) for pre- order,to be sure to get yours, through their site, at clariantechnologies.com. It’s expected to retail for around $400. At higher production volumes, the prices may be dropped to $199. This is where if we start demanding these products, more will be made, and they should become cheaper.

My friend Linda, at Forced Green, recently posted about the JellyFish, and the SunFish.  We both love the idea, of what these products can do.  Let’s work together, by contacting QVC and Costco, so we can help get these products, on the shelves.  These two companies, have been quite helpful, in getting new and innovative products on the market, and they’ve been doing it for years. Together, we can all be working, toward better and greener tomorrows for everyone!

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