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Get Outdoors With Barenaked Ladies, Get $1,000

Most people spend too much time covered by buildings.

Jeff Kart

By Jeff Kart
Tue Jul 20, 2010 08:35

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You may have heard that members of the Canadian band Barenaked Ladies chose their name because they thought it would look good on a marquee. Kind of like Free Beer. You may not know that most people spend 90 percent of their lives indoors.

That stifling statistic is the reason that Barenaked vocalist/guitarist Ed Robertson and his band are encouraging fans to get outside for the latest Green Music Group Challenge.

And they'll give you ... a million dollars? No, not like the song. But they'll give $1,000 toward a cool nature trip to the best entry submitted by noon July 30.

To compete, go outside and appreciate nature. Take a lunch break on a park bench or pitch a tent, for instance. You can find hiking trails by using the handy dandy Sierra Club trail-finder.

Once you're out in the elements, and enjoying that natural feeling, take a photo of your outdoor adventure, upload the photo to the GMG site and tag it with an "EIGHT."

The top entry in this (eighth) Green Music Group Challenge will take home (and then outside) a $1,000 gift certificate for a Sierra Club Outing, which can be used toward hundreds of cool camping, hiking and kayaking trips.

Every entry into the challenge also gives you a chance at the grand prize ... a Honda Insight hybrid. Perfect for driving to the campground.

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