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There are more great nonprofit outdoor and environmental organizations out there than you could possibly count. Every day, these groups do the important, sometimes unpleasant work of protecting the environment and promoting its wonders. And most every day, they go largely unrecognized. The Greater Outdoors Project, sponsored by Redwood Creek Wines and Planet Green (hey, that's us), aims to remedy that.
In its second annual event, the Greater Outdoors Project will award a $50,000 grant to the most deserving outdoor/environmental organization. However will it decide on a single recipient, you may inquire? Through a steel cage death match, of course. Kidding. No, the grant will be awarded, with your help (yes you, reader-of-green-online-blogs), through some good old fashioned competition.
Green groups have submited proposals for a project—which included "any project that is committed to preserving, protecting, and providing access to the great outdoors" according to the Project website—the more creative, the better. Any org was eligible so long as they're walking the green walk (and is a registered 501(c)(3) environmental nonprofit), which means everyone from the national chapter of the Sierra Club to the tiniest trail club could submit project ideas. Deadline for entries was March 1st 2009.
A panel of judges made up of green gurus like TreeHugger founder Graham Hill have reviewed the submissions and chose their five favorites. From there on out, it's up to you, America.
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Vote for the project that you want to see happen after April 1st and have a hand in choosing the next great green project that will make our outdoors a greater place.
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