For our Earth Day contest last week, entrepreneurs Aakash Mathur (W'09) and Jay Parekh's (SEAS '09) donated 3 of their revolutionary new Hydros water bottles (retail value $29.99) to 3 creative DT readers who told us what they are doing and/or plan on doing to go green.

After the jump, find out who won and read their winning entries.

More about the Hydros Water bottle HERE

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Happy Earth Day everyone!

Today is the last day of our DT contest where you can win a Hydros bottle.

Hydros Bottle provides American consumers with access to great tasting, refreshing water on the go through a novel, fast flow filter built into reusable filtered water bottles. Their bottles are made from Tritan™, the same material used in Nalgene bottles, and a sophisticated filter that quickly removes chlorine, chloramines, and particulates.

To enter, all you need to do is COMMENT BELOW by clicking the "Post a comment" link at very bottom of either this DT post (by 4/22, 11:59 pm) or my original DT post about this contest on:

• what else you are doing to go green or
• what will you be doing in the coming year to go green? or
• what else are you doing to help others go green? 

The more creative the better!

(FYI, you can also order your bottle online HERE)

Get the contest details here...+/-

*Contest Details:

• Only Penn undergrads, alumni, staff and newly accepted to Penn prospects can participate
• Only comments posted on the DuelingTampons.com site will count.  (Facebook comments will not count.)
• In the post, please be sure to leave your first name, last name, class year.  I will contact winners via facebook.
• A total of 3 winners will be chosen at random from eligible applicants to receive (via mail) 1 Hydros water bottle
  
• Contest ends on Earth Day: Thursday, April 22, 2010, 11:59 pm
• How the winners will be chosen:
  To decide the winners of this competition, Aakash Mathur and Jay Parekh, will determine the winner based on creativity and impact.  I will then contact the winner about his/her prize via facebook by Monday, April 26.  I will announce the winner on this blog soon after.
  

For other Penn folks who want to donate a prize for a future DT contest, email me at 




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Eco-advocate and illustrator, Brian Yanish (C'95, Mask and Wig, Friars) has combined his talents and passions to create The Scrap Kins, animated characters that live in a recycling center and build their world out of the things people throw away.

Over the past 2 years DT has been following Brian as he has been developing out the Scrap Kins and we are happy to report that he has not only had successful meeting with some major publishers, but his his characters will be on children's notebooks and folders in Rite Aid stores across the country in over 4900 stores!

In the recent Los Angeles news segment from above, Brian shows us how he teaches kids to use their imagination and turn household scraps into crafts.

Happy Earth Day everyone!

Visit Brian's website HERE

Follow Brian on his Twitter page HERE

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