Sony Canada recognizes the need to educate the next generation on its environmental practices. In order to promote awareness about issues affecting our environment, Sony Canada engages youth through two avenues:
The Great EcoKids Challenge
The Great EcoKids Challenge is an annual nationwide contest, providing schools, extra-curricular clubs and youth groups with an opportunity to positively impact our environment. Through large-scale group activities, students are provided with a platform that helps to develop and hone their leadership and teamwork skills, stimulate their creativity and increase their awareness about environmental issues. The Great EcoKids Challenge empowers students to generate positive change for their school and communities, and ultimately, the health of the environment.
Winners are judged on four criteria:
1. Contributes to the health of the environment
2. Produces positive outcomes
3. Encourages student participation and leadership
4. Impacts positively on the local community
Here are the great Sony prizes for 2008:
Grand Prize
SONY 32” BRAVIA® M-Series High-Definition LCD TV for your school and SONY Cybershot® digital cameras for your Environment club members!*
Second Prize
SONY 2GB Walkman® Video MP3 players for your Environment club members!*
Third Prize
Win SONY 2GB Walkman® MP3 players for your Environment club members!
The Sony Canada Charitable Foundation is the proud sponsor of the 2007-2008 Great EcoKids Challenge.
This year’s winner will be announced in late Spring.
A list of the 2006-2007 winners, a description of their accomplishments and their Sony of Canada Ltd. prizes can be found below.
1st Prize: SONY 32” BRAVIA® M-Series High-Definition LCD TV and SONY Cybershot® digital cameras go to Bench Elementary in Cowichan Bay, British Columbia for the following environmental initiatives
Bench Elementary Banning Plastic Bag
Waste in their school.
Banning of Wasteful Plastic Bag:
- Ban plastic bags
- Raise awareness through skits and presentations to school board officials and local government representatives
- Their efforts are ongoing to convince Duncan City Council to replace plastic bags with cloth ones
2nd Prize: SONY 2GB Walkman® Video MP3 players go to Stonewall Centennial School in Stonewall, Manitoba for the following environmental initiatives:
Alegria School's EcoKids
Anti Idling Campaign:
- Educate youth and adults about the harmful effects of idling vehicles
- Using various displays, presentations, pamphlets, signs and even business cards
- In their community and as far away as Winnipeg.
3rd Prize: SONY 2GB Walkman® MP3 players go to Westglen School in Edmonton, Alberta for the following environmental initiatives:
T-shirt club logo designed for
environmental awareness t-shirts
Earth Patrols & Education:
- Coordinated by the Earth Patrols
- The school completed 500 environmental projects this year alone
- The Patrols visit classrooms, makes presentations and reward students for participating, showing leadership and taking action in the community to help the environment
Contribute to a healthier environment and make a difference. Join the next Great EcoKids Challenge by visiting www.ecokids.ca
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Children’s Artwork
Sony Children’s ISO 14001 Earth Day Artwork Contest
Every year, Sony hosts the Children’s Earth Day artwork contest for Sony affiliated children. With a new theme each year, the past 17 years have generated amazing artwork and an increased awareness in youth about the environmental problems that we are facing.
Sony employees sponsor as many children as they wish, at times entire classrooms, providing youth ages 6 to 14 years with the opportunity to learn about the environment, express their hope for change through creative avenues and allowing the winners to have their artwork published in an Earth Day Calendar utilized by Sony employees across the globe. They also have the opportunity to win some great Sony prizes!
Please Click here to see the 2008 Sony Children’s ISO 14001 Earth Day Artwork Contest Grand Prize winner.