Finalists for the Eco Bag Eco-mmercial

Central Shopping Centers are trying to reduce plastic bag use. ISB held a video contest to support this cause. The winner will win a 5000 baht gift voucher for the shopping center and have their video played at Central Chidlom for a month!

Here are the finalists. Which one would you pick?

Thanks to all those who entered the contest and especially Jacob J. and David S. for making the finals.

Eco-mmercial contest # 2 - Plastic Bags!

I'm not here to promote Central over other shopping centers since I like to work on projects with all of them, but I do have something cool to tell you. For a while now I have been trying to contact businesses to look into reducing plastic bag use around Thailand. Perhaps, even taking a European approach and charging for the bags. Central has responded and we met last week. Don't worry there are no current plans to charge you for a bag, but they have a plan to reduce bags by at least 25% in the next 2 years. The Green Panthers will work with them on some areas. For example, the first step is to have Eco-mmercial contest # 2. However, this time all the videos should focus on plastic bags. We know plastic bags are terrible for the environment, there are solutions, and your video should prepare customers to make a lifestyle change and not use plastic bags.

The point of the commercial is to convince people to use less plastic bags, and in particular to purchase one of the eco bags that Central sells for 60 baht. This bag can be used as a points card. The bag has a bar code and every time you use it you get points. How cool is that!

CONTEST DETAILS:

1. Video length must be 60 seconds or less. This will be strictly enforced and any videos longer than this time will not be eligible to win.
2. Video can be done in English and/or Thai.
3. At some point in the video it must have the Central logo and it must show the Central eco bag (I think any winning video would have this in it anyway)
4. The winning video will get a 5000 baht gift voucher and have their videos shown at Central Changwattana every hour.
5. All videos can be turned in to Mr. Dyke (PE office) or Ms. Tananone (activities office).
6. Deadline for submission is April 22nd (Earth Day), 2009.

If interested, please send an email to kerryd@isb.ac.th to let me know who you are.

This video from You tube and this website might get you started, but don't copy it. Remember to follow the guidelines above.