Ok, so it’s International Day for Biodiversity today and we had this really cool idea about how to celebrate it this year. You’ll recall the theme is Biodiversity and Agriculture, so we figured we had to do something sensational, this being the Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog and all. Basically Jeremy and I were going to dress up as vegetables (or fruits — there was much debate on the subject, although thankfully not on the status of the tomato) and run through the Roman Forum shouting anti-biofuel slogans to the tune of “Taxes on the farmer feeds us all.”
But that didn’t work out for logistical reasons.
So we’re launching another competition instead.
All you have to do to get your hands on the munificent prize (Euro 50 in Amazon.com gift certificates) is put together a poster, or slide show, or video, that would help persuade people that agricultural biodiversity is important enough to do something about. But by “people” we don’t mean people exactly. We mean teenagers. (There was much debate on that too; are teenagers people?) You can host the thing yourself, stick it somewhere public like YouTube or Flickr or whatever, or even ask us to host it. Just send a link and we’ll take care of everything else.
When the time comes, maybe a year from now, maybe six months, we’ll let a teenager pick the winner. Or maybe not, we haven’t really thought that far ahead.
Good luck, and have fun!
Teenagers are definitely a different species, but then so are men! I have a spare one – a teenager I mean – if you need a judge who definitely would not pick his mother’s entry as a winner!
Remarkable! Species transformation with maturity. Work out the mechanisms and I think you could expect a call from Stockholm. and we’ll definitely call on your spare son should we need to.
So tell me guys, how’s the competion going? Any entries? I might be tempted to enter the fray…especially since I have a 12 year old who thinks dissecting beans is boring (can’t say I blame her), and is clueless about agrodiversity. Must say, I am enthralled by the challenge!
The competition is going wonderfully well. However, I can also suggest that if you enter, you stand a very good chance of winning (by default).
When’s the deadline? I may have an idea…
@Ruth – Around 15 May 2009.
has anyone won this yet? I’d like to see the entries (assuming there are some).
My rapidly-morphing-into-a-teenager daughter would take a lot of persuading to think that her mother’s job is interesting.