PlayPumps International annouces winner of PSA Video Contest

PlayPumps International announces that Eric Hopkins of Maine is the winner of PlayPumps International's PSA Video Contest. Not only did he receive a new MacBook Pro laptop computer, but also is awarded the thrill of seeing his PSA featured on the PlayPumps International Web site, helping raise awareness and motivate action.

Watch his PSA and learn how your financial contribution can provide clean water for children and communities in sub-Saharan Africa.

View other PlayPumps International videos on their website.

Video: Preserving the Diversity of Life

This video is from the wonderful TED series, which seems to grow daily. It's a big-picture talk, but utterly fascinating for anyone interested in ecology or sustainable development. In it, E.O. Wilson accepts his 2007 TED Prize and makes a plea on behalf of his constituents, the insects and small creatures, to learn more about our biosphere. Wilson identifies five grave threats to biodiversity (a term he coined), using the acronym HIPPO, wishes aloud that we will work together on the Encyclopedia of Life, a web-based compendium of data from scientists and amateurs on every aspect of the biosphere.

Podcast: Trending Toward Sustainability

From Philanthromedia comes this excellent audiocast on environmental sustainability. Description fron host Susan Herr: "Now that market forces are being aggressively harnessed to promote environmental sustainability, what is left for donors to do? In this six-minute audiocast produced by PhilanthroMedia, experts offer their ideas about where philanthropic dollars are uniquely positioned and urgently needed to keep momentum growing. Interviews include noted author, entreprenuer and activist Paul Hawken, Carol Glotfelty of the Heinz Endowments, Christopher Plante of the Asia Foundation and Susan Davis of the Tipping Point Network."

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Video: Live Earth Uses Kids in Global Warming Spots

Director Malcolm Venville lends his hand to this green campaign for SOS Live Earth. In this spot we get a shockingly honest account from children about their fear and trepidation concerning the ever-present threat of global warming.More info here.

Video: Saving Southern Forests

Here's a great use of a viral video by the Dogwood Alliance, a group of environmental groups in the southern U.S. states, aiming to preserve regional forests by encouraging more ecological use of packaging. They make their point very well in this YouTube video.

Video: Campaign on Global Warming

Courtesy of the wonderful Houtlust blog - which covers the confluence of media, advertising and causes - we got this video produced for the Canadian World Wildlife Fund. But wait, it's not a video advertisement; it's a video of an outdoor ad, in this case a billboard by the road in Canada. Who knows the global warming story? The shadow knows.

Video: Green Day and the NRDC Rock Out

Here's a great video from the National Resources Defense Council featuring rockers Green Day. Very well done, in my view.