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Media invitation to the Green Challenge '09

We are delighted to invite you to join us for the Postcode Lottery Green Challenge 2009 Deciding Round and Awards Ceremony.

The Green Challenge is open to anyone with a creative and innovative idea that can contribute to an eco-friendly lifestyle, directly reduces greenhouse gas emissions and scores well on convenience, quality and design.

Deciding Round: Thursday 24 September 2.30–5 pm
Awards Ceremony: Friday 25 September 11.30 am–1.30 pm

At the Westergasfabriek, Haarlemmerweg 8–10, 1014 BE Amsterdam

Deciding Round

Thursday 24 September 2.30–5 pm

The Deciding Round is the tense, energy-charged afternoon when each finalist explains to the jury of international business and sustainability leaders why his or her climate-friendly invention is groundbreaking enough to deserve the € 500,000 prize.

Watch and learn
Watch as the finalists present their ideas to the final jury at PICNIC’09, Amsterdam’s exciting creativity and innovation event. Learn all about each product or service, how it works, and why it might be able to change the world, as its inventor strives to convince leading business and climate-change experts of its greatness.

Awards Ceremony

Friday 25 September 11.30 am–1.30 pm

The Award Ceremony is the triumphant, feelgood moment when the jury announces the winner and the cameras flash. Each year, the Postcode Lottery Green Challenge urges creative, innovative people to make a real contribution to fighting climate change by inventing a green product or service.

The winner will receive
Find out who’s won the Postcode Lottery Green Challenge 2009 on the last day of PICNIC’09. The winner will receive €500,000 from the Dutch Postcode Lottery to bring his or her product or service to market within two years.

Inquiries

For invitation and interview inquiries or please contact Tessa Weber (Whizpr):


T: +31 (0)317 410 483
M: +31 (0)6 14 72 76 71
E: Tessa Weber

Eben Bayer and Capra J'neva, 2008 winner & runner-up Eben Bayer and Capra J'neva, 2008 winner & runner-up

2009 finalists

One bright idea can make a big difference. The entrant with the best idea for a greenhouse-gas-reducing product or service will win €500,000, expert coaching and a starting list of customers! Read all about it »

How to win
Think you're too young to enter this contest? You lack a track record as an inventor? Or your idea's too wacky to fly? Read this »

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"I'm pleased that the Dutch Postcode Lottery has launched the Green Challenge to encourage entrepreneurs to develop new ways to fight one of the most pressing issues of our time: climate change." Read more »