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Slow Down & See Your Town

Compete to Conserve challenges you to slow down and discover your community. What are you missing as you quickly dive through your neighborhood? When you slow and take a walk what will you discover?

Walk to work, run an errand, or simply stroll through your neighborhood and see what you discover. Take a photo of something you see along the way and share your photo here or tell us the story of your experience.

Lets create more sustainable lives for ourselves by really connecting with the community around us. We might even make some new friends along the way.

The most inspired submission will win our Ultimate Green Your House Gift Bag.

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN, AND ANY PURCHASE DOES NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. Submitting an entry constitutes your full and unconditional agreement to and acceptance of these Contest Rules and the decisions of Compete to Conserve Dot Com, Inc. (“Compete to Conserve®” or “Compete to Conserve”), which shall be final and binding on all matters relating to this Contest. 

 To enter the contest on www.competetoconserve.com (the “Website”), submit an original entry in the form of simple text, or a digital image of the entry in any medium in the form of a .jpg, .gif, .png that does not exceed (150) kb in size. Multiple entries into the Contest are allowed, however each separate entry requires that you submit a different and original idea as part of that entry into the Contest. Compete to Conserve reserves the right to reprint or republish all entries.  By submitting an entry, you are granting Compete to Conserve the right to reprint or republish that entry, along with your name information contained within the Website, online or in print. See Compete to Conserve’s Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions http://www.competetoconserve.com/page/privacy_policy and http://www.competetoconserve.com/page/terms_of_service for complete details.

 This Contest begins January 23, 2009 and ends February 28, 2009 and is open to all legal residents of he United States age 18 and older, except employees, agents, or representatives of Compete to Conserve Dot Com, Inc. and Foundation for Energy Conservation, or any of their parents, subsidiaries, sister companies, or affiliates, or any member of their immediate family.  Prizes are not redeemable for cash and must be accepted as awarded.

 Entries must be submitted to the “Slow Down & See Your Town” competition page, http://www.competetoconserve.com/competition/view/16/slow-down-see-your-town , no later than 11:59 p.m. Pacific Standard Time on February 23, 2009 (the “Deadline”).  All entries must be received by the Deadline to be eligible to win a prize.  Entries received by telephone, fax, courier or personal delivery will not be accepted.  Entries that are lost, late, misdirected, garbled, or incompletely received, for any reason, including by reason of hardware, software, browser, or network failure, malfunction, congestion, or incompatibility at the Website or elsewhere, will not be eligible.  Compete to Conserve will not be responsible for any printing or typographical errors in any materials associated with the Contest. Compete to Conserve, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to disqualify any person tampering with the entry process, the operation of the website, or otherwise in violation of the rules.

 Compete to Conserve will choose one (1) winner from all entrants who have submitted an entry prior to the Deadline and subject to the terms and conditions contained herein.  The winner shall be chosen by Compete to Conserve’s panel of judges at their sole discretion based upon which entrants display the most (i) original, (ii) authentic and (iii) creative idea expression.  All decisions are final.  Compete to Conserve reserves the right to change the contest rules.  Any entries or submissions which depict or glorify lewd, obscene, vulgar or profane behavior, or which utilize lewd, obscene, vulgar or profane language, either as part of the submission or as the name of the submission, may be disqualified at the sole discretion of Compete to Conserve.

 The winner will receive:

 1.            One Re-Useable bag made from recycled materials

2.            One Compete to Conserve baseball hat

3.            One .6LT Re-Useable SIGG water bottle

4.            Six Water Saving Faucet Aerators 1 Shower Shut-Off Valve

5.            Hot Water Gauge

6.            60 watt soft white CFL light bulbs

7.            32 FL. OZ. bottle of Lucky Earth Waterless Car Wash.

8.              16 FL. OZ. bottle of Mrs. Meyer’s Clean Day Countertop Spray

9.            One Energizer Rechargeable Compact Battery Charger with re- chargeable batteries.

 The approximate retail value of this prize is $125.00.  The winner will be informed via email at the email address submitted by the winner at registration on the Website.  To claim a prize, the winner should follow the instructions contained in the notification.  Compete to Conserve reserves the right to republish the winning entry with the winner’s name and profile image on the Website at any time in any location on the Website.  ALL FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL TAXES ASSOCIATED WITH THE RECEIPT OR USE OF ANY PRICES ARE THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE WINNER.

 All entries must be original and you agree to defend, hold harmless and indemnify Compete to Conserve, its respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, divisions, advertising and promotion agencies, or any respective officers, directors, employees, partners or agents from any of these entities, against any and all claims of alleged or actual infringement of any intellectual property rights, proprietary rights, rights of privacy and publicity, moral rights and rights of attribution raised by third parties against Compete to Conserve in connection with your entry. Compete to Conserve, its respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, divisions, advertising and promotion agencies, or the respective officers, directors, employees, partners, or agents of the forgoing (collectively, the “Released Parties”) are not responsible for (i) any injury, losses or damages of any kind resulting from participation in this Contest or acceptance, possession or use of the any prize; or (ii) any warranty, representation or guarantee express or implied, in fact or in law, relative to any prize, including but not limited to its quality, mechanical condition or fitness.

 If for any reason the Contest is not capable of running as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, force majeure, fraud or technical failures, which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of this Contest, Compete to Conserve reserves the right at its sole discretion, to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Contest, and judge entries from among all eligible, non-suspect entries received prior to such action. Released Parties assume no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, entries. Released Parties are not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer on-line systems, servers, or providers, computer equipment software, failure of any e-mail or entry to be received by Compete to Conserve on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any Website, or any combination thereof, including any injury or damage to participant’s or any other person’s computer related to or resulting from participation or downloading any materials in this Contest.

 The Contest and these Official Rules will be governed, construed and interpreted under the laws of the United States of America, State of California.  The Contest and all accompanying materials are copyright 2008 Compete to Conserve Dot Com, Inc.  All rights reserved.

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