The Green of the Crop

In celebration of the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, the Creative Core green team is working with The Syracuse Post Standard to highlight the Central Upstate New York region’s greenest endeavors. The competition launched in the March issue of the Post Standard’s Green CNY publication (www.syracuse.com/green) and is hosted on a specially created web site: www.greenofthecrop.com

Categories include:

• Businesses 
• Educational and Community Organization
• Individuals or Households
• Inventor, Innovator or Entrepreneur

The competition is open to the public. All nominees must currently live in the Central Upstate New York region (The Creative Core: Cayuga, Cortland, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga, Oswego, Seneca, St. Lawrence, and Tompkins counties).

Submissions to the competition are due by April 9th, 2010 (5pm est.). Complete submissions must include a brief description (200 words or less) on why the person, business or school/community group being nominated is the worth of the title Green of the Crop.