PICNIC Green Challenge

The world must embrace a new, greener lifestyle. One bright idea can make a big difference. To encourage and aid the invention of great new green products and services, and after it's succes in 2007, the Dutch Postcode Lottery and PICNIC present the PICNIC Green Challenge 2008.

The PICNIC Green Challenge calls on creative, innovative minds to come up with concrete solutions to fight climate change. Anyone with a good idea for a product or service that reduces greenhouse gas emissions in a consumer-friendly.

The PICNIC Green Challenge offers a 500,000 Euro award for best green initiative in the field of lifestyle, design, mobility and communications technology.

The Chairman of the Jury will soon be announced.
Due to business obligations Kevin Wall, founder of SOS, the movement behind Live Earth, had to withdraw from the jury. Members that have confirmed to be part of the jury are H.R.H. Prince Carlos de Bourbon de Parme, Bill Moggridge (Co-founder of the Silicon Valley-based design firm IDEO), Liesbeth van Tongeren (Executive director of Greenpeace Netherlands), Jim Walker (CEO Climate Group) and Nicky Gavron (London Assembly Member and former Deputy Mayor of London).

PICNIC Green Challenge 08 received 235 entries
We are very happy to announce that we received many entries that could contribute to the fight against climate change! The entries come from countries all over the world, including India, Brazil, Israel, the United States of America, the Philippines, Tanzania, China, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.

From the 235 entries, the preliminary jury will now choose three to five finalists. The names of the finalists will be announced after 9 September

Help Create a sustainable Future with the PICNIC Green Challenge.