Put your artsy skills towards a good cause by entering a creative enviro-contest!

>> Filmmakers: Know a river hero — or are you one yourself? Then make a film! Tom’s of Maine’s “River Stories” Video Contest [1] wants to see films "showing your activities and why you think it’s important to take care of rivers." The winner gets a Prius. Deadline: Halloween 2008. 

>> Photographers: Enter Oikocredit’s fair trade photo competition [2], dubbed “How fair is your world?” Just take a photo showing “what fair financing and being a fair trade [2] consumer means to you” and send it in by Halloween for a chance to visit one of Oikocredit’s fair trade project partners. Deadline: Halloween 2008.

>> Socio-enviro-conscious DJs: Remix Bluesman Joe L. Carter’s song [3] “Mr. Waterman” for a chance to win $400. The contest’s linked to a new documentary film, The Water Front [4], which focuses around a community of Highland Park, MI residents fighting for their right to their water supply. Your best remixing efforts will bring attention to the problem of water privatization, which is threatening the access to clean water in many communities around the world. Deadline: Dec. 16, 2008.

^{Top photo courtesy of Tanakawho [5].}