Video Contest
I Heart Tap Water Student Video Contest
Students Demonstrate That Anyone Can Take Back the Tap on Earth Day
After two months and over one hundred and forty entries from young activists and filmmakers across the country, the celebrity-judged I “Heart” Tap Water national video contest has a final winner just in time for Earth Day. Using a variety of media including claymation and animation, students creatively declared their love for tap water on film and pledged to rid their campuses of bottled water. 30 Rock actor Alec Baldwin was one of many judges representing the environment, film, students, and non-profit organizations to choose the first-place winner of the contest who will receive $1,500.
“It’s inspiring to see so many talented students using their creativity todispel the myth behind bottled water,” stated Alec Baldwin. “Developing a concise and effective PSA is an art form and these students did just that on behalf of an important issue.”
Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Watch Executive Director and one of the contest judges agrees with Baldwin. “College students have proven that they are both creative and technologically sophisticated in designing compelling educational videos about bottled water. With this video contest students are building support among tomorrow‚ leaders to value tap water and to make the public investments necessary to continue having clean and affordable water.”
Elizabeth Klein from University of Cincinnati was announced as the winner of the contest with her stop-motion animation video. Klein‚ video and other finalist videos fulfilled the following requirements: a declaration of love for tap water, some discussion about bottled water consumption, and why the student‚ college or university should break the bottled water habit. Zachary Eagles from Fresno City College and Matthew Williams from SUNY College at Potsdam were also among the top three finalists of the competition.