Be a Better Planet – the winner!
It has been many weeks coming, but we are finally able to announce that a winning response has been chosen for the Yahoo!7 Answers / Be a Better Planet $50,000 question!
The judges had the heavy going job of reading through and considering more than 1100 fantastic responses – many of which had truly inspiring ideas on how to use $50,000 to create a more sustainable environment in Australia. It was great to see that so many people put so much thought into their responses and certainly very difficult for the judging panel to choose just one winner.
In the end though, it was user Fritz whose answer was chosen as best –
“The best use of $50,000 for the planet would be as a reward to the greenest school in the country. The money could be shared out to schools who are implementing a go green program. It may be divided into $30,000, $20,000 & $10,000 to provide a number of prizes that would encourage schools to go green. It is our children who will be most affected and it is our children who need to change the way we use our planet.”
This answer was decided upon as the winner because it was a simple idea that can easily be implemented, but it has the potential to have a positive effect all over the nation. Yahoo!7 and Be a Better Planet are now working with a partner to create this incentive program for schools, and we will definitely keep you up to date as it progresses!
We have to say thanks one final time to the Be a Better Planet Judging Panel, which includes Planet Ark founder Jon Dee, University of Technology Professor Derek Eamus, Better Homes & Gardens presenters Jason Hodges and Joanna Griggs, New Idea editor Robyn Foyster, All Saints star Virginia Gay, media personality Annalise Braakensiek, Yahoo! founder David Filo and Yahoo!7 CEO Ian Smith. They certainly had their work cut out for them choosing just one winner out of so many brilliant responses.
And of course thanks again to everyone who took the time to answer – you’ve helped to make this competition a huge success and we hope to see you again soon on Yahoo!7 Answers!
Yahoo!7 Answers Team
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What a great idea. I remember how much the greening project meant to us and the school at the Yahoo!Answers birthday party in December. The winner come up with a very worthy idea.
Hi!,
I have to say that this is the best and the simplest idea to workout. And we all see what a thought to start green from the place where our future seeds are growing up-the Schools.Congrats Fritz for this great answer and winning the campaign.
Congrats Fritz for being chosen as the winner. I think its a great idea
CONGRATULATIONS FRITZ!
I wish I was still at school sounds like a fun place to be. It is a good incentive and for us out there in the cold world we could see some incredible results—