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SAVE THE PLANET PROTEST ESSAY CONTEST!
I’m
awarding about $200,000 worth of commercial real estate property in Hawaii plus
$10,000 in cash for the best TV show idea to save the planet. 2nd place winner $5,000
and Third place winner $1,500! This is the Save the Planet Essay Contest that
was stopped with my arrest before I could find a winner in front of the
Discovery Channel protest in Silver Spring Maryland.
I am still
looking for an essay or a package presentation about a TV show that could be
developed based on Daniel Quinn's book, "My
Ishmael" where
it talks about how people can build on each other's ideas in order to save the
planet. I'd really recommend persons submitting ideas to read this book to get
a better understanding about the author's core idea to save the planet. All the
clues you need for saving the planet is in that book. It just needs a little
alteration in order to turn it into a show. But if you think you can work the
idea without reading that book, that's ok too. I just find reading that book
will give you an advantage over those who have never read that book.
Basically,
the way Quinn says people can save the world is by building on each other’s ideas.
For example, in the history of humans, a person might invent a wheel. Then
another person might take the idea of the wheel and add an axle to it. Then
another person might add a cart to it. Then, a few thousand years later, so
many people have built on those ideas, we get the modern automobile which in
reality is the end product of thousands of inventive people all helping each
other to improve on each other’s ideas and make it better. The same is true of
most of inventions we have today all being a culmination of ideas. But the goal
here is to find ways to save the planet using the same creativity instead of
making more junk we don’t need.
OK, here
goes: The title of your TV show should be very catchy. Sometimes the title
makes all the difference, so a good deal of thought should go into the creation
of the title. Think of titles like "American Idol," "The
Apprentice", and other shows that are obviously good and memorable because
of their catchy, well-thought out, titles. Then think of the titles that are
obviously bad and try to avoid making your show title sound like those.
I am
looking for a show idea that when read, is OBVIOUS that this show could save
the planet. I want to be able to read it and say "WOW, this is GOOD."
I want people to say "WOW, this show could really WORK if given a
chance."
Think of
Rwanda, World War II, and other current crisis and how your show could have
tackled those problems successfully. Remember please, IDEA BUILDING, IMPROVING
ON IDEAS! It's not enough to just have a static idea like saying "just be
nice to each other" as an ultimate solution. People just won't go for
that. Ideas must be built upon and then challenged, debated, and even discarded
for other, better, ideas before they are even tested. But some ideas may very
well be tested ideas with new, modern applications to them.
The idea
here is for you to take this stuff and make it BETTER. Build on this and make
it better and better and come up with something that makes people go
"WOW." Be original, be creative. And that is how the winner will be
determined, by me and everyday people saying "WOW" after reading it.
“WOW, why isn’t this show being produced and broadcast to save the planet?”
"WOW"
me. “WOW” the world.
Here are a few rough postings to give
you some ideas:
Sample idea submitted to
Discovery
Video Title experiment: “Race to
Save the Planet.”
Email
your submission to misterfifteen@hotmail.com
1) Your
Name:
2) Phone:
3) Title of
your Show:
4) Summary
idea of the show:
5) Any
additional text and details of your idea:
6) Any
other materials or props:
And use
whatever you think can give you an advantage over everyone else. If you want to
add a video or illustrations or other props, that's ok too. There aren’t really
any rules. You can submit over and over and ask me for help or what I think of
your idea so far. I'm looking for a winner within a few months time. I'm
desperately looking for a winner and am 100% serious about this.
Snail
mail:
Lee
8639-B 16th
Street Suite #348
Silver
Spring, Maryland 20910
Phone:
(240)-602-5159
Bulletin
board rooms where I hang out and chat:
groups.myspace.com/savetheplanetprotest
Archives:
Discovery Channel protest page:
savetheplanetprotest.com/discovery.htm
Ads I ran in the Express paper:
savetheplanetprotest.com/protest.htm
The grand
prize can be added to if anyone wants to add more money or their property to it
as well. Just contact me to let me know and I can post your pledge or have a
record of it when it's time to declare a winner. Right now, I'm personally
pledging:
$200,000 in
property
$10,000 in
cash
$5,000 in
cash
$1,500 in
cash
----------------------
$216,500
Total so far pledged in cash and property and whatever else I have left after
minor expenses.
“WOW” me,
I’ll be waiting anxiously. Save the planet. It’s up to you now.
