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UP FRONT SPREAD THE WORD AND WIN! SHARE YOUR IDEAS with GET SOME TIPS For photography tips from Team Power Smart member Larry Paris see page 11. us for an advertisement that promotes Team Power Smart and you could see your ad in print! In a new twist on the annual photo contest, we want to see what being a Team Power Smart member means to you by encouraging you to come forward with your ideas for an advertising poster. Plus, we're opening it up to more than photography – whether you dabble in photo editing, illustration or graphic design, this is an opportunity to get creative. You can even submit the creative work of your children! Send your artwork and a caption to go with the advertising poster for your chance to win a grand prize of a Microsoft Surface Pro tablet, including a Type Cover (sponsored by London Drugs) or one of nine runner-up prizes. Finalists will be selected by BC Hydro's judging panel that includes an advertising agency representative and one of our celebrity Team Power Smart members. The grand prize winner will be chosen by popular vote on Facebook. For contest details and to submit your entry, visit london drugs.com/teampowersmart. Entries will be accepted from September 2 to October 13, 2013. Facebook voting will take place from October 21 to 31, 2013, at facebook.com/londondrugs. Choose from one of three ad templates, upload your image, add your copy and you could be in for a chance to win! MOVIES THAT MAKE YOU THINK LOOKING FOR WAYS TO DO MORE? In our search for passionate people who pioneer energy-saving practices, we've come across some inspiring documentaries of people willing to go the extra mile in the name of conservation. DRYING FOR FREEDOM British filmmaker Steven Lake plunges into the politically charged battle over . . . clotheslines? Profiling the plight of the 60 million Americans – and others around the world – who are banned by their community associations from hanging their laundry outside, this stirring documentary highlights the heated argument over the right to dry, the reasons for and consequences of banishing clotheslines in favour of tumble dryers, and the passionate advocates who face prosecution by taking a stand for Mother Earth. View the trailer online at dryingforfreedom.com and find out about public screenings coming to your community. 36 4 TEAM POWER SMART FALLC olumbia Magazine • fa ll 2013 B r itish 2013 NO IMPACT MAN: THE DOCUMENTARY A New York family goes green – really green – when writer Colin Beavan, his wife and baby daughter unplug from the grid, produce no trash, travel exclusively by foot or bike, and buy absolutely nothing except food for one year on a mission to make no net impact on the environment and scrutinize the culture of waste and consumption. Visit noimpactproject.org/movie to watch the trailer and purchase the DVD; also available on Netflix. THE CLEAN BIN PROJECT This award-winning documentary follows a dynamic Vancouver duo who set out to live consumer- and waste-free for an entire year. Jen Ruystemeyer and Grant Baldwin tackle the problem of garbage in North America in a light-hearted yet informative way. Watch the trailer online at cleanbinmovie.com. *Remember to check the movie ratings before watching the films.

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