WINNERS ANNOUNCEMENT:  Jennifer B., Kendall, Tara P., Terrance and Nicholas N – it’s official, you’re all winners.  Thanks to everyone for participating…If you didn’t win this one, don’t despair – check out our next Great Green Giveaway for useful, planet- and body-friendly products.

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Project BLUE is generously sponsoring this Great Green Giveaway so we’re spreading the eco love in many exciting ways.

5 lucky readers will each receive 1 of the following gifts: women’s Polarized sunglasses; men’s boardshorts; women’s backpack; men’s backpack; or men’s watch.

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BONUS DEAL:  If you surf, post a pic of yourself with/near/holding your surfboard on the project BLUE wall and you’ll be entered to win a Famous Wax prize pack, which consists of the Eco-Timmy traction pad (made from 40 percent recycled materials), Famous’ petro-chemical free Green Label wax and a Famous Wax hat!

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5 Winners, 5 Prizes – enter to win one of the following:

  • Billabong PowerShock Eco Supreme Suede board shorts (for men): $60; made from PET (recycled plastic bottles)
  • 2 DAKINE surf packs: Oceana (women’s) $75 and
  • Recon (men’s surf pack) $70; made from (PET)
  • Nixon Outsider Tide Watch (men’s), $150
  • Electric Visual Mayday sunglasses (for women): $150

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Six leading and competitive brands (Billabong, DAKINE, Electric Visual, O’Neill, Famous Wax and Nixon) in the multi-billion dollar surf industry have come together with a complementary product line under the project BLUE umbrella to make a difference and clean-up the oceans and beaches.  A portion of the proceeds of each sale supports the Surf Industry Manufacturers Association Environmental Fund which benefits 19 non-profit organizations who share a common mission in the protection of our coastal waters.  Jump in and get on board.
To Enter, simply:

  • check out Project BLUE @ betruetoblue.com
  • Then leave a comment on this post, answering the following: “What one thing are you doing to help the world’s oceans and waterways?” And let us know which prize you’d like to receive.
  • Add the following address to your email address book: m (at) AlternativeConsumer.com.
  • For an additional entry – friend project BLUE on FaceBook and let us know by leaving a comment.

Five winners will be selected in our Random Drawing, and notified by email. Contest ends Tuesday, July 20 at 11:59p (EST). Winners have 24 hours to claim their prize, or offer is null and void. Winners’ names will also be included on this post. Giveaway includes free shipping, anywhere in the USA.
*EXTRA CREDIT If you have your own blog, you can post about the giveaway with a link back to this giveaway post. To make sure we know, you can come back and leave a comment with a link to your blog post. If you Twitter, you can tweet about the giveaway (once per day), and be sure to refer to @altCon, and leave a comment linking to the status. You can also receive additional entries 3 more ways: subscribe to our RSS feed, follow us on Twitter or friend us on FaceBook. (If you’re already a subscriber, just enter a comment to let us know.) Time’s ticking, so start clicking – good luck!  As always, we will not share your email info with anyone.