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VOTE HERE.

SCA needs your vote.  We are vying to be one of the featured presenters at South by Southwest ECO, a fairly new spin-off from the annual Austin-based entertainment and technology conference, and event organizers are relying on crowd-sourcing to help them identify the top contenders. Help us make sure that the youth voice is represented! With more than 200 submissions, you may have to search for the SCA entries:

1. "True Grit": The New Youth Eco Leaders (SCA's youth-led Sandy & Gulf Relief efforts)
2. Green Communities Challenge (Pittsburgh Green City Fellowships & Allegheny County)
3. The Next Generation of Sustainability Leaders (SCA's Corporate Sustainability Internship Program)

To vote, visit the Panel Picker website, sign in, search for "SCA," & Click the "thumbs up” icons next to each of what are obviously the three very best proposals. Voting closes May 24^th, so don’t delay!

Conservation Caption Competition, Round 4, go!

There must be a tale behind why this SCA member is running around a parking lot wrapped snugly in a mummy bag… Clue us in with your best caption (either here or on Facebook) by 5 PM EST on Monday 5/20. We'll post our favorite to Facebook, and send the writer of the chosen caption sundry objects emblazoned with the SCA logo.

Special thanks to SCA national partner Dr. Pepper Snapple Group for making the Conservation Caption Competition, Spring 2013 Edition possible.

Click here for the boring stuff (rules).

One tick said to another tick…

It's time for round 3 of the Conservation Caption Competition, Spring 2013 Edition!

If you can stand to look at this photo long enough to think up a caption, post it to the comments, either here or on Facebook, by Monday at 5 PM EST. We'll use arbitrarily determined standards to choose our favorite and repost it to good ol' FB. The writer of the chosen caption will receive something useful with the SCA logo on it.

Special thanks to SCA national partner Dr. Pepper Snapple Group for making the Conservation Caption Competition, Spring 2013 Edition possible.

Click here for the rules and here to learn more about our tiny nemesis, the tick.

More than 1,500 volunteers joined in SCA Earth Day projects nationwide over the last two weekends. Earthsavers of all stripes planted trees in Kansas City, prairie grasses in Houston, and shrubs in Seattle. Bike trails were repaired, hiking trails were cleared, invasives were removed, debris was hauled away, and illegal off-road vehicle paths were closed in diverse locales across the nation, from Joshua Tree National Park, California to Hudson River Park, New York. SCA Earth Day 2013 signature projects were generously supported by title sponsors American Eagle Outfitters, ARAMARK, Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Exelon Foundation, Johnson Controls, the NASCAR Foundation, Sony, and Southwest Airlines.

All of SCA’s Earth Day service hours this year were dedicated to the organization’s illustrious founder, Liz Putnam, in honor of her 80th birthday. Stop by our brand-new online Service Wall to wish Liz a happy birthday, pledge service hours for the month of April, and upload service in action photos. www.thesca.org/wall

Check out the photo sets and video below for highlights from SCA Earth Day service events all over the US!

Kansas City Area Events

Seattle Area Events

Washington D.C. Area Events

Houston Area Events

Pittsburgh Area Events

Chicago Area Events

Highlights from Events around the country submitted through Twitter & Instagram

New York City Events

Video from New York City Events

Is time, once more, for another round of the Conservation Caption Competition! For round two, we have a photo that you may recognize from SCA's follow me blog, but only if your memory extends all the way back to 2011.

Comment, either here or on Facebook, with something cleverly resembling a caption by 5 PM EST Monday, 4/22. We'll close our eyes and pointed to our favorite, then posted to Facebook for all to see on Tuesday. The writer of the chosen caption will receive a tidy bundle of super sweet SCA swag.

Special thanks to SCA national partner Dr. Pepper Snapple Group for making the Conservation Caption Competition, Spring 2013 Edition possible.

Click here for the rules.