Due January 5th, 2014 - End Ecocide in Europe is a grass-roots initiative aimed at protecting ecosystems on which we all depend for life. They hope to achieve that by making severe cases of environmental destruction a crime for which those responsible can be held accountable. This crime has a name: Ecocide.

Ecocide is defined as the "extensive damage to, destruction of or loss of ecosystems of a given territory". This includes such diverse activities as open cast mining, deforestation, nuclear accidents, oil spills, fracking, bee colony collapse, biodiversity loss and extinction of species.

Now, End Ecocide in Europe is launching a brand new video competition to support their mission.

Details
  - The video must communicate the issue and encourage viewers to vote for the European Citizens' Initiative (available at www.endecocide.eu). Beyond this, video-makers are free to use whatever style or medium they like, be it animation, video montage, film, or anything else.
  - Videos must be no shorter than 30 seconds and no longer than 2 minutes. While this is a serious subject, they do not object to the use of humour to communicate the core messages.
  - The video can be in any European language, but if it is in a language other than English it must have English subtitles included.

Click the link below for Official Rules and more details.

Prizes

Grand Prize
€500

Runner Up Prizes
4 runners-up will each receive €100

Eligibility
Open to residents of the European Union.