Showing posts with label blog action day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label blog action day. Show all posts

Monday, September 15, 2008

PSDTUTS Contest: "Solving Poverty" Button Design

Poverty is a worldwide social issue, and do you know as a graphic designer, your talent and skills can help to solve today's most complex issue in the world. PSDTUTS just starts a design contest with the spirit of "Solving Poverty".

PSDTUTS New Contest!

It's easy to think that there isn't much an individual can do. Fortunately this isn't the case at all. There is a range of activities one can contribute to a cause.
All you have to do is to design button(s) that will both raise awareness of solving poverty and contribute funds directly to help entrepreneurs in developing countries lift themselves and their communities out of poverty. Give a real act now to solve poverty!


HOW TO JOIN THE CONTEST
The Buttons should have positive visual statement and may use the words "Solving Poverty," or another equally uplifting message on the theme of poverty. You can download the button template format file before you start designing. Submit your entries to the PSDTUTS Flickr group, tagged "solvingpoverty". There will be no limits to the number of buttons you can submit for this contest. For more detailed information, just visit the PSDTUTS "Solving Poverty" Button Design announcement post.


FOLLOW UPs
The best of 10 Buttons will be featured on PSDTUTS, and will be available for sale on Cafepress. These buttons will then be publicized as part of Blog Action Day too. The artists behind the winning entries will receive exposure through these channels and on the sales page of Cafepress. Any money raised from the sale of buttons will also go straight to Kiva.org. Prizes are wonderful too as you can get the chance to help others simply by participating this contest! All entries must be submitted before midnight September 28th, 2008.


INTERESTING BUTTONS SUBMISSION
While the contest entries keep coming everyday, we stopped by at PSDTUTS Flickr group and found these interesting buttons design submission for your inspiration. Just click the button designs below to shout a comment if you like :)

solvingpoverty by EAMejia designed by EAMejia

solvingpoverty by _Fer.nan.do_ designed by _Fer.nan.do_

Solving Poverty Button Design | PSDTUTS by badiali designed by badiali

Poverty Mocked Pin by IMMarus designed by IMMarus

Monday, October 15, 2007

Blog Action Day : Environmental Awareness

October 15, is Blog Action Day , and the theme this year is "environment".

Blog Action Day : Environmental Awareness

Joanne of Laidback Buddhist, pointed me out about the Blog Action Day. I've been planning to write a short post about a beach near my hometown, in north-east of Surabaya, Indonesia.

There is a small population of fishermen, where all the people depending so much to find living from the seashore until 5 kilometers far of radius from it. The fisherman community would about to vanish in another 5 years or shorter.

It was started when the local government decided to build 10 km Highway Bridge to connect the main island of East Java, Indonesia to a small island called Madura. According to one of the fishermen community member, they are now can hardly find fish and their income has been decreasing ever since. The sea environment was destroyed by the massive highway development.

Blog Action Day : Environmental Awareness

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