On February 15th, Al Gore announced Live Earth, an event featuring concerts on all seven continents to raise awareness of climate change. The July 7th concerts feature a "Who's Who" of talent, and tickets are sure to be selling fast -- the show at London's Wembley Stadium has already sold out.

We want you to be there for this historic event, and so we're teaming up with MSN to give away five pairs of tickets, along with air travel and lodging. MSN and Treehugger's "Green Theatre" contest challenges you to (you guessed it) make a 1-2 minute video in which you answer the question “What are you doing in your own backyard to help fight climate change?”

With Live Earth just over a month away, you won't have any time to waste: you can submit your video through Soapbox at MSN Video beginning today. The deadline for submissions is June 23. Once the submission period has closed, voting will open up, and users will choose the Top 10 videos. Those ten will then go to a panel of celebrity judges, and they will determine the five winners. Judges include:

Daryl Hannah, Actress & Environmental Advocate
Dr. David Suzuki, Scientist, Environmentalist and Broadcaster
George Spyros, Environmental Media Maker
Hunter Lovins, Founder, Natural Capital, Inc.
Josh Lucas, Actor & Environmentalist
Judith Helfand, Documentary Filmmaker, Everything’s Cool
Q’Orianka Kilcher, Actress & Environmentalist
Rachel McAdams, Actress & Environmentalist
Simran Sethi, Environmental Journalist
Summer Rayne Oakes, Model & Environmentalist
Woody Harrelson, Actor & Environmentalist

When making their choices, the judges will evaluate the videos based on relevance of contribution to the environment (70%), creativity of presentation (20%), and appropriateness to theme (10%). In addition to tickets, accommodations, and travel, winners will also receive $300 in spending money. Official rules are available at the contest's site.

Get your cameras warmed up -- it's time to get them rolling! In just a few weeks, you and a guest could be a part of the historic Live Earth concerts. Need ideas? Check out the videos submitted to our Convenient Truths contest. And, of course, Treehugger's chock full of tips for lightening your carbon footprint.

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Outside Magazine packs a full issue of environmental commentary, articles and profiles. The following sections are from the feature entitled "Green Giants: 23 real-world leaders building a future where SUVs run on algae, skyscrapers have the carbon footprints of toolsheds, conservation is a religious imperative, and inconvenient truths have very profitable solutions."

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Summer Rayne Oakes (principal of SRO & model) is featured alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger (Governor of CA); Richard Cook (sustainable architect); John Doerr (Venture Capitalist); Elliot Spitzer (Governor of NY); Jerome Ringo (NWF Chairman); Captain Paul Watson (Greenpeace); Jeff Swartz (Timberland President); John Mackey (Whole Foods Guru); Leonardo Dicaprio (Actor); David de Rothschild (Adventure Ecology Founder); Sir Richard Branson (Virgin founder); Marjora Carter (Sustainable South Bronx), and others.

There is also a terrific article on one of our favorite websites, grist.org.

Labels: Al Gore, ecofashion, Grist, Leonardo Dicaprio, Marjora Carter, Outside Magazine, Richard Branson, Schwarzenegger, Summer Rayne, Summer Rayne Oakes, Whole Foods, Willie Nelson