The Foundation for Water and Energy Education (FWEE) is sponsoring a hydropower haiku contest.
The winner from each category will be put into a three-person drawing for a $1,000 grand prize. The two winners not selected for the grand prize will receive a "Best of the Pacific Northwest" gift basket. The categories are: 18 years and older; 13 to 17 years old; 12 years old and under.
Deadline for entries is Dec. 4, 2009. Winners will be announced Jan. 22, 2010. FWEE will begin publishing entries in July 2009.
Complete the short entry form and enter your haiku online.
Haiku examples are:
The river runs through
Electrons buzz across wires
Power to people
River of power
Flowing forever it seems
Use water wisely
The purpose of the FWEE Haiku contest is to share thoughts about hydropower in our lives. How does this renewable resource work? What does it mean in your life or nation’s future? How does hydropower affect environmental, economic or cultural needs?
Haiku is a creative and easy way to share thoughts across the globe. Haiku is a form of Japanese poetry that uses three lines. The first line consists of five syllables; the second line has seven syllables and the third line has five syllables. The last word in each line does not need to rhyme, as some poems do. It is a simple, yet a very beautiful expression of words.
Hydropower is a clean, renewable energy resource that more and more countries are investing in. Currently, about 20 percent of the world's electricity is generated through the use of hydropower. With development occurring in 80 countries, 500 hydropower projects producing 152,900 MW of electricity are expected to come on line. For more information about hydropower, go to www.fwee.org or www.hydrofoundation.org.