The almost-silent-movie “” recently won five Oscars. The producer and stars of a video mimicking that movie-making style hope to win $10,000 to fight invasive plants and provide wildlife habitat on the 蘑菇视频 campus.
The is a finalist in a contest where the top 10 vote getters each receive $10,000 for tree-planting projects from Odwalla Inc.
The Restore the Montlake Cut project would use trees to shade out invasive plants, according to Hillary Burgess, 蘑菇视频 graduate student in the School of Environmental and Forest Sciences and a staff member for 蘑菇视频 Grounds Management.
The is among the 20 posted on the . Voting ends May 31.
The video stars Burgess, Teos Bisbee, a 蘑菇视频 undergraduate and chair of the outdoor committee for Students Expressing Environmental Dedication, or SEED; Steve Kryszko, a gardener for 蘑菇视频 Grounds Management; Lee Harrison-Smith, a local arborist; and Noca, the dog.
It was produced by Jennifer Leach, a 蘑菇视频 alumnus of environmental and forest sciences.
Two other Seattle-area projects are also among the finalists.