Students, parents, teachers and community members are joining forces to reduce the amount of electricity and water Seattle uses as a part of HP3’s Greenest Neighbor and Cool School Challenge.

Participants from over 15 different neighborhoods around Seattle are competing to be named Seattle’s Greenest Neighbor by having the greatest reduction in their electricity and utility usage.

Five local, West Seattle schools have also taken the challenge to make their school greener by increasing recycling efforts, and reducing their electricity consumption by making a conscious effort to turn off classroom lights and electronics after use. *The schools are not competing against one another.

Winners from the Greenest Neighbor Challenge will be announced April 16, 2011 during the HP3 Green Leaf Festival.

HP3’s unique 16-mile Adventure Race crisscrosses the Delridge community and features multiple challenges, including: generating kilowatts on a stationary electricity-producing bike, carrying two 5-gallon buckets of gravel over a series of routes, pushing a wheelbarrow full of mulch and planting trees.

HP3 features on exclusive partnership with the City of Seattle Department of Neighborhoods and Parks Department, engaging community members, businesses, students and city officials in an event to raise awareness and foster action on environmental issues.

To join the Greenest Neighbor & /or Cool School Challenge, visit the official website:

www.hp3challenge.com