Judges included Chevy Chase, Star Trek Voyager Executive Producer Joe Menosky, three top writers from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, actor and environmentalist Alexandra Paul and President of the National Trust for Historic Preservation Richard Moe. The small screen has always been able to have a huge impact on solving big problems.
Sprawl is one of the biggest environmental problems facing communities in America today.
Michael, a sophomore from Glenbard North High School, Bloomingdale, IL snapped up his prize for an episode of the popular NBC glam-mag sitcom Just Shoot Me. While Carly, an undergrad at California State University, Long Beach revealed that sprawl is far from a bear necessity in Disney's critically-acclaimed kids show Bear and the Big Blue House. Two billion hours are wasted in sprawl-related gridlocked traffic every year. The winning treatments will be submitted to show producers for consideration. And if the judge's comments are anything to go by, they may just get made.