Keen Footwear, Inc., the Portland, Oregon-based outdoor athletic company famous for its hybrid sandal/sneaker just created three separate contests. Winners may win up to $25,000, and can enter under three categories.

STAND UP: For artists who create a creative, original work devoted to sustainability, positive environmental change, and/or raising environmental awareness using film, fine arts, journalism, design, and/or photography.

STAND OUT: For outdoor athletes who write a creative, original statement (200 words or less) about a passion for an outdoor activity; how the activity will support sustainability and positive environmental change, and/or raise environmental awareness; and the plan for how to use the prize and

STAND FOR: For activists working on an environmental cause through research or at a nonprofit. They must submit an image or video depicting the work and description (200 words or less). The contest closes on December 31, 2007. Winners will be notified by March 24, 2008. Winners will be selected by panels of judges comprised of KEEN employees and qualified independent judges