TELL US YOUR STORY 

Do you have a story to tell about pets and lawn care?

Friends of dogs and cats: 

  •    Email us the story to us at submission@catsdogslawns.org
  •    Better still send us a short video telling your story, or phone our comment line, 206-202-0269 

Officials and employees of Chemlawn, Scotts Miracle Gro and other chemical companies - your input is also invited. Please phone or email us your info on the safety and hazards of your products.

Be sure to include your name and address, phone number and email address and tell us how to pronounce your name. 

SEND US YOUR PHOTOS

Send us photos of your cat or dog at play on a lawn, or listening to the radio, or talking on the phone!

You can email the photos to submission@catsdogslawns.org

Or email us the URL if they are already posted on the web or their location on a photo sharing website such as flickr.

If the photos show your cat or dog on a lawn, tell us the story behind the photo.    Email us the story to us at submission@catsdogslawns.org. Better still phone our comment line, 206-202-0269

How is the lawn is cared for - chemically treated or not? Organic care? Do you do it yourself or hire professional help? Are you doing anything to reduce your pets' and families' exposures to lawn chemicals?

Be sure to include the following information:

  • Your name and address, phone number and email address and how to pronounce your name.
  • Name of the animal portrayed, type or breed, and location shown 
  • If the videos show your cat or dog on a lawn, tell us how the lawn is cared for - chemically treated or not? Organic care? Do you do it yourself or hire professional help? Tell us the story behind the picture.
  • Also include this statement in your email message: I am sending you the enclosed item for you to use in the documentary film, The Truth About Cats, Dogs and Lawn Chemicals. I am giving you permission to include this in your film, and I understand that I will not receive compensationbut may have the satisfaction of knowing that my photos, video and or story help to promote the cause of safer lawns. The film will be distributed on the web, on dvd, and potentially in broadcast. You have permission to portray all of the animals and humans portrayed in the submission, whose names are __________________. If there are any children portrayed, i have the right as their parent or guardian to give you permission to include them.  You have permission to portray the location shown, which is ______________________.

SEND US YOUR VIDEOS

Send us videos of your cat or dog at play on a lawn, or listening to the radio, or talking on the phone! We're looking for excllent video footage, 5 to 30 seconds in length. If we choose your video it may be included in the web and DVD versions of this film. We're also interested in short videos of people with their animals, telling a lawn care story, or presenting your point of view!

We prefer receiving the video as an uncompressed quicktime file (the format that Final Cut Pro uses for broadcast quality editing). Email us at submission@catsdogslawns.org if you would like to upload a video  for us to download, and we will provide simple instructions for doing this. You can also mail the video to the address below.

If your video is already posted on the web email us the URL at submission@catsdogslawns.org


Be sure to include the following information:

  •  Your name and address, phone number and email address and how to pronounce your name.
  • Name of the animal portrayed, type or breed, and location shown
  • If the videos show your cat or dog on a lawn, tell us how the lawn is cared for - chemically treated or not? Organic care? Do you do it yourself or hire professional help? Tell us the story behind the video.
  • Include this statement in your email message: I am sending you the enclosed item for you to use in the documentary film, The Truth About Cats, Dogs and Lawn Chemicals. You have permission to include this in your film, and I understand that I will not receive financial compensation but may have the satisfaction of knowing that my photos, video and or story help to promote the cause of safer lawns. The film will be distributed on the web, on dvd, and potentially in broadcast. If there are any children portrayed, i have the right as their parent or guardian to give you permission to include them.  You have permission to portray all of the animals and humans portrayed in the submission, whose names are __________________. You have permission to portray the location shown, which is ______________________.

MAILING ADDRESS

You can also mail videos or photos to:

Photo/Video Submissions 

Cats Dogs Lawns
PO Box 231
Amherst, MA 01004



Sorry, we cannot accept anonymous submissions.


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Listen to an interview with the Producers of The Truth About Cats, Dogs & Lawn Chemicals