Do you go to work by bike? Brush your teeth with the tap off? Carry your shopping in an ecobag? Do you have creative ideas that could encourage sustainable behaviour in people’s daily lives?

Your environmentally responsible behaviour could take you to the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Up until 20 March, users of the My Rio 2016 app who post and share videos of sustainable behaviour in the Embrace Challenge will be strengthening one of the main legacies of the Games, while competing for tickets and prizes.

“We want to move people and awaken responsibility towards the environment and society”

Tania Braga, head of sustainability, Rio 2016

Find out more about the Rio 2016 sustainability programme

To take part all you have to do is send, via the app, videos up to a minute long that show creative ways to apply sustainability in daily life. The creators of the best videos in each of the six categories for the challenge – water, accessibility, energy, waste, transport and food – will win a pair of tickets to watch their favourite sport (Olympic or Paralympic) and a kit with official Rio 2016 products.

Download the app free of charge for iOS and Android, or access the desktop version.

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