How to Enter

To enter, post about your actions before the November 15 deadline. We’ll look out for your entry!

Review the Tips for a Winning Entry below to create a strong post, and include the following:

The Challenge theme you are entering (e.g. Our Homes)
Explore actions for each theme: Our Homes, How We Get Around, How We Celebrate & Play, and Our Daily Lives: Food & Stuff
A bit about you including where you’re based (province and / or city)
Create another post if you want to enter more than one theme

On Instagram

Include the official challenge hashtag #LiveNetZero2025 and/or #VivreNetZéro2025 in the caption of your post.
Please note: hashtags placed only in the comments will not be tracked and your entry will not be counted.
Your Instagram account must be set to public for your entry to be visible.

On Facebook

Submit your entry by posting directly on the Live Net Zero Canada Facebook page
Entries can be submitted as a new post, a visitor (community) post, or as a comment on the Live Net Zero Canada Facebook Page. To submit a visitor post, go to the “Mentions” tab when you’re on the Live Net Zero Canada Facebook Page and create your post.
Your post or comment must include the official challenge hashtag #LiveNetZero2025 and/or #VivreNetZéro2025.
Posts made only on personal timelines will not be eligible.

On BlueSky

Share your entry as a post on BlueSky using the official challenge hashtag #LiveNetZero2025 and/or #VivreNetZéro2025.
Posts must be publicly visible and include the hashtag(s) to be counted as valid entries.

Alternative Entry

If you are not comfortable using a public social media account, you may email your entry directly to [email protected] with the subject line Challenge Entry and include your photo and/or link to your video and the official hashtag #LiveNetZero2025 and/or #VivreNetZéro2025 in the body of the email.

We’ll shortlist 10 households from across the country for each Challenge. If you’re one of them, we’ll ask you to share more for a chance to win big prizes!

Click here for the Rules and Regulations Click here for Frequently Asked Questions

Tips for a winning entry

Your entry is evaluated based on the social media posts you create for one or more of the Challenges.

For each Challenge, we’re looking for impact, actions that lots of people can take, and clear and compelling storytelling.

We’re also looking for Canadian household champions that represent diverse households across our vast Canadian geography, and across a variety of sustainable living actions.

Checklist to create a strong post:

Action – Make it clear which sustainable living actions you’ve taken, and the impact of that action (past, present or planned)
Reason – Let us know why you’re taking this action
Challenge theme – Make sure the Challenge theme is obvious (e.g. Our Homes)
Photo or video – Post a strong photo or video (3 minutes max.)
About you – Share where you live and a bit about your household: we’re looking for a diversity of households across Canada!
Story or reflection – Tell a story or reflection with a strong personal voice (use humour & emotion); share your journey and encourage other Canadians to step up and join you!
Number of posts – Whether you share a single powerful post or a series of smaller ones, quality counts more than quantity.

It’s great if your submission can also:

Shift the system – Include what helped or what was hard: what’s supporting you or holding you back? Reflect on affordability, access, policies and what’s needed from others (government, business, community, media) to support sustainable living for more people. Show us the big picture.
Mention or engage others – Whether it’s online, at school, in your community or at the kitchen table – we’re looking for all kinds of influence. You don’t need to go viral.

All your submissions are important! You’re letting us know what actions you take, and where you’re getting stuck and need support. We bring these insights to policymakers, business, communities and the media so they can take action to make living net zero easier over time for everyone.

For inspiration…

Check out the action ideas we’ve listed for each Challenge theme – from quick wins, to bigger projects, to ways to shift the system:

And explore how other Canadian households have taken action to respond to these challenges.

Take our 10-minute quiz to discover which actions will make the biggest impact for your household, and get a personalized pathway to living net zero. By taking the quiz before January 23, 2026, you can enter to win one of five $100 cash prizes.

Take the Quiz!