im new to this so i may get pointed and laughed at, but i thought kickstarter was us only? how did you get a project started in the uk? im currently in the uk and have a great idea for a project and it says i need a us bank account?

How stupid. Why didn't you just donate the monies to the environment programs.
What a waste of money. Someone has too much time on their hands..

vuvuzela = plastic = oil
stop being stupid.

This is brilliant! I hope people take videos, this is sure to get some attention!

split my pants laughing at the thought of your project...................
just rreposted your project on boycott bp page and hope you get more donations for many more horns.................anything i can do to help................dial

This is such a genius idea! Hope all goes well!

Kelp Vuvuzelas! They are amazing looking, and for a thousand of them someone surely would give a big discount (especially since this project now has much more attention). Let users decorate them with oil, sea animals, corporate sleaze symbolism, and the likes. The symbolic gesture of buying plastic vuvzuzelas would then be moot, and in fact could be a subtle point that they're are not plastic.

Nice work Q. It's funny to me how many people that are talking crap about this project. i ask them how much money have they donated or raised to help out? Adam knows this isn't going to plug the leak. He's trying to keep people focused on BP and raise money to donate to the cause. I would say he has accomplished both. The things are made from oil so BP will profit. Who cares oil is everywhere. I don't think 100 vuvuzelas is going to bring BP a ton of profit. So if you're on here trying to spout about this being a stupid idea, I submit for the record that you good sir are the stupid one. Backtwo Machwards.

Let's not forget the role BP played in influencing the US and UK government sponsored overthrow of the democratically elected prime minister of Iran who had the audacity to claim Iranian oilfields for Iran. That didn't turn out so well in the long run...

BP is not alone in accepting the blame for this disaster, and they are rightfully doing what they can to fix it. Tony Hayward has done himself, his company, the shareholders, and the world in general, no favors in the way he has handled this event. So, like it or not, BP is the current face of the dangers of allowing multi-national companies to run rough-shod over cultures, societies, and the environment--putting profit before people. So this protest is well-earned and well-deserved.

I see this protest against not just BP, but our overall culture of oil-addiction, the need to break free from our own consumptive waste non-renewable resources, and an expression of rage against governments willing to play lap-dog to multi-national companies. No more banana republics. No more MMD agency "watch dogs" being bought off by the very companies they are charged with monitoring. No more myopic foreign policy decisions to benefit corporations that have grave socio-political consequences for the next generation. No more Bhopals. No more Deepwater Horizons. No more... It is time for us (we the people) to change, and if blowing horns can make a small change in the winds, then blow, baby, blow!

@David Page: BP didn't anything to prevent this catastrophe in the first place. In the Oil-Industry especially BP has a long record of serious security and environmental issues. They truly deserve all the blame they get.

I truly hope you're busted for being a public nuisance - this is not welcome and it's a totally pointless exercise. Your point about BP not feeling the pain is absurd - 40% of its value has been destroyed in recent weeks, and many thousands of private investors has lost money. BP is rightly using funds to shore up what remains of shareholder value, there's nothing wrong with that and any business should defend itself.

You forget that over $2bn has so far been spent, with more yet to come. Your time would be better spent addressing US corporate criminals who've never admitted to any culpability in the murder of 15,000 people in Bhopal and a further 500,000 harmed. What did Dow/Union Carbide pay out for this, the world's worst industrial disaster? $470m and they fought it every step of the way.

Contrary to what you think, BP is committed to fixing what has happened in the Gulf. Stop the whining and let them get on with it. You're not welcome in the UK.

yes, why stop at 100? or one day? so much wildlife ruined, beaches, peoples livehoods. Go Adam
( and the kelp vuvuzealas are a great idea)

Here is a link to the KELP project (Kelp Environmental Learning Project): www.kelpvuvus.co.za

Guess what these horns are made of...yep, petroleum. Be careful, or BP may profit ever so slightly from this protest.

Best option, and I hope this happens---opt for kelp vuvuzelas. Nice way to protest by showing the benefits of protecting renewable natural resources against the carnage wrought by BP. Also, it helps provide jobs in South Africa.

I agree with BillyVu, once you close this call for funds, then aim higher and make it $1000 or have it continue for a week. All the best Adam, you rock!!!

to those who are dissing this idea because the vuvuzelas are made from plastic which is made from oil -- excuse me, but the computers you are using to view the webpage and send your negative comments are also made with plastic. so is pretty much everything else made from petroleum in some part. this is about punishing BP for their recklessness and complete lack of decency and respect for life. as far as annoying the poor engineers who are trying to fix the mess they caused, they had a choice; they could have quit instead of following their executives' orders to do things shoddily and on the cheap which lead to this catastrophe, which did not have to happen.

What the hell, have a few dollars for a protest. If you publicize the day and time, and hopefully have people bring their own vuvuzelas, you can make an even bigger splash.

Get more than 100 people to blow those horns! AIM HIGH....get 1000!

Awesome. I'm here in London and have some vuvuzelas from my trip to South Africa, so let me know if you need me to come blastin' as well!

Mr. Nil's idea is great! -- re-sell the vuvuzela's for more $ for gulf aid. I can imagine more than a few establishments in the gulf would be proud to display these artifacts of war

Interesting campaign idea! Will you be organising similar events infront of the transocean and the Minerals Management Service (now called the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement) offices?

Fantastic project Adam, I've been doing my best to drum up support- http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/energy/blogs/donate-smother-bp-with-a-wall-of-vuvuzelas I can't wait to see this go down.

Have people download the Vuvuzela 2010 app for their iDevices. It's free and can do pretty much the same thing as a real one.

Please don't buy and ship new vuvuzelas, instead find 100 Londoners willing to donate their used ones ("The Sun" just gave away 5000 horns and many parents will be more than happy to get rid of them).

Okay, so you're going to buy new plastic Vuvuzelas for this flashmob.
Where do you think plastic is made of? Right - oil!
So in fact, you're sponsoring BP with this. Instead of arranging the flashmob I think you should donate the full money to the fund. Or at least reuse old vuvuzelas..

Adam, would you consider auctioning off each vuvuzela post-event and donating the proceeds to the Gulf Disaster Fund? I suspect if each vuvuzela were to be somehow imprinted with something that tied it back to the event, they could at least fetch a few dollars and the monies could then be recycled back into relief. Perhaps a poloroid of the performer with the item in mention in front of HQ or some such?

This has got to be the worst idea ever. Why would anyone care what pain BP's employees feel? Unless you are the biggest asshole in the world, the only priority should be to get that leak stopped, and there's no way you will contribute to that by ruining a workday for the people working on how to stop it. When the leak has stopped, you can do what you want to them, but right now, we want them to figure out how to stop the leak ASAP. Do something constructive. Save a seabird, invent a cleaning device, donate money to rescue programs, but please, don't let your own lust for revenge come in the way of the engineers actually trying to do something.

"And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him." @rogerod

@sictransitgloria - It must be awfully lonely sitting in a solar-powered tower using a wind-powered internet connection. While you're waiting for things to change, you could entertain yourself with this clip from South Park's special on smugness: http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/104282

Look, I think the idea of keeping the issue in the public eye is a noble idea, but this reeks of publicity stunt. Come on, man- what do you think vuvuzelas are made from? What fuel do you think it will take to get the said vuvuzelas to the intended location? What energy source do you think powered the factory that made the horns?

I look forward to the youtube videos. Hopefully one of the London volunteers can get a few large printouts of that Tony Hayward / Vuvuzela graphic and have them up at the event. Maybe we can even add a few comical ms-paint oil splotches to liven up his face like this:

http://wonkette.com/416030/one-mans-view-by-tony-hayward-bp-ceo/

Maybe some one who makes Vuvuelas will see this and make you some with something like BP sucks printed on them and you could sell them like crazy . Or another idea is to to have some Vuvuelas players at US BP offices I think they need some state side pressure too lol

if we live in london can we not just volunteer to be in the vuvezela chorus? craiglist isn't so big here in england so i could see that being an obstacle.

Fantastic Idea. Those damn horns annoy me endlessly watching the WC. Great retribution!

Adam Q. - I started reading about this because I thought it sounded funny. But the more I think about it the more serious it became to me. I think it's a great idea. Thanks for coming up with it. - Adam J.

I would love to partake, but I have no way of getting to London. HOWEVER, the American Headquarters is located at 9013 Sheldon Road, in Houston, TX‎. What do you think, @Adam?

@Adam that's a terrible example. You're already raising the money, choosing where to spend it is an easy switch. In fact donating to a relief fund is easier. Leaving a comment on the internet and traveling to the gulf are two vastly different things and cannot be compared in the least in terms of effort, time, and money required.

At best you will garner a quick five minutes of attention from some media outlets. Showing picture of the mess and destruction are far more effective, I assure you.

yes publicity is important i want to read about this on the news.

How about instead of wasting money on vuvuzelas for what is, in essence, a worthless stunt enacted only for internet attention, everybody takes their $10 and donates it to relief funds to aide real people in the Gulf affected by this tragedy. $2000 would go a long way in the region.

I am beyond broke - I haven't had a job in three years. Still, I think this is important, and fun, despite my measly one dollar pledge.

I bet you'd get there and beyond a lot quicker if there wasn't a $10 minimum.