Australian developed technology wins United Nations World Environment Day Award
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Australian developed technology wins United Nations World Environment Day Award
The United Nations Association of Australia announced the winners in this year’s World Environment Day Awards at a Gala Dinner held at the Grand Hyatt, Melbourne this evening. The event was hosted by Rob Gell – Environmentalist and President of Greening Australia, Victoria.
The annual national Awards program, established in 2000, acknowledges action taken at a local level to address global environmental issues. Awards were presented in the following categories: Meeting the Greenhouse Challenge, Business Enterprise, Triple Bottom Line, Green Building, Marine and Coastal Management, Water Management, Local Government, Education, Community, Individual and Media.
2007 is International Polar Year and this year’s United Nations World Environment Day theme is Melting Ice – A Hot Topic? This theme prompted a new category for this year’s Awards; the Sustainability Victoria Meeting the Greenhouse Challenge Award, won over strong competition by BEST Energies & NSW Department of Primary Industries for their entry ‘Pyrolysis for Renewable Energy & Agrichar’.
Some other outstanding winners were:–, TAFEWA South West Regional – ‘Bunbury ecoHOME ‘Results’’ (Szencorp Green Building Award), and Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority – ‘Protecting the Reef Through Collaborative Management and Education’ (DSE Excellence in Marine and Coastal Management Award).
The important Signode Education/School Award went to Woodbridge School for their project ‘Helping Hands’. The Individual Award was awarded to Kim Thien Truong for her innovative environmental education work. Liz Minchin, Environmental Reporter The Age won the Media Award for Environmental Reporting for her ‘Climate Change Coverage’. (See attached complete list of winners)
For further details please contact:
Patricia Collett, UNAA Executive Director
Ph: (03) 9670 7878 or 0418 544 315