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Your school could win a $100
mini-grant from Hamilton County Solid Waste Management District to
implement an environmental action plan!
Volvo Car Corporation and the Volvo Group is sponsoring
the 2003 Volvo Adventure Environmental Award competition. Volvo is
encouraging young people to devise and publish envrionmental action
plans to help the environment. The student’s challenge is to design a
practical action plan which will improve a school or community’s
environment.
These plans fall under five headings:
•Biodiversity
•Consumption
•Water
•Transportation
•Pollution
The Volvo website provides simple activities to implement and sample
proposals. The best teams from each country will be asked to join an
international conference to present their ideas in Sweden and compete
for a cash prize. The action plans will be published and presented to
the United Nations Environment Program.
All Hamilton County Schools who enter the contest with an action plan
related to the consumption heading (what can be done to make your
purchases more environmentally friendly and involves the 3 R’s) is
encouraged to contact Sue
Magness at the Solid Waste Management District.
Each mini grant is up to $100 and will be awarded to a select number of
schools to off-set the costs associated with the implementation of the
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