UNEP calls for Nominations for the 2008 UNEP Sasakawa Prize

Nominations are officially open for the 2008 UNEP Sasakawa Prize, the United Nations Environment Programme announced today.
The US$200,000 award is given out every year by UNEP and the Nippon Foundation to reward environmental innovation, initiatives and research from around the world.
This year, winners will be chosen for work related to the theme for this year’s [...]

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Environmental Sayings

Today we are faced with a challenge that calls for a shift in our thinking,so that humanity stops threatening it life support system.  Wangari Maathai
 
Most instituitions demand unqualified faith;but the instituition of science makes skepticism a virtue.   Robert King Merton
 
In the end, we conserve only what we love.
We will lovw only what we understand.
We will [...]

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