Grassroots Environmental Movement Begins $5,000 Contest

New grass roots movements are launched everyday around America and other nations across the world, encouraging citizens to stand up for something they believe in. These movements can be anything from something small-scale and simple, such as promoting public safety in the local neighborhood, or to something much wider in scope, such as an entire national political movement.

A movement known as Paper Retriever, which is a community paper-recycling program, asks individuals to share their input on how recycling impacts your local and global environment. The movement is offering a prize of $5,000 for the grand prize winner, who will create a winning original piece of artwork, photograph, video, or written word to show how recycling impacts the environment. Winners will also receive a $500 dollar donation to a local Paper Retriever center, helping to promote community recycling programs.

Their aim is to help educate individuals on how recycling can truly make a difference in their ecosystem. Paper Retriever is a grassroots movement formed of a conglomerate of non-profit organizations, who have raised a collective $3.8 million dollars since the program’s inception from over 15,000 contributing organizations.

Contest winners will be announced on the official “America Recycles Day” celebration on November 15, 2010. Everyone is invited to participate, so long as they are able to create an original submission. Judges will pick the best submission and runner-up submissions for honorable mentions and a permanent featured location for the top projects on the official website of Paper Retriever. 

Paper Retriever once again reminds us that creativity is the fuel of human progress.

Conflict of interest: Gupta was environment secy when Posco was cleared

Three of four members on the Meena Gupta committee have written to environment and forests minister Jairam Ramesh that differences between them and the chairperson may have arisen as Gupta was a retired IAS officer from Orissa cadre who had also been environment secretary at the Centre.

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Environment panel split on Posco clearances

NEW DELHI: In a 3:1 split opinion, an Environment Ministry panel has disagreed on whether or not to scrap all environment and forest clearances for South Korean giant Posco’s Rs. 51,000-crore integrated steel project in Orissa.

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Wesleyan University To Host Symposium On Environment

Wesleyan University’s College of the Environment will host its annual “Where On Earth Are We Going?” symposium on Oct. 23, from 8:30 a.m. to noon at Exley Science Center, Room 150

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Etisalat and Pacific Controls Launch the Environment Friendly ´Emirates Energy Star´ Program

DUBAI, UAE, October 18, 2010 /PRNewswire/ – Inaugurated by UAE Minister of Environment, HE Dr.

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DUBAI, UAE, October 18, 2010 /PRNewswire/ – Inaugurated by UAE Minister of Environment, HE Dr.

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Environment panel submits separate reports on POSCO

New Delhi, Oct 18 : The environment panel probing violation of laws by South Korean steel major POSCO’s $12 billion project in Orissa Monday submitted to the environment ministry two seperate reports with divided opinions.

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Environment panel submits separate reports on POSCO

New Delhi, Oct 18 : The environment panel probing violation of laws by South Korean steel major POSCO’s $12 billion project in Orissa Monday submitted to the environment ministry two seperate reports with divided opinions.

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Environment panel submits separate reports on POSCO

Environment panel submits separate reports on POSCO

New Delhi, Oct 18 : The environment panel probing violation of laws by South Korean steel major POSCO’s $12 billion project in Orissa Monday submitted to the environment ministry two seperate reports with divided opinions.

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Environment panel submits separate reports on POSCO

New Delhi, Oct 18 : The environment panel probing violation of laws by South Korean steel major POSCO’s $12 billion project in Orissa Monday submitted to the environment ministry two seperate reports with divided opinions.

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