Ashwinkumar Wasnik
Dear Members,
Earth Care Awards 2016 open for Entries
The Earth Care Awards (ECA) have been announced for the year 2016 and the application process has started. The 7th edition of the awards is open to SAARC countries : Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka recognizing the climate change mitigation and adaptation actions by communities, entrepreneurs, innovators, large scale industries, and urban local bodies
The ECA is now into its 7th edition of its successful journey that started in 2008. Since then ECA has gained wide spread recognition amongst the industries, NGOs, CBOs, and government institutes. The Earth Care Awards provides a platform to foster regional cooperation and support in terms of knowledge and technology transfer in the SAARC region. The award recognizes, verifies, and promotes the replicable initiatives and interventions on the greenhouse gasses (GHG) emission reduction, natural resource conservation, energy efficiency improvement, development and promotion of innovative eco-friendly alternatives across various sectors of development.
The awards are given for the following categories:
- Community based mitigation and adaptation in water resources, agriculture, forestry and other land use
- Innovations for climate protection,
- GHG mitigation in Large Enterprises
- Leadership in Urban Climate Action.
ECA is a joint initiative between JSW & the Times of India. The awards are technically supported by the Centre for Environment Education (CEE), and our outreach partner is Technology, Education, Research and Rehabilitation for the Environment (TERRE) Policy centre.
For more information, visit: www.earthcareawards.com
For more details on application process contact:
ECA Secretariat
Centre for Environment Education, Nehru Foundation for Development, Thaltej Tekra, Ahmedabad-380054 Gujarat, India.
Phone: +91-79-26844820, 26858002
Email: e...@ceeindia.org,