[compost_tea] Sustainability Competition for Students

From: chris reid <reidchris_at_earthlink.net>
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 11:43:35 -0500

I belong to a phytoremediation list serve, and this announcement appeared
today.

Makes me wish I were a student again!

I'm sending it to the list in case we have members who are students or who
have a student in their family or classroom who might like to enter. Seems
to me there are a lot of great potential projects in the area of soil
biology, compost, compost tea, bioremediation, biocontrol. And completely
doable by a high school or college student.

Chris Reid

For Immediate Release Contact: Michael Brown at
December 10, 2003 brown.michael_at_epa.gov or
202-564-6766


NEWS RELEASE
EPA SUSTAINABILITY COMPETITION ANNOUNCED
P3 Award Will Help Developed and Developing Countries

To respond to the scientific and technical needs of the developed and
developing world in moving toward sustainability, EPA Assistant
Administrator for Research and Development Paul Gilman and President of the
National
Academy of Engineering William Wulf today launched the P3 Award. This
national
student design competition will enable college students to research, develop
and
design sustainable solutions to environmental challenges. Support for
the competition includes more than 30 partners in the federal government,
industry, and scientific and professional societies.

Up to 50 awards will be made for a maximum of $10,000 per team in the
autumn of 2004. The money will be used for research and development of the
team's sustainable design during the academic year. In spring 2005, all
teams
will be invited to bring their designs to Washington, D.C. to compete for
the
P3 Award. The National Academy of Engineering will convene a panel of
judges for the competition.

"There is nothing more essential in moving toward the long-term goal of
sustainability than teaching the next generation of scientists and
engineers how to incorporate sustainable principles into their work," said
Dr.
Gilman.

"It's not enough to have a good engineering design,"
said Dr. Wulf. "This competition will take the brilliant ideas of some
of our best students and turn them into useable projects that benefit
people, prosperity and the planet."

P3 is what's next, it's the next step beyond P2--pollution
prevention--and highlights the three components of sustainability: People,
prosperity
and the planet. Fundamental to the success of any sustainable design are
relevant social, economic and environmental considerations that are key for
this
award.

The P3 competition is scheduled to open in January for students
attending colleges, universities and other post-secondary educational
institutions.
Interdisciplinary teams are strongly encouraged, including
representatives from multiple engineering departments and/or departments of
chemistry,
architecture, industrial design, economics, policy, social sciences,
business, etc.

EPA relies on quality science as the basis for sound policy and
decision-making. EPA's laboratories and research centers, and EPA's
research grantees, are building the scientific foundation needed to support
the
Agency's mission to safeguard human health and the environment.

More information about the competition can be found on the Internet at:

http://www.epa.gov/ncer/P3 (NOTE -- this link did not work when I tried
it -- Google had a cached copy of the page, though)

or by contacting Julie Zimmerman at (202) 564-1589 or
zimmerman.julie_at_epa.gov.



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