Powered by KyivWeekly, 26 December 2011The long-awaited annual ecological event, Green Awards Ukraine, honoring the best
green business and social projects in Ukraine took
place in Kyiv Golf Center on
December 15. Projects, which successfully
passed the first stage of the competition,
Green Trends, were
presented to the public during the first half of the day. 44
projects
were selected to compete for the title of the best project on the final
stage of
the contest, their authors received an opportunity to present
their achievements
in person. Over 200 guests, among whom there were
contestants, panel of judges and
guests attracted by unparalleled nature
of the event, gathered later that night after
the votes were counted.
The ceremony was an impressive celebration for the environmentally
aware
people. The Green Awards Ukraine 2011 nominees included some of the TOP
100
companies, small and medium busineses that are
working on promising green projects in Ukraine.
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South Africa has launched its Green Economy Accord promising
to create
300,000 new "green” jobs and double the
country’s renewable
energy generation capacity over the next 20 years.
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The United Nations
Department of Public Information 64th NGO Conference,
held from 3-5th of September
2011, has agreed the declaration covered
Rio+20 and the 10 year anniversary of voluntarism that can
be downloaded here.
The Rio+20 text is the first attempt to put
together
some ideas on Sustainable Development Goals put on
the table by Columbia
in June.
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