Environmental Impact Winners: Print/Photo
First Place:
Alliance for Tompotika Conservation (AlTo)
Vashon, Washington
Submission: Forest, Sea, and Village: AlTo's Conservation Awareness Campaign for Sea Turtles and Wild Nature in Indonesia
The Alliance for Tompotika Conservation (“AlTo”) is an international non-profit dedicated to conserving the natural heritage of the Mt. Tompotika area in Sulawesi, Indonesia against the urgent and widespread threats of tropical deforestation, destruction of coral reefs, and poaching of endangered species. AlTo conducted an education campaign, consisting of brochures, community presentations and posters, to educate local villagers on the importance of protecting sea turtles. The villagers are now actively engaged in protecting the sea turtles from illegal poaching and enforcing the laws enacted to protect their environment.
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Runners Up
Rockymarsh Run Watershed Inititive
Shepherdstown, West Virginia
Submission: Rockymarsh Run Watershed Initiative
Through the Freshwater Institute, the Rockymarsh Run Network is working to increase people’s connection to their watershed and their environment in part through the production of a 12-month calendar for distribution in West Virginia. The calendars are created with purpose and meant to inspire community members to act as advocates for the environment around them by identifying topics and actions to help a homeowner make better choices when it comes to our environment and freshwater resources. This initial outreach work lays the foundation for future networking and communication with the local landowners and community members for upcoming stages of restoration work.
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Asthma Free School Zone: Idle-Free NYC
New York City, New York
Submission: Asthma Free School Zone: Idle-Free NYC
The Asthma Free School Zone (AFSZ) works to keep kids in school by improving air quality and, in turn, reducing asthma-related illness and absenteeism. From Monday to Friday, 8 to 4, schools hold an extraordinary concentration of children with extraordinary vulnerability to pollution. Starting in 2005, AFSZ advocated for a one-minute vehicle idling limit in school zones through the posting of health-protective signage, and training school and community members about environment and health impacts of idling vehicles. This past winter, Mayor Bloomberg signed a measure limiting vehicle idling to one minute in school zones into law – the first such law in the nation.
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