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10/12/2004
Klaus Töpfer, UNEP's Executive Director, and Jens Eckhoff, Bremen’s Senator of the Environment presented the 2004 "Bremen partnership award" to Alex Winch for the project "Beach Solar Laundromat Wash and Fold".
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The Bremen award is aimed at projects which feature cooperation between business partners and ones from the fields of science, politics, local government or NGOs, in the field of sustainable development.
Senator Jens Eckhoff explained "The 168 entries for the competition completely exceeded all our expectations. The awards go to three projects which are highly committed to the environment and set examples for sustainable economic activity. A fourth project has been awarded a special prize of recognition for its outstanding success".
Second and third place went respectively to the "Ukrainian Network for Local Environmental Sustainability" project from the municipality of Nikolaev and to "EcoMTex – Ecological Textiles for the Mass Market" by the German company Otto (GmbH & Co. KG). A special prize of recognition was also awarded to UK entrant BedZED by Bremen’s Senator for Construction, Environment and Transport.
Prof. Klaus Töpfer, praised not only the winners, but also Bremen’s outstanding commitment to sustainability. Bremen leads the way in the area of innovative environmental technology. Following the award ceremony, around 300 guests seized the opportunity to exchange ideas.
For further information, please contact:
Regan Mundhenke at regan.mundhenke@ecolo-bremen.de
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