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| 2012 Energy Globe World Award Winners. EcoPost Ltd CEO Charles Kalama (Far Right) |
Kenya’s EcoPost Limited was honored with the prestigious Earth award at the 2012 Energy Globe
World Awards held in Vienna, Austria on Friday, September 14, 2012.
EcoPost was among nominees from 14 different countries that
had the opportunity to present their projects at the 29th International
CIRIEC congress held in the Vienna City Hall from 12th
-14th September.
The project, which involved recycling of fence posts to
protect forests and reduce plastic waste landfills, emerged the winner in the Earth
category.
Receiving the respected environment award was EcoPost Ltd
CEO, Charles Kalama whose business
project has reduced over 300 tons of plastic waste going to the dumps each year
while directly creating over 200 jobs.
This year’s awards received over 6000 projects from 151
countries that participated.
Here is the list of the 2012 Energy Globe World Awards
winners:
Earth – EcoPost
Ltd, Kenya
Project: Recycled Fence Posts Protect Forests and Reduce
Plastic Waste Landfills
Fire – City of
Lancaster, California (USA)
Project: Public-Private Partnerships on their Way to the Solar Age
Project: Public-Private Partnerships on their Way to the Solar Age
Water – School of
Civil Engineering, Queen's University Belfast (India)
Project: Arsenic-free Water for Millions of People without the Use of Chemicals
Project: Arsenic-free Water for Millions of People without the Use of Chemicals
Air – Viessmann
Werke GmbH & Co KG (Germany)
Project: Viessmann: Less Is More!
Project: Viessmann: Less Is More!
Youth – Lakota
Solar Enterprises (USA)
Project: A Better Future through Natural Power Energy
Project: A Better Future through Natural Power Energy
The overall Energy
Globe World Awards 2012 went to Lakota Solar Enterprises (USA).
Hongera Charles
Kalama!
“To
climb steep hills requires a slow pace at first.” – Shakespeare
Image source: www.energyglobe.info
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