“Ford Motor Conservation and Environmental Grants 2001/2002”
The Ford Motor Conservation and Environmental Grants is established upon these criteria:
Initiatives
(Group or Individual Projects) which protect the environment and cultural
heritage, which are running in the year 2001/2001.
Projects
which are still in the planning stage can not be accepted.
In
Germany, prize money in the amount of 50,000 DM is available and will be
distributed by the decisions of our highly esteemed jury.
Projects
can be submitted under the following categories:
Projects
which protect and preserve the flora, fauna and or the surrounding area
Projects
which protect/preserve the national and European cultural heritage.
Projects
which assist in the sustainable use of natural resources and/or the reduction of
environmental damage.
All
projects which protect/preserve the environment and cultural heritage, in which
the participants are not older than 18 years of age.
A
jury decides on the winner for each category and the winner is based upon the
following criteria:
Usefulness
and practical implementation
Active
Engagement
Originality
International
Effects
Project:
Solar Cooker Project from the Public Community College of Altötting
Contact:
EG Solar
Development
Aid Organization of the Public Community College of Altötting e.V.
Prize
Money: 10,000 DM
Project Description:
At
the Public Community College of Altötting, around 2400 students study for a
hands-on profession. During the
school year 1978/79 under the motto ‘Helping instead of Having,’ the 1st
development aid activities took place for an earthquake destroyed villiage in
the Andes of Peru. Meeting the goal
ofassisting people to become self-reliant, a small school was started to offer
education for wood-working and farming. Projects
in Togo and Tanzania followed.
Through
the contacts made, the students became aware of the problem with fuel shortages
in many areas. The alternative to
fossil fuels is energy from the sun. With
the assistance of professionals, a solar cooker was developed and tested in
schools and community centers in Africa and South America.
At the same time, the building of Solar Cookers and workshops in the
place of use are supported, where the unemployed and students learn how to build
the cookers themselves. To increase
production, these schools are teamed up with the Youth Employment Agency for
Environmental Protection (JAGUS), which is an organization development by the
employment agency to integrate those who have difficulties finding work back
into the workplace.
In
the meantime, there have been about 14,000 Solar Cookers successfully
implemented in over 80 countries worldwide, with over 40 workshops in place to
develop Solar Cookers in the countries of use.
A Solar Refrigeration system for food and medicine is currently being
successfully tested, the goal being a similar success and widespread use.
The
jury was impressed by the effectiveness and results of the Solar Cooker project
being successful through several generations of students and further developed
upon. The prize was awarded in the
category of Children and Youth Projects for the achievement in development aid,
the ability for worldwide implementation and last but not least, the prospects
it provides for unemployed youth.
Project:
Biomonitoring as a Contribution Towards Protection of Comoe National
Parks
Bayrische
Julius-Maximilians-Universität Wurzburg,
Biozentrum,
Zoologie III Dr. Frauke Fischer
Project:
Restoration of the Seenaer Church
Förderverein
zum Erhalt der Seenaer Kirche e.V.
Heiko
Knesebeck
Project:
Waste and Sewage Free Eloxal Construction
Richard
Kupper, Fa. AVN GmbH
Project:
Solar Cooker Project of the Altötting Public Community College
EG
Solar – Development Aid Organization of the Altötting Public Community
College e.V.
Helmuth
Freiherr von Maltzahn
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Germany
Update: 23.01.2003