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21-10-09 16:4 BIFM
Eco social networking group, Footprint Friends, has announced the ten finalists for the Wipe Out Waste (WOW) Awards, taking place on Tuesday 3rd November
BIFM CEO Ian Fielder has been chosen as one of the ‘Dragons’, and will join five others to judge the sustainable competition, in a Dragons Den style format – it’s even being televised online!
Schools around the country were asked to submit ideas on how they could become greener in different approaches. 50 great WOW ideas were submitted, with Footprint Friends narrowing it down to ten ideas they felt would have both maximum impact and the most chance of being implemented in schools nationwide.
The ten biggest WOW ideas are:
Local Milk for all -
The Big Switch off -
Project Gold - St. Luke’s
Nearly New Uniform -
What a Load of Rubbish -
Meat Free Mondays - Bydales, Cleveland
Green Crusaders -
Stop throwing away perfectly good pencils - Canon Burrows CE Primary School, Tameside
Re-use Rain to Flush our Drains - M
The Great Water Idea - N
The winning idea will be scoped for national implementation in all
The teams of students, aged 10-17, have been invited down to London to pitch their ideas before the ‘Green Dragons’ on 3rd November at the Frontline Club in Paddington.
The other Dragons, join Ian Fielder are:
Dr Liz Goodwin, CEO of Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP)
Professor Bill McGuire, Footprint Friends Science Advisor
Rt. Hon. Joan Ruddock MP, Department of Energy and Climate Change
Casper Ter Kuile, co-director of UK Youth Climate Coalition
Kevan Roberts,
The awards ceremony will be streamed live, and will be able to view by following the below link.
For further information, please visit www.footprintfriends.com/wow
Click here to watch the WOW awards live on Tuesday 3rd November
