Second Annual Whitewater Environmental Achievement Award

Overview

The Whitewater community and the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater are pleased to invite nominations for the Second Annual Whitewater Environmental Achievement Award. This award was created to recognize individuals, high schools and companies from Whitewater and the surrounding areas who have made especially noteworthy contributions to addressing important environmental issues.

We are now accepting nominations, with a deadline of March 31, 2009. Award finalists will be contacted in early April and recipients will be announced at UW-W's Earth Day Celebration, April 22, at UW-W's Hamilton Center.

The winners of the 2008 Whitewater Environmental Achievement Award were UW-W Professor Peter Jacobs (individual category) and the Greenhouse Cafe (company category).

Eligibility

Nominations will be accepted for three categories of award: 1) individual; 2) organization or corporation and 3) high schools. Nominees must be from either Whitewater or from surrounding counties (e.g. Rock, Jefferson, Waukesha, Walworth, Racine and Kenosha).

Nomination Process

Nominators (self-nominations will be accepted) should send an email or letter to:

K. Praveen Parboteeah, Chair
Whitewater Environmental Achievement Award Committee
Department of Management
College of Business and Economics
UW-Whitewater
800 West Main Street
Whitewater, WI 53190
Email: parbotek@uww.edu
Phone: +262-472-3971
Fax: +262-472-4863

Information for Individual and Company awards:

The individual and company awards were created to recognize an individual and a company making significant contributions to address environmental and sustainability issues.

To be considered for the award, the following information must be provided:
1. Nominee name, address, telephone number and email address (if available).
2. Nominator name, address, telephone number and email address (if available).
3. A description, which need be no longer than one page, briefly summarizing how the nominee has contributed to the achievement of environmental sustainability.

Information for High School award:

For 2009, the award committee has created the high school award to recognize a high school project that has significant environmental and educational impact. The award is open to projects led by the high school, an individual student or a high school class. Examples of projects include a science fair project with significant or potentially significant environmental impact, a campus project to reduce energy usage (solar, etc), a class project to conduct neighborhood energy audits, or tire inflation checks for all students and staff.

To be considered for the award, the following information should be provided:
1. Name and address of high school
2. Nominator name, address, telephone number and email address (if available). If the nominator is a student, a faculty sponsor is required.
3. A description, which need be no longer than one page, briefly summarizing how the high school project has contributed to the achievement of environmental sustainability.

Award Selection and Prize

Award recipients will be selected based primarily upon the originality, uniqueness and impact of their activities. Nominators and/or nominees may be contacted for additional information. All winners will win a plaque and will be featured on plaques currently on display in the Whitewater City Hall and the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater library.

Committee members: K. Praveen Parboteeah (Chair, UW-W faculty member); Alvaro Taveira, Peter Jacobs (UW-W faculty members); Gina Castro and Patrick Broderick (UW-W students); Kristine Zaballos (Whitewater community member) and Kevin Brunner (Whitewater City Manager).