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The Fifth Annual National Sustainable Design Expo is scheduled to be held April 18-20, 2009 on the National Mall in Washington, DC. We will have over 40 P3 teams and over 30 non-profit and government exhibitors demonstrating their sustainable designs for alternative energy sources, agricultural applications, green chemistry, green buildings, sustainable water use, and many more sustainable technologies. Beyond Benign is a co-sponsor of the 2009 Expo and will arrange for display of sustainable designs and activities by for-profit organizations and businesses at the Expo.
The National Sustainable Design Expo featuring the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) P3 Award brings together students, nonprofi t organizations, and government agencies that are working to create a sustainable future. The Expo is a unique opportunity to discover innovative, cutting-edge technologies, learn what nonprofi t organizations and government agencies are doing to advance sustainability, and meet students studying engineering, sciences, law, economics, and architecture. The Expo takes place each spring on the National Mall in Washington, DC, and is open to the public.
Targeting Sustainability
In a world with increasing trends in water and energy use, consumption of goods and fi nite resources, we need more creative ways of integrating social, economic, and environmental goals. The task ahead is to design a sustainable future that mutually achieves environmental protection, prosperity, and improved quality of life through innovative science, technology, and policy.
P3 (People, Prosperity and the Planet) National Student Design Competition
In 2004, EPA launched P3, a grant program aimed at fostering future generations of scientists, engineers, and decision makers to meet the challenges of sustainability through innovative solutions. Unique in the federal government, this program awards grants to teams of undergraduate and graduate students, along with their faculty advisors, to design and develop solutions to sustainability challenges. The P3 Competition consists of two phases. In Phase I, student teams compete for grants of $10,000 to research and develop their projects during the academic year. In Phase II, the P3 grantees come to Washington, DC, to compete for the P3 Awards at the National Sustainable Design Expo. The awards provide an opportunity for funding to further develop and implement the award-winning technologies.
There are 43 P3 Phase I teams which are planning to exhibit at this year's expo.
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