Multimedia Highlights
- Videos: Expo and P3 Overviews
- Videos: 2008 P3 Winners
- Photos: 2008 Expo and P3
- Audio: 2008 Expo and P3
P3 Research Project Search
Special Announcements
- 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. [Read More]
- Starting a New Day Around the Globe with Sustainable Energy Solutions
Could a cup of coffee jump start both you and your car in the morning? Is it possible to run a college dormitory in Africa on locally available fuel sources? Two universities are answering these questions, thanks to EPA’s People, Prosperity and the Planet (P3) program, which demonstrates that protecting the environment can also be economically profitable
[Read More] - EPA is posting flash movies for each of this year's 56 P3 teams compiled from video filmed at the 2008 National Sustainable Design Expo in April. Hear the student team members describe their P3 projects and reflect on the P3 Award Program.
P3 - People, Prosperity, and the Planet |
Sustainability in the developed and developing world requires scientific and technical innovations to create designs that enable the Earth and its inhabitants to prosper. The Expo and the EPA's P3 Award are demonstrating the possibilities of innovative designs to simultaneously benefit people, prosperity, and the planet.
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National Sustainable Design Expo |
The 5th Annual National Sustainable Design Expo is scheduled to take place on the National Mall in Washington, DC, on April 18-20, 2009. This event was created to bring together professional scientists, engineers, and business leaders around innovations designed to advance economic growth while reducing environmental impact. The Expo showcases the innovative designs of the P3 student teams addressing alternative energy technologies, collection, purification and distribution of water, agricultural practices to reduce pesticide run-off, new technologies for green buildings and many more approaches to improve society's sustainability. In addition, it provides a forum for the government, non-profit and business community to demonstrate their diverse approaches to sustainability. |
Annual P3 Award Competition |
In conjunction with Expo, EPA hosts the Annual P3 (People, Prosperity, and the Planet) Award competition. EPA and its 40 partners launched the P3 Award in 2004 to respond to the challenges of the developed and developing world in moving toward sustainability. This national competition enables college students to research, develop and design scientific, technical and policy solutions to sustainability challenges. Their designs are helping to achieve the mutual goals of economic prosperity while providing a higher quality of life and protecting the planet. Students and their faculty advisors compete for EPA's P3 Award and the opportunity of up to an additional $75,000 in funding to move their designs to the marketplace or implement them in the field. |