Nomination (No person may nominate himself/herself or his/her organisation)
The United Nations environment Programme (UNEP) invites you to nominate individuals or groups who, in your opinion, deserve to be considered for the Global 500 Roll of Honour for environmental Achievement. Nomination forms and selection criteria follow.
We also invite previous Global 500 laureates to nominate worthy candidates who have a proven record in promoting and achieving sound environmental management.
Complete and return the form to UNEP before the 31 December 1999 deadline, along with a 250-word summary describing the nominee’s environmental achievements. Also send us any updated literature, press stories and list two references other than that of the nominator.
The Global 500 laureates become members of a growing global network of allies assisting UNEP in its responsibility to care for the environment.
Feel free to duplicate and pass on this form to anyone who might know of a suitable candidate.
History
To encourage individual and community action in defense of the environment, UNEP launched the Global 500 roll of Honour in 1987.
The Award is granted every year to individuals and organizations for outstanding achievements in the protection and improvement of the environment. It is a tribute to successes at the front line of environmental action, because it is at the community and local level where action to protect the environment acquires its full meaning.
Participation at the community level is a precondition for promoting global environmental citizenship.
The Award, which was to initially last five years, has grown in prestige, attracting worldwide public and political attention and support. This has also helped spur other environmentally concerned citizens and groups into action.
Since its inception, 647 individuals and organizations worldwide have received the Global 500 Award in the adult category:
Due to the growing interest in the Global 500, the award scheme entered its second phase in 1993. Former past winners include Sir David Attenborough, outstanding producer and presenter of environmental and wildlife television programmes; Gro Harlem Brundtland, former Prime Minister of Norway; Anil Aggarwal, a prominent environmentalist from India; The Green Belt Movement in Kenya; His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh; Raffi Cavoukian, Eco-troubadour from Canada; the Tengtou Village in the People’s Republic of China; Ken Saro-Wiwa, the Nigerian activist; Paul Crutzen, the 1995 Nobel Prize winner from The Netherlands, and Jane Goodall, the primate expert from the United Kingdom.
Selection Criteria
Nominations are invited of individuals and organizations whose achievements in environmental protection have:
Successfully solved a specific environmental problem or otherwise significantly advanced the cause of the environment, including its relationship to sustainable development;
Succeeded in bringing to public notice significant environmental issues or in mobilizing local or national action toward their solution;
Contributed significantly to intellectual, scientific or theoretical approaches to environmental concerns;
The potential to serve as a model to others.
Areas of Activity and Accomplishments
The Global 500 Awards are made in the following areas:
1. Toxic chemicals and hazardous wastes
2. Forests and ecosystems
3. Soils and desertification control
4. Genetic resources/biological diversity
5. Wildlife and protected areas
6. Atmospheric resources and climate
7. Genetic engineering
8. Water
9. Environment health and sanitation control
10. Human settlements
11. Energy
12. Industry
13. Oceans
14. Planning and development integration
15. Education and training
16. Legislation
17. Public awareness (media, information and the arts)
18. Other (please specify)
In addition to recognizing and honouring achievements in these areas, UNEP invites the Global 500 recipients to further promote sound environmental management for sustainable development. The Global 500 laureates become members of a growing global network of allies assisting UNEP in its responsibilities for the care and maintenance of the plant.
Feel free to duplicate and pass on this form to anyone who might know of a suitable candidate
Nomination (No person may nominate himself/ herself or his/ her organization)
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) invites you to nominate individuals between the ages of 10 and 21 or young people’s groups who, in your opinion, merit consideration for the Global 500 Youth Environment Award. Nomination forms and selection criteria follow.
Complete and return the form to UNEP before the 31 December 1999 deadline, along with a 250-word summary describing the nominee’s environmental achievements as well as any updated literature, press stories and two references other than that of the nominator.
History
UNEP believes that young people are important partners and allies in raising environmental partners and triggering environmental action. It is by creating awareness and encouraging young action today that we can hope to promote conservation and prevent future environmental destruction.
UNEP launched its Global 500 Youth Environment Award during the World Environment Day celebrations held during the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro in June 1992. The creation of this Award coincided with UNEP’s 20th Anniversary and was meant to recognize the contribution made by young people who have distinguished themselves in the field of environmental protection.
This award also keeps alive the spirit of the International Youth Year (1985) when UNEP’s environmental agenda for youth was established.
Young people, who make up nearly one third of the world’s population, need a voice in determining their own future. Chapter 25 of Agenda 21 highlights the fact that youth and children should not be passive. They will, in the next century, shoulder the burden of decisions taken by today’s leaders.
Since 1993, the first year of the Award, 40 individuals and organizations have received the Global 500 Award in the youth category:
Amongst the laureates who have received the Award are: Omar Castillo of Mexico; Kids for Coral, from the island of Guam; Zulekha Ali, a committed young journalist from Pakistan; Aika Tsubota, a Japanese cartoonist; the Canadian advocate Severn Cullis-Suzuki and Kruti Parekh a young magician from India.
Selection Criteria
Nominations are invited of individuals and organizations whose achievements have:
Contributed to the protection, restoration and enhancement of the environment;
Successfully solved a specific environmental problem or otherwise significantly advanced the cause of the environment;
Succeeded in bringing to public notice, significant environmental issues or in mobilising local or national action toward their solution;
The potential to serve as a model to others.
Areas of Activity and Accomplishments
The Global 500 Youth Environment Awards made in the following areas:
1. Energy efficiency
2. Renewable energy
3. Transportation efficiency
4. Air pollution reduction
5. Freshwater protection
6. Marine conservation (ocean and coastal areas)
7. Forest protection
8. Environmental beautification
9. Soil conservation
10. Fauna and flora conservation
11. Waste reduction
12. Recycling
13. Community clean-up
14. Community environmental education
15. Institutional environmental education
16. Public awareness (media, information and the arts)
17. Environmental health and sanitation
18. Other (please specify)
In addition to recognizing and honouring achievements in these areas, UNEP invites the Global 500 Youth Environment Award recipients to further promote environmental protection. The Global 500 Youth Environment Award laureates become members of a growing global network of allies assisting UNEP in its responsibilities of caring for our planet.
Feel free to duplicate and pass on this form to anyone who might know of a suitable candidate
