Lakes and Coasts

Coastal Resources Management Project (CRMP)

Launched in April 1996, this 9-year project drew on a variety of environmental communication activities to foster public awareness, action, and advocacy in the Philippines. The goal was to bring about effective management of coastal resources at both the national level and the local level. Core activities promoted popular participation, decentralised decision making, local capacity-building in communication techniques and processes, and sustainable economic development...

Great Lakes Forever

This public education and advocacy initiative is designed to raise awareness of the value and vulnerability of the Great Lakes, a chain of freshwater lakes located on the Canada/United States of America border. Drawing on information and communication technologies, the media, and printed materials to share information, spur community-based action, and stimulate public policy changes, this coalition hopes to create a broader, more engaged constituency that sees reasons to get involved in protecting the Great Lakes from land- and water-based pollution...

NRM Awards

International ReSource Award for Sustainable Watershed Management 2009

Deadline: May 31 2008

Worth US$150,000, this is a prize for leadership in implementing the principles of sustainability in watershed management...

Festival VidéEau "Water, People, and Sustainable Development" Film Awards

Deadline: June 15 2008

This competition is for young people worldwide, aged 17-30, to submit video clips on the theme "Water, People, and Sustainable Development". The prizes for the 3 winning clips will be: First prize: US$2,000; Second prize: US$1,500; and Third prize: US$1,000...