Energy Globe Award to be held in Tehran

The Energy Globe Awards, an award-giving body for sustainability, will be held on January 19 in the Milad Tower in Tehran.

The nominees will be in the center of this TV gala which is broadcast worldwide and seen by around a billion people. The awards have five categories namely: Earth, Fire, Water, Air and Youth.

Presenters will be President Rohani, the Indian Minister Maneka Gandhi, Peace Nobel Prize Laureate Professor Munasinghe as well as high-level representatives of politics and economy.

The nominees this year were chosen from 2,000 submission from 177 countries. The event will be attended by representatives from around 70 countries.

The projects include a recycled skyscraper in Australia, a program to combat erosion in Ethiopia, a rainwater park in China and also a drinking water program in Tanzania. Also the youth category shows how much young people care for the preservation of our Earth with projects like an environmental football tournament in Belize or an education program for young farmers in Nigeria.

Detailed information about the nominees can be found at http://www.energyglobe.info.