Presenting the
5 winners of the 2008 SEED Awards:
Five outstanding ideas, selected
from close to 400 applications from over 100 countries
worldwide. Each winner will receive a package worth
$ 25,000 of tailor-made support services, international
exposure, and networking activities to assist its development
from a project idea to a sustainable enterprise and
to create real impact.
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2007 Award Winners
2005 Award Winners
Applying for an award
Brazil, Pintados Solar
Partners are triggering community
approaches in the semi-arid Northwest to water-efficient
crop irrigation and biofuel production to address climate
change adaptation and mitigation, and food security
and poverty.
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Cameroon, Guiding Hope - Upscaling fair trade honey
and wax marketing
Partners plan to expand their production of organic,
fair-trade honey from the remote Adamoua savannah to
reach international markets and to become Cameroon’s
largest exporter of high quality beeswax, as well as
building an international market chain for the community-owned
soap- and candle-making businesses.
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India, Himalayan Oregano Oil and Sustainable Livelihoods
against MRSA
Local businesses and an NGO have teamed
up with a UK university and identified an essential
oil from high altitude Himalayan oregano as an antimicrobial
agent that could be used in handsoaps and surface disinfectants
in hospitals as a preventative against the bacterium
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).
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Nicaragua, Lighting Up Hope and Communities
A university research centre, a women’s
cooperative, an NGO and experts on solar technology
will launch a cooperative business that will produce
and market solar products made from recycled solar cells
and solar cookers adapted for local needs.
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Thailand,
From Relief to Self-Reliance
Tsunami-affected communities on the
Andaman coast plan to expand employment opportunities
through community-based tourism while the proceeds will
support local projects such as handicraft marketing,
a community centre, recycling, and youth-led conservation
programmes.
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2007 Award Winners
2005 Award Winners
Applying for an award
