[PCA] EVENT: EPA National Sustainable Design Expo 17-19 Apr (Washington, DC)

[Olivia Kwong]

The 5th Annual EPA National Sustainable Design Expo

The National Mall
April 17-18-19

This year's theme: P3 - People, Prosperity and the Planet

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.

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.

DETAILS ONLINE AT: http://www.epa.gov/P3/