The project of «Surfing at Serra do Caldeirão», from the students of the Professional Technical Support Course for Sports Management at the José Belchior Viegas Secondary School, in São Brás de Alportel, is one of the finalists of the 7th edition of the Green Project Awards Portugal, whose awards are given tomorrow, at Culturgest, in Lisbon.
This is an innovative project of surfboards made from recycled corks, developed by students in the 3rd year of the Professional Sports Management Support Technician Course, under the guidance of Professor Rui Beijoca.
This project involves the construction of boards made from a specific raw material – the reuse of cork stoppers, an ecological and clean material. This reuse will allow, for now, results in terms of fluctuation, reduction of production costs, reuse of materials and implementation of a new industry.
The project «Surf at Serra do Caldeirão» is one of the finalists in the category Youth Initiative.
The Awards Ceremony of the Green Project Awards Portugal also marks the holding of the VI GPA Conference dedicated to the theme of “Green Economy”.
GPA Portugal 2014 will award the best projects in the Agriculture, Sea and Tourism categories; Sustainable Cities; Sustainable consumption; Information Technology; Youth Initiative; Mobilization Initiative; Product or Service.
The applications, audited by KPMG, were evaluated by a jury that had the Portuguese Environment Agency as its chairman and Quercus as its vice-chairman.
The 7th edition of the Green Project Awards will also be marked by the "Green Economy" conference, which aims to promote the debate on the green economy in Portugal, understand the contributions of the sectors of Agriculture, Sea, Environment, Energy and Tourism to growth economic and demystifying the financing of green growth, among others.
GPA Portugal has the High Sponsorship of the Presidency of the Republic, with institutional support from the European Commission and CPLP – in addition to the Government of Portugal and the main non-governmental organizations, business associations and sector specialists. Present in Portugal, Brazil and Cape Verde, throughout its six editions, the Green Project Awards have already distinguished more than 60 projects in Portugal, with a total of 1000 applications.
The finalists for the 7th GPA edition are as follows:
Category – Agriculture, Sea and Tourism
• Águeda City Council – Macieira de Alcôba – Old Corn Pedagogical Village
• CleanBiomass, Lda – CleanBiomass, Innovation in residual biomass
• Companhia das Lezírias – Companhia das Lezírias: forest management for biodiversity
• Alqueva Development and Infrastructure Company – Alqueva Academies
• Sintra Parks – Monte da Lua, SA – BIO+Sintra – Reduction of the carbon footprint, a contribution to enhancing the biodiversity in Sintra
• Rio do Prado – Rio do Prado, creative and sustainable tourism
• Sysadvance, SA – Methagen
• University of Aveiro – Phage therapy as a low environmental impact alternative to inactivate pathogenic bacteria in fish farms
Category – Sustainable Cities
• Porto Metropolitan Area – FUTURE – 100.000 trees project in the Porto Metropolitan Area
• Águeda City Council – In Search of Excellence
• Amadora City Council – Parque BD Maurício de Sousa – Turma da Mônica
• Torres Vedras City Council – Torres ao Centro – Urban Regeneration of the Historic Center of Torres Vedras
• Vila Franca de Xira City Council – Requalification of the Riverfront in the South Zone of the Municipality: Ribeirinho Tagus Estuary Linear Park (PLRET)
• Vila Nova de Famalicão City Council – Devesa's Urban Parks and Vegetable Gardens
• Angels' Cycle – Angels' Cycle
• CTT – CTT Electric Bikes
Category: Sustainable Consumption
• Ana Malta and Hugo Moreira – BioPoli
• Caetano Bus – Diesel to Electric Upgrade
• EDP – Save: to Compete – Program to support the implementation of energy efficiency projects in companies
• Dream Hours, child and family support – Trokaki
• Jerónimo Martins – Central Kitchen of Odivelas
• Lisboa e-nova – Coopetir Project in the Bairro da Boavista
• Seasonalidades, Lda – Terra Fresca – Sustainable Gardens
Category: Information Technology
• Southern Energy Agency of the Metropolitan Area of Porto – Southern Sustainability Observatory of the Metropolitan Area of Porto
• EDP - Re:dy
• Indaver – Customer Zone Indaver
• Simtejo – SimT
Category: Youth Initiative
• Students of the Professional Sports Management Support Technician Course – José Belchior Viegas Secondary School – Surf in Serra do Caldeirão
• Students Association of Abrantes School Grouping No. 2 – Juventude Amiga
• Informal Group of Students from Dr. Hernâni Cidade Elementary and Secondary School – Collects, Transforms and Promotes Acorns in Portuguese Gastronomy (RTP Bolota)
• Informal Group of Students of the Secondary School of Molelos – Biodiversity in Molelos
• Informal Group of Students of the Gabriel Pereira Secondary School – PowerChangers Mission
• Informal Group of Students of the Colégio do Sagrado Coração de Maria – Now waste makes nature grow!
Category: Mobilization Initiative
• Brisa – Auto-estradas de Portugal, SA – Brisa's Commitment to Biodiversity/Pelo Tejo, to Life
• Coopérnico – The first Portuguese cooperative of renewable energies and citizenship – Coopérnico
• Vale de Milhaços Basic School – Eco-School Project – For a better school…For a better world
• Mata do Buçaco Foundation, FP – Bussaco Digital: seeds for the future
• Sociedade Ponto Verde – Recycle Mission
• Portuguese Society for the Study of Birds – Save a Sea Bird Campaign
• Worten, Equipamentos para o Lar, SA – Kilos de Ajuda
• WWF Mediterranean Program Office – Portugal – Green Heart of Cork – In the heart of the Montado: Promote the conservation of Portuguese cork oak forests by mobilizing companies to pay for the environmental services generated by these ecosystems
Category: Product or Service
• Epal – Waterbeep
• H. Sarah-Trading Unipessoal Lda – Textile selective collection system
• Isel and Petrogal – ECat+
• Life in a Bag – Grow bag of aromatic herbs and edible flowers
• Logoplaste Innovation Lab – Ecover Ocean Bottle
• Oliveira & Irmão – OLI74 flush toilet
• TAIPA – Cooperative Organization for the Integrated Development of the Municipality of Odemira – Cabaz do Mar
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