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BRITA WANTS TO KNOW: HOW WILL YOU "GREEN" YOUR CAMPUS?

The five students with the best answer will each receive a $10,000 FilterForGood™ Eco-Challenge grant

OAKLAND, Calif. (August 19, 2009) /PRNewswire/ — Tired of all the trash on your college campus? Wish there was a water conservation program in the dorms? Now's your chance to make a difference! Brita is challenging college students nationwide to put their environmental passion into action and develop programs to green their campuses.

The College FilterForGood Eco-Challenge launched in 2008 to encourage college students nationwide to create projects that could make their campus more sustainable. Proposed programs should be action-based or should aim to create tangible results toward producing a more sustainable environment and will be evaluated on creativity, environmental benefit, educational impact and best use of time and budget.

Applications can be submitted by individual students on their own or as a part of a club or class until October 30, 2009 and the recipients will be announced in January 2010. Visit www.filterforgood.com to learn more and submit a grant application.

2008-09 FilterForGood Eco-Challenge Warriors

Out of nearly 100 applicants, five schools rose to the top, each grabbing a $10,000 grant to green-over their campus:

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Designed a system to utilize solar energy for air condition and heating systems
  • Harvard Law School: Organized teams of ten students to travel between towns in Massachusetts by bike where they will implement grassroots canvassing and host educational events about climate change
  • The George Washington University: Working to ensure the school's new LEED-certified dorm is bottled water-free
  • University of California-Davis: Educating people about forest conservation by planting trees on the campus farm to raise awareness of how forests function as filters
  • Warren Wilson College: Created a low-cost "Real Time Energy Monitor" that will reinforce energy-saving activities by providing immediate feedback on energy consumption via a Web site

FilterForGood

Brita partnered with Nalgene to launch the FilterForGood campaign, which encourages people to reduce their bottled water waste by switching to reusable bottles filled with filtered water. Since the campaign launched in 2007, more than 135,000* people have taken the pledge to reduce their bottled water waste. Visit filterforgood.com to learn how you can make a difference.

*Based on number of participants in the FilterForGood pledge database.