Contact: K. Praveen Parboteeah
(262) 472-3971
parbotek@uww.edu
WHITEWATER A community leader who built a public garden in Whitewater and a Jefferson businessman who created an incubator for start-up companies that demonstrate green practices were winners of the second annual Whitewater Environmental Achievement Awards in 2009. Residents of the Whitewater community and surrounding counties (i.e., Rock, Jefferson, Waukesha, Walworth, Racine and Kenosha) are encouraged to submit their nominations for this year’s awards.
“We see sustainability as promotion of ideas and efforts to show concern for the environment,” said K. Praveen Parboteeah, Environmental Achievement Award Committee chair and associate professor of management at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. “We welcome all ideas and projects related to that.”
The competition is a collaboration between the university and the city of Whitewater in their commitment to sustainability and to promote future collaboration between the university, businesses and the community.
Submissions will be considered in three separate categories, including individuals, organizations or companies and high schools. The deadline for submissions is Wednesday, March 31. Individuals interested in the competition can receive more information from the Web site http://www.uww.edu/sustainability/awards/.
Winners receive a plaque and will also be featured on plaques on display in the Whitewater City Hall and the UW-Whitewater Andersen Library. The City of Whitewater will also honor winners by planting and dedicating a tree in their name.
Nominators and self-nominators should e-mail Parboteeah at parbotek@uww.edu, or send a letter to:
K. Praveen Parboteeah, chair
Whitewater Environmental Achievement Award Committee
Department of Management
College of Business and Economics
UW-Whitewater
800 West Main Street
Whitewater, WI 53190
