What's big and green and innovative? That's what the British Council wants Australian entrepreneurs, businesses and creative up-and-comings to tell them. On offer, six grants to support ventures in waste reduction, energy, transport and water efficiency and sustainability.
The UK government is offering young Australian entrepreneurs with an interest in combating climate change access to a grants program to kick-start their eco-visionary projects. On his recent visit to Australia, British foreign secretary William Hague launched the local leg of the initiative, E-Idea, which locally will be called The Big Green Idea, to encourage 18- to 35-year-old innovators across the Asia-Pacific to pursue environmental projects.
"We believe the most successful economies of the future will be built on low-carbon growth. And the challenge is to seize the opportunities that this presents and be one of the leaders of the pack in this regard." Hague said at the launch in Sydney last year.
The competition, which will be held in China, Korea, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia and Australia, is jointly run by the British Council, the UK government's cultural relations agency and Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance.
Locally, The Big Green Idea opens in March. Up to six grants will be awarded to young entrepreneurs with plans to make a real contribution to Australia's environmental future.
Projects promoting waste reduction, efficiencies in transport, energy reduction, water efficiency and sustainable design will be considered.
"This initiative is designed to assist and to initiate new projects that motivate people to minimise their own impact. In particular, entrepreneurs with good ideas that will help address some of these biggest sustainability challenges for urban communities while making a positive impact."
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