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10.27.2006 - 11:05am ET
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How Children See Our World of Tomorrow
United Nations and Bayer call on children to submit paintings on theme of "Climate Change"
(CSRwire) Leverkusen / Nairobi -"Climate Change" is the subject of the 16th
International Children's Painting Competition on the Environment, a global
contest organized jointly by the United Nations Environment Programme
(UNEP) and Bayer AG and supported by the Japan-based Foundation for Global
Peace and the Environment. It is open to children all over the world
between the ages of eight and 14. Since 1991, over 170,000 children from
more than 100 countries have submitted pictures in which they have
expressed their fears and hopes about the environment.
Winners are selected for the regions of Europe, Africa, North America,
Asia-Pacific, West Asia and Latin America, and a global winner is then
also chosen. All winners will receive a trip for themselves and an
accompanying adult to the 2007 official World Environment Day celebrations
in Norway, together with cash and other attractive prizes. The winning and
other selected paintings will be exhibited at the World Environment Day
itself and later at international exhibitions, as well as on the websites
of UNEP and Bayer.
Bayer is UNEP's first private partner in youth and the environment.
Together, Bayer and UNEP organize around a dozen environmental projects
for young people around the world. In addition to the Children's Painting
Competition, these include international youth environmental forums, a
magazine, a photographic competition in Eastern Europe and the
Environmental Envoy Program, which culminates every year in the invitation
to Germany of selected young people from all over the world to learn about
environmental protection. Bayer supports the joint activities with
sponsorship amounting to one million euros per annum and additional
donations in kind.
Entries to the Children's Painting Competition should be sent by December
31, 2006, to the relevant UNEP regional offices (see overview below).
For more information on the International Children's Painting Competition,
please refer to the following websites:
www.unep.org/Tunza/paintcomp
www.unep.bayer.com
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