Prize Money for ideas about disaster preparation!

Joy Brown from TNC forwarded to me the following announcement:Solution Search: Reducing our Risk: Innovation for Disaster Preparation seeks local solutions for how communities, businesses and local organizations have reduced their risk to weather-related hazards. Grand prize winners will receive $25,000 to expand their solutions, will be flown to Washington, D.C. for a ceremony in their honor and will be publicized nationally for their success. Our last contest received more than 160 million media impressions highlighting the best entries.Example solutions include (but are not limited to):Oyster bed and sand dune restorationTechnological innovations that secure houses/buildings in strong windsAgricultural practices that are more successful in drought-prone areasFor those who may not have solutions to enter but know of great entries by other organizations, nominate them through the site to potentially win $1,000!We’re accepting entries on our website from organizations, governments, universities and businesses until January 30, 2015. Visit www.solutionsearch.org/contest/reducing-our-risk for more information and to enter or nominate.Take care,Bill