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Nissan, WWF Award Winners Selected


May 2006
 Filed under: NISSAN Car News | NISSAN Headlines

Nissan and World Wildlife Fund Award Student Leaders the Opportunity to Study Global Environmental Issues in the U.S. and Abroad

WASHINGTON, May 16, 2006 – Eighteen college students nationwide have been selected to research environmental issues in Washington, D.C. and South Africa through a new Environmental Leadership Program developed by Nissan North America and World Wildlife Fund (WWF). The program aims to empower young leaders on U.S. college campuses to become effective advocates for the environment.
Each selected student receives a Nissan-WWF Environmental Leadership Award, which includes a $5,000 cash award and an opportunity to participate in both a four-day environmental summit in Washington, D.C. and an all-expenses-paid research expedition to South Africa organized by Earthwatch Institute. The award winners represent a diverse range of backgrounds and academic achievements, from spearheading environmental protection and conservation activities on their campuses and in their communities, to developing new engineering technologies to purify polluted water.

During the environmental summit, June 24-28, students will gather in the nation’s capital to participate in a series of workshops, presentations and field visits, as well as leadership development and cross-cultural training activities to help prepare them for leadership roles in the global community. On an educational field trip to the Chesapeake Bay, the students will gain exposure to environmental challenges and ways of addressing them. On visits to Capitol Hill, the World Bank, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Environmental Protection Agency, participants will meet with officials to explore issues such as wildlife protection and environmental justice.

In early August, these young environmental leaders will travel to South Africa for a two-week research expedition organized by Earthwatch Institute. They will work side-by-side with conservation scientists in Pilanesberg National Park and nearby wildlife reserves assessing the value of protected areas for brown hyenas and other carnivores. The students will also take part in photographic safaris and cultural events in communities near the park.

An independent panel of experts selected the winners from a competitive pool of applicants from eligible universities in five states, including California, Michigan, Mississippi, Tennessee and Texas. Selection was based on students\' academic achievement, leadership ability and demonstrated commitment to the environment. In addition to the 18 first-place prize winners, seven students won second-place cash awards of $1,000 each.

The student award is part of a new $1 million partnership between Nissan and WWF that will also support WWF field conservation work in Southern Africa and the Southeastern United States. This includes work in Southern Africa’s Namib-Karoo area, which is plagued by poor land management and ongoing wildlife destruction. In the United States, it will support WWF’s Southeastern Rivers and Streams Support Fund, which awards grants for grassroots projects to clean up polluted watersheds in Tennessee and Alabama.

For more information on the Nissan-WWF Environmental Leadership Award winners and the program, visit www.worldwildlife.org/nissanleaders.

* Please see below for a listing of students selected to participate in the 2006 Nissan-WWF Environmental Leadership Program.

About Nissan North America, Inc.
In North America, Nissan’s operations include automotive styling, engineering, consumer and corporate financing, sales and marketing, distribution and manufacturing. Nissan directly employs more than 24,000 people in the United States, Canada and Mexico and generates an additional 70,000 jobs at about 1,200 Nissan and Infiniti dealerships in the United States.

Nissan’s global approach to environmental protection focuses on the symbiosis of people, vehicles and nature by managing CO2 emissions; protecting the air, water and soil; and recycling of resources. Nissan places a high priority on effective environmental management, and that discipline is evident among Nissan’s research, design, engineering, manufacturing and distribution operations around the world.

More information on Nissan in North America and the complete line of Nissan and Infiniti vehicles can be found online at www.NissanUSA.com and www.infiniti.com.

About World Wildlife Fund
World Wildlife Fund is the largest conservation organization in the world. For 45 years, WWF has worked to save endangered species, protect endangered habitats, and address global threats such as deforestation, overfishing, and climate change. Known worldwide by its panda logo, WWF works in 100 countries on more than 2,000 conservation programs. WWF has 1.2 million members in the United States and nearly 5 million supporters worldwide. For more information on WWF, visit www.worldwildlife.org.

*Rachel Barge, University of California, Berkeley; Nicole Bonoff and Christine George, Stanford University; Leslie Chinery and Ashley Yeager, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Armando Gutierrez, Prairie View A&M University; Carmella Jefferson, Texas Southern University; Shakevia Johnson, Jackson State University; Gregory LeFevre and Sunny Pereira, Michigan Technological University; James Liacos, University of Southern California; Lisa Zhao Liu and Brenda Pulido Villanueva, University of California, Los Angeles; Jennifer Magill, Vanderbilt University; Richard Taplin Moore, Southern Methodist University; Michael Murray, Michigan State University; Priyanka Pathak, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; and Jamiel Wiggins of Tougaloo College.


Source: Nissan North America

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