Bayer Young Environmental Envoy 2009

The project competition “ Let’s reduce our footprints in the nature” which was organized among the university students for the third time in Turkey with the cooperation of Bayer Turk and WWF-Turkey (World Wildlife Fund), was finalized in the frame of "Bayer Young Environmental Envoy Program".

Buğra Tıraş from Boğaziçi University and Alperen Dülge from Bahçeşehir University were selected as 2009 Bayer Young Environmental Envoys with their projects “ Are You Aware Of Your Footprint?" and " Seperating Black Water and Grey Water”, respectively. Tıraş and Dülge will represent Turkey in the Young Environmental Envoys meeting, which will be held in Leverkusen, Germany between 8 - 13 November 2009.

About Bayer Young Environmental Envoy Program

Approximately 50 Young Environmental Envoys from 18 different countries, which include India, Brazil, China and Poland, will gather in the Bayer Young Environmental Envoys Meeting that will be held between 8 - 13 November within the scope of Bayer Young Environmental Envoy Program, which is led by Bayer and UNEP (United States Environmental Program).

Young Environmental Envoys, who will have the chance of sharing with each other their projects on the solution of the environmental problems, will also be able to gain first-hand experience on the principles and practice of modern environmental protection in Germany. The program has a focus on the interplay of industry, households and governments in the achievement of sustainable development goals.

Buğra Tıraş, receiving his certificate from World Wildlife Fund (WWF) General Manager Filiz Demirayak

Alperen Dülge, receiving his certificate from Prof. Dr. Ahmet Samsunlu