Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce Announces the

Sustainable South Florida Awards

Application/Nomination Deadline: August 31, 2009

MIAMI , FL , August 17, 2009 -- The Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce’s Natural Resources Committee is seeking applicants and nominations for its first annual Sustainable South Florida Awards, an awards program honoring South Florida businesses that are making an impact in the community with the development of sustainable practices, products or services. Awards will be presented at a luncheon on October 29, 2009.  

Nominations are being accepted in the following categories:

•Green Business: Innovation, Technology, Product or Service - awards a South Florida business that provides a superior product, service, or innovation that enables others to practice sustainable and green efforts.

• Green Building : Design & Construction - recognizes an organization whose construction, design or management practices have enabled others to live or work in a sustainable environment.

•Green Education & Outreach - awarded to an organization that has conducted an outstanding public education campaign or outreach program to encourage green or sustainable environmental practices, which has resulted in a positive change in behavior on the part of citizens in the area.

•Green Practices (including marketing)- recognizes effective, measurable and adoptable sustainable or green practices in the workplace and community.

•Green Visionary - recognizes an individual who has made an outstanding and lasting impact toward the sustainability of South Florida through advocacy, action or education.

Applicants must be located in South Florida , and clearly demonstrate significant achievements in selected category and commitment to sustainable and green practices. Nomination forms will be accepted no later than August 31, 2009 and can be downloaded at www.miamichamber.com. 

For information about the Sustainable South Florida Awards or for sponsorship opportunities, contact Barbara Pierra, 305-577-5466 | bpierra@miamichamber.com

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About the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce

The Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce is an association of businesses and professions organized to create economic progress in Miami-Dade County . To carry out its mission, the Chamber serves as the voice of business enterprise and involves the private sector in community leadership. For more than 100 years, the Chamber has been widely recognized and respected for its extraordinary record of economic development and community improvement.

The Greater Miami Chamber is an activist chamber. Its program of work is organized in five areas: Advocacy, Domestic Business Development, International Business Development, Leadership Programs and Marketing & Member Services. The Chamber has an award-winning website, www.MiamiChamber.com; holds the license to the Miami Free Trade Zone, Inc.; and has been recognized as one of the Top 10 Executive Speaking Forums in America .