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Karang Lestari and Pemuteran Village Awards

 ·         The project has won the international and national acclaim:

·         SKAL Ecotourism Award  for world’s best underwater eco-tourism project                2002

·         Indonesia’s Konas Award for best community-based coastal management                2002

·         Kalpataru/Adipura Award, Indonesia’s most prestigious environmental award           2004

·         presented to the village chief by the President of Indonesia

·         ASEANTA Best Conservation Effort Award                                                 2005

·         PATA Best Environmenal Effort Award                                                                   2005

·         Dr. Klaus Toepfler, Executive Director of the United Nations Environmental Programs viewed and personally endorsed the project.

 Frequent visits and strong personal support has come from the former-Indonesian ministers of Culture and Tourism, Environment, Fisheries and Marine Affairs, the Director of Mari Culture Research, the Governor of Bali, the Bali Tourism Office and others.

  Awards  received by Tom Goreau and Biorock

             Finalist St Andrews Environmental Award                                                        2005

                        Winner top award IDEAS MIT                                                                        2006

 Our Philippines tidal energy powered coral reef and fisheries restoration project, FirstStepCoral , with Antonio Cueva, Illac Diaz, Tom Goreau, Ed Kurth, Gerardo La O, Neil Ruiz, Rhoderick Samonte, and Daniel Walker, has just won a top prize at the MIT IDEAS Competition this evening (May 4, 2006)

 The MIT IDEAS Competition, a joint project of the Edgerton Center and MIT Public Services Center, stands for Innovation, Development, Enterprise, Action, Service, and is MIT's top award for socially-responsible engineering projects. It is supported by Boeing, Ford, Lemelson-MIT program, Hewlett-Packard, The Baruch Family Foundation, Bose, MIT Graduate Students Office, and the Silicon Spice Founders Fund. The top prize of $7,500 usually receives matching grants of larger amounts.

 We are delighted that this award will finally allow us to combine the Gorlov Helical Tutbine with Biorock Technology, and start coral reef and fisheries restoration projects in the Philippines.

 A video blog about the award has been posted at: http://energyvision.blogspot.com. See:
Dr. Thomas J. Goreau and his team received an award in the IDEAS Competition at MIT, Cambridge, MA for the tidal energy devise and reef restoration project. Video

 MIT Press release: GCRA wins MIT Ideas Competition, May 5, 2006

 SKAL - Skål International has a world wide membership of 22,500 travel professionals and is represented by over 500 clubs in 86 countries. The clubs strive to develop friendship and common purpose between professionals in the travel and tourism industry by fostering goodwill and mutual understanding. Members participate in conferences, seminars, and the organization is a major source for business networking opportunities within the worldwide travel and tourism industries.

 Skal International Jakarta chapter is among the world’s oldest, the 13th, founded in 1937. Other Indonesia chapters include Bali, founded in 1993; Surabaya, founded in 1996; and Jogjakarta, founded in 2000. There are about 150 Skal International members in Indonesia. 

 Skål International Website: www.skal.org

 PATA  Pacific Area Travel Association

 ASEANTA ASEAN nations Travel Association

 MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology