The Earth Awards

The Earth Awards is an aspirational platform for consumer-driven ideas that challenge designers and innovators to build a new economy. It is the only truly global awards dedicated to identifying viable designs which have the potential to improve our quality of life and build a new economy.

The Earth Awards successfully encourages designers, innovators and consumers from many different cultures to come together and find new ways to build a better tomorrow.  This year more than 500 entries were received from people in 65 countries.

There are six categories:

The Earth Awards Selection Committee is made up of world-leading entrepreneurs, designers and thinkers, making the awards the very best in class. They all share the Earth Awards’ belief in building a new economy founded in innovation and design. Their task is to identify those innovations with the greatest potential and then present them to world industry leaders who have the means to bring them to market.

Each category winner will receive $10,000 and the grand prize winner will receive at total of $50,000 and be unveiled at a Gala Dinner at Bridgewater House in London on September 16th, 2010.