Prix Eco.ch goes to MyClimate

The award ceremony at the Schauspielhaus Basel was attended by over 400 people from the Swiss sustainability scene, including celebrities from politics, society and culture. The event was lively moderated by Susanne Kunz and creatively choreographed by Theater Basel.

Main prize 2016 to "myclimate
This year, the independent jury has awarded the "main prize" for life's work or projects, endowed with 15,000 Swiss francs, to the climate protection foundation "myclimate". myclimate was created in 2002 from a project by students and professors at ETH Zurich and has been fighting climate change ever since: CO2 emissions are to be avoided, reduced and offset. To date, carbon offset measures have prevented the emission of over 3 million tons of CO2 worldwide. People all over the world benefit from the climate protection projects. The "YES Community" (Youth Encounter on Sustainability) networks students, apprentices and young professionals worldwide. The award was presented to the founding representative of myclimate, Sabine Perch-Nielsen, by Guy Morin, President of the Basel government.

Biomilk AG came in second place. Founded in 1988, the self-help organization of organic traders and farmers in the Bern area offers its customers natural dairy products through the application of Demeter biodynamic guidelines.

prix eco.ch "Generation Future" with two first prizes for the first time
The planned internet-based voting in the hall for the election of this year's winner in the category "Generation Future" did not really work for technical reasons. All attempts by moderator Susanne Kunz to arrive at a clear choice of the first prize by other means (applause meter, voting by cell phone) failed due to the balance of the results. As a result, the management and board of eco.ch decided live on stage to award this year's prize twice. However, this has the consequence that the prize money has to be halved.

The Swiss startup "SwissShrimp" and the project "HORIZON" each won 7,500 Swiss francs.

SwissShrimp offers shrimp from local Swiss production. SwissShrimp operates with a clearly defined basic attitude with regard to energy efficiency, animal welfare and the renunciation of any form of additives, especially antibiotics. By the way, more on the subject of sustainable shrimp production can be found in the April issue of Environmental Perspectives.

Second first place went to the HORIZON project, a folding photovoltaic roof system that turns parking and logistics areas into power plants. HORIZON enables dual use of land, resolves conflicting goals in the use of living space and also brings charging stations for electric vehicles.