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Read by Jacqueline McGlade
Director of the European Environment Agency
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Read by Jorgo Chatzimarkakis
Member of the European Parliament
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Read by Lena Ek
Member of the European Parliament
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Read by Sonja van Renssen
Senior Reporter for ENDS Europe
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Read by Jean-Pierre De Grève
Managing Director of Vinyl 2010
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Video message from Mrs. Nadine Gouzée, the Head of the Sustainable Development Taskforce for the Federal Planning Bureau for Belgium and chair of the Vinyl 2010 Essay Competition (non-industry) judging panel.
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Welcome to the website of the Vinyl 2010 Essay Competition 2008/9. Many congratulations to all who entered this year's competition. Levels of participation and the quality of this year's entries have certainly surpassed the expectations of the entire team at Vinyl 2010!
The moment you have all been waiting for has finally arrived: the two judging panels have agreed on this years winners! And they are:
- 1st prize: Jon Elms / Essay 222
- 2nd prize: Fiona Wright / Essay 747
- 3rd prize: Robert McSweeney / Essay 313
In the non-EEA / global category, the prize goes to: Christian Williams / Essay 738
The industry prize (allocated by a separate judging panel consisting of industry representatives) goes to Wei Chao Zhou / Essay 504
Congratulations to the winners on behalf of the Vinyl 2010, the two judging panels! And a big thank you of course to all the participants - the essays were all of a very high standard and the judges were extremely impressed.
Learn a little bit more about the winners.
More winners! The top commenters get an i-Pod!
The Vinyl 2010 essay competition team would also like to thank everybody that has been actively contributing to the discussions on this website over the past weeks. In particular, we would like to thank our top three commenters: Benoit (Essay 216), Thomas (Essay 700) and Magdalena (Essay 1026). Check your mail boxes, because we have decided to send each of you the newest i-Pod shuffle model as a token of our appreciation!
We encourage everybody to continue commenting on the essays and engaging in dialogue on this website over the coming weeks and months. Go to 'The Essays' section of this website to review and comment on all of the submissions yourselves. To comment on the essays, you will have to register here. And please don't hesitate to send an email (info@vinyl2010essaycompetition.org) if you have any queries.
To go back to the main Essay Competition website and for more information about Vinyl 2010, please click here: http://www.vinyl2010.org/essaycompetition/
