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mtu Environmental Foundation offers grant

Posted on September 19, 2013

For the fourth time, the mtu Environmental Foundation is inviting tenders for a grant of 20,000 euros for environmental protection projects on Lake Constance.

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Die mtu-Umweltstiftung vergibt ein Stipendium für ein Projekt zum Schutz des Bodensees. Das aktuelle Projekt "Schussen Aktiv" untersucht die Verminderung von Mikroverunreinigungen durch Aktivkohle in Kläranlagen und deren Auswirkung auf Fische und Fischnährtiere am Beispiel der Kläranlage Langwiese und an der Schussen im Bodensee-Einzugsgebiet. The mtu Environmental Foundation is offering a grant to promote a project concerned with the protection of Lake Constance. On the current project - 'Schussen Aktiv' - an investigation is being carried out into the reduction of micro-pollutants through the use of active carbon in sewage plants and the impact thereof on fish and the organisms on which they feed. The subjects of the study are the Langwiese sewage works and the Schussen, a tributary in the Lake Constance basin. JPG, 1015 KB

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  • Grant from the mtu Environmental Foundation to promote the environmental protection of Lake Constance
  • Environmental protection a major corporate mission of the Tognum Group


Friedrichshafen,  September 19, 2013. For the fourth time, the mtu Environmental Foundation is inviting tenders for a grant of 20,000 euros for environmental protection projects on Lake Constance. The invitation to tender issued by Tognum subsidiary MTU Friedrichshafen is addressed to those engaged in specific teaching or training projects or in schemes for renaturation or species conservation to be enacted in the period 2014-15.

“The mtu Environmental Foundation is a key component in Tognum’s overall sustainability philosophy. With our location directly on Lake Constance, we are aware of our social responsibility and we support and promote projects aimed at protecting Lake Constance,” explained Michael Spiegel, Chairman of mtu’s Environmental Foundation board. “Our idea in offering a grant is to encourage young people in particular to realize a scientific research project involving Lake Constance.”

MTU Friedrichshafen set up the foundation in 2004 with an endowment capital of over half-a-million euros. In cooperation with the lake research institute in Langenargen, the foundation promotes projects that sustain and restore the lake’s bio-diversity and the natural resources it offers for human beings, flora and fauna. Previously sponsored activities included fish-friendly renaturation of Lake Constance, the restoration of alluvial forests, and a study of the impact of micro-pollutants on a species of shrimp found in the Schussen and Argen, two tributaries of Lake Constance.

Tenders for the grant can be submitted up to November 15, 2013. The mtu Environmental Foundation only accepts submissions covering no more than two DIN-A4 pages. A selection will be made by the end of the year. Contact: Michael Spiegel, Maybachplatz 1, 88045 Friedrichshafen; email: michael.spiegel@ps.rolls-royce.com; tel.: 07541 90 4805.

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