Urgent call for participation

The European Commission and the European Space Agency have decided to
prolong the Earth & Space Week Competition until
January 24 given the high demand of schools that would still like to
participate. More pupils will now be given the
chance to submit their designs of "A Flag for Planet Earth". The flag
should depict both Earth and Space dimensions and
show their views of how Earth Observation and space sciences help to
improve life on planet Earth.

The 3 winning and the 6 finalist designs will be exhibited in Brussels
during the international Earth & Space Week Expo.
?The winners and runners up will have the opportunity to come to
Brussels for the award ceremony of the competition.
During their stay in Brussels, they will attend the official opening of
the Expo and meet European Commission Vice
President and Commissioner for Enterprise and Industry G. Verheugen,
European Commissioner for Science and Research
Janez Potocnik, European Space Agency Director General Jean-Jacques
Dordain and other senior officials, dignitaries and
astronauts!

A picture of the 3 winning flags will be taken to space with the
European astronauts, autographed and then offered to
the winners. The pupils will also receive a real size flag with their
designs.

Nowadays it is so important to keep an eye on our planet to understand
it and possibly talk about how to protect it, so
why not get your classes to draw the flag of planet Earth, and your
pupils may win a chance to meet high officials, feel
the intensity of the Earth and Space week in Brussels, and have the
great honour to see their drawing turned into an
offical flag.

Go to:
http://www.esw.eun.org/

This sounds really interesting!

I will be adding info about this competition to my website and will inform the science department at my school as well.

That is a really great prize as well, I envy to person who win's it!

Toby Cope