West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum Announces 2009 Scholarship for Local College Students

 GRAND RAPIDS – The West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum (WMSBF) is proud to announce that it will be awarding one $5000 scholarship to a student attending school in Kent, Ottawa, or Muskegon County.

 Funded through the WMSBF’s annual golf outing in August, scholarships have been awarded two out of the past three years to four students who demonstrated their interest in sustainability in business.  “Our previous awards have been given to some very talented students,” said scholarship committee co-chair Greg Metz of Lott3Metz Architecture, “We look forward to reading some excellent essays.”

 Interested students are asked to submit a two-part essay outlining their knowledge of sustainable business practices and suggestions as to how their school might integrate triple-bottom-line thinking into its curriculum. 

 More information, including the scholarship application, can be found at the WMSBF website (www.wmsbf.org) or by contacting Kyle Ten Broeke at kyle@wmsbf.org.  Applications must be received by no later than 5:00 p.m. on April 22, 2009.

 The West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum is a network of businesses, academic, non-profit organizations and individuals dedicated to educating and promoting sustainable business practices.   Members meet in rotating locations each month to become more informed on various topics of environmental and social responsibility.