Congratulations Snow Leopard!


Thanks to all of you who voted for us as part of this year’s BBC World Challenge competition. Although we didn’t win, we were truly honored to be a part of the competition and we are so grateful for all of the votes and support we received throughout.

The Brooklyn Grange team sends their heartiest congrats and warmest wishes to 2011 BBC World Challenge winners, Snow Leopard Enterprises!  This awesome non-profit based in Mongolia provides women in Central Asia the training, equipment and sales outlets needed to create and sell hand-made woolen goods from their families’ herds. This augments their income so that communities need not turn to poaching endangered snow leopards!

A big kudos to the two runners up, as well: Recycla and Hand in Hand are two of our favorite projects.  Recycla hails from Chile, where they recycle electronic waste such as cell phones and computers, safely disposing of their toxic components.  Hand in Hand converts food waste from residences and commercial enterprises in India into biogas and electricity.  Both projects prevent a huge amount of reusable materials from entering the waste stream and ending up in landfills, something we at the farm can definitely get behind!

We are so proud to have been chosen as finalists in this year’s BBC World Challenge and to have stood among such amazing and enterprising projects.  Thanks again to all of you who voted for us!

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