SAGE NEWS
- Worldwide SAGE Project to Assist Haiti
- The site for the 2010 USA SAGE Tournament has been selected. It’s Buffalo/Niagara Falls on May 28-30, 2010
- We expect at least two more states to join the SAGE network in 2010: Minnesota and Illinois. We also hope to add New Mexico, Texas and Hawaii.
- The SAGE World Cup 2009 will be in Brazil on August 9-12, 2009.
- Join together and help send Chico State Sage Leaders to Brazil.
- Download 2009 SAGE World Cup Agenda and Rules (Doc)
The Grossman Family
International SAGE Award
for Environmental Stewardship
The Grossman Family (Ken Grossman and Katie Gonser of Chico, CA)has established three special awards
to be presented at the International SAGE competition each year.
- The awards will be given to the three national winners competing in the International SAGE competition that have successfully developed and launched business ventures that best integrate social and financial objectives.
- Each school year, all secondary schools eligible to compete in SAGE competitions around the world will be notified no later than October 1 that the awards will be presented at the next summer's international competition.
- SAGE World Cup judges will select the top three awards.
- The initial awards will be as follows:
- US $2,000 for the first-place team
- US $1,000 for the second-place team
- US $500 for the third-place team
- The prize money must be used by the winning teams to defray the expenses associated with attending the international competition and/or be invested in their business ventures.
- The three winning teams will also receive plaques to be displayed in their schools, and the first-place team will have its name inscribed on a permanent trophy that will be displayed at each International competition.
- The three winning teams will be featured on the web sites maintained by SAGE. A press release announcing their selection and describing their environmental ventures will also be sent to other print and electronic publications.
- SAGE judges will scrutinize each team's entrepreneurial and community service activities to determine how well they have considered, and learned, the importance of the fine balance between personal economic goals and ecologic stability in the global community. Judges will base their decisions on the following criteria:
Criteria:
- Did each activity or activities have a clear statement of goals and objectives before they were undertaken? (30 points)
- How creative and innovative were the activities? (30 points)
- How sustainable are the activities? (30)
- How did they measure social impact? (5 points)
- How well did the students utilize their media outlets to create awareness of this activity and the importance of their intended message(s)? (5 points)
* A note on sustainability: The best definition we have found for sustainability comes from a book by Andrew W. Savitz called The Triple Bottom Line: How Today's Best-Run Companies Are Achieving Economic, Social And Environmental Success-An How You Can Too. Savitz describes a sustainable business as one that "creates profit for its shareholders while protecting the environment and improving the lives of those with whom it interacts" (2006, page x). So, any business that makes a profit (i.e., the financial bottom line), improves the lives of those in their community (i.e., the social bottom line), and protects the environment (i.e., the environmental bottom line) is a sustainable business. This definition is best applied to individual businesses. Sustainable businesses have the best chance to remain in business in the long-term.