Last fall, as part of the company's national award-winning Making Science Make Sense(R) (MSMS) program, Bayer Corporation announced a new partnership with UNEP RONA to launch the International Children's Painting Competition in Bayer's MSMS partner schools in six of its local site communities, including Pittsburgh; the San Francisco Bay Area; the Greater Kansas City area; Northern Indiana, Northern New Jersey; and New Martinsville, W.Va.
"With this new partnership and by introducing the International Children's Painting Competition in our area schools, our goal is to help today's students make the important connection between science literacy and the environment, while reinforcing the notion that everyone has a responsibility when it comes to environmental and climate protection," said Dr. Attila Molnar, President and CEO of Bayer Corporation.
Amy Fraenkel, Director of UNEP's Regional Office for North America, added, "We are extremely proud and excited to be working with Bayer here in North America and commend the company for supporting an outside-the-box approach to traditional science education that uses the arts as a way to foster the next generation of environmentalists."
About World Environment Day
World Environment Day is one of the principal vehicles through which the United Nations stimulates worldwide awareness of the environment and enhances political attention and action. With thousands of events in the six UNEP regions, World Environment Day is considered the largest environmental event of its kind. Both Bayer AG and Bayer Corporation are global and regional sponsors, respectively, of World Environment Day.
About Bayer Corporation's Making Science Make Sense
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