The Quarry Life Award is a scientific and education competition, takes place every three years and runs simultaneously at national and international levels. Its aim is to raise the awareness of the ecological value of extraction sites and sharing new best practices.
Currently, biodiversity projects are carried out in our quarries around the world.
We will award international prizes up to € 30,000 in 2022.
16 Feb 2022
For the fifth edition of the Quarry Life Award, five International Jury members have been nominated to assess the projects for International Awards. They will work simultaneously with the national juries, but focusing on different evaluation criteria.
02 Feb 2022
The participants will update you with their blogs about the research conducted in our quarries.
16 Dec 2021
Projects participating in the competition will be published soon. The 5th edition of the Quarry Life Award enters into the next phase with more exciting things ahead!
Live gullies are created by planting tree cuttings across the specific gully created as a result of soil erosion by the forces of storm run off.
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Mając na uwadze cel projektu – zwiększenie bioróżnorodności i poprawę warunków bytowania przedstawicieli fauny, utworzyliśmy na terenie KSM Ruda łąkę kwietną. Zaczęliśmy od wytyczenia terenu o powierzchni około 100m2. Następnie skopaliśmy teren wokół, by łatwiej było go odnaleźć gdy teren pokryje łąka. Pozostały teren został starannie wygrabiony i oczyszczony z kamieni i korzeni.
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A creative project that offers a tool for environmental communication and dissemination through photography and literature to publicize the biodiversity of the ecosystem where the Arrigorriaga exploitation is framed.
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