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.
10 Jun 2022
The national and international jury members visit our quarrying sites and learn more about the QLA projects from the participants.
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.
Jeden z letošních národních porotců, ředitel České společnosti ornitologické Mgr. Zdeněk Vermouzek, navštívil pískovnu v Plané nad Lužnicí a okomentoval probíhající projekt.
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Animation scolaire autour du Sonneur à ventre jaune
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During the co-construction sessions of the educational kit, employees and subcontractors took an important part in the different phases of the work: imagination and improvement of designs, tests of games... Willy G. (dredging driver) tells us : "I was approached by Virginie C. of GSM" to participate "in several meetings on a contest that talks about the career of Achères" in order to create "games set up to talk about biodiversity, nature, fauna and flora". He explains: "I found it rewarding,...
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The iberian common toad is another species that we found in our quarry!
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