There is some motivation for environmental NGOs, businesses and even labour unions to rush into newer and more society-based conservational activities. The Sierra Club, an influential grassroots environmental organisation with nearly 1.3 million supporters worldwide, has announced its $100,000 'Green Energy and Green Livelihoods Achievement Award' in India. Executive director of the Sierra Club, Carl Pope, said on Thursday that the first of this awards to be conferred to an "outstanding environmental success' would be announced in early 2009 in Mumbai. The prize money