Environmental honours up for grabs
Greater Wellington Environmental Awards presentation 2009
- Where: City Gallery, Civic Square
- When: Wednesday 2 December from 5.45pm – 8pm (presentation from 6.30pm)
Greater Wellington’s 2009 environmental awards will be presented this Wednesday with community groups, businesses and schools from Waikanae to Greytown vying for top honours.
The awards recognise and reward the work of community volunteers, business and schools working with Greater Wellington to enhance threatened ecosystems or minimise the impact of their own activities.
Winners receive a certificate, a native tree and a prize of $500 towards their environmental projects.
The finalists in each award category are:
Meridian School Sustainable Project Award
For schools working with us to improve the health of the environment or promote sustainability through environmental education
- Kauri Syndicate, Greytown School
- Kenakena School Enviro Club
- Owhiro Bay School
Meridian School Environmental Leadership Award
Recognises a person’s leadership on a school-wide environmental project that involves students as active participants
- Duncan Lints, Hutt Intermediate School
- Rowena Johnstone, Owhiro Bay School
Nikau Compliance Award
Recognises consent holders with Greater Wellington who go above and beyond the conditions of their consent, and develop innovative and inspiring solutions to reduce the impact of their activities on the environment
- Forest Owners Marketing Services Ltd
- HP Contractors
Environmental Protection Award
Acknowledges small and medium-sized businesses working with us to prevent pollution and improve environmental management.
- Alsco Wellington
- Dexion New Zealand Ltd
- Downer EDI Works Ngauranga Gorge Asphalt Plant
Business Environmental Leadership Award
For businesses working with us to improve their environmental performance and reduce their carbon emissions
- Booker~Spalding
- Resene Paints (Naenae manufacturing plant)
- Wellington Business Forms
Green Business Award
For businesses that have recently started working with us (less than one year) but are nevertheless making significant improvements in their sustainability
- Logan Brown Restaurant
- Wellington City New World
Rata Community Partnership Award
Recognises community groups working in our Take Care programme, projects in our regional parks, sustainable transport initiatives, and our flood protection and land management programmes
- Onehunga Bay Restoration Group
- Waikanae Estuary Care Group
Community Environmental Leadership Award
Recognises the contribution of a community member who has been working with us to improve the environmental health of their community and the Wellington region
- Sue Millar, Upper Hutt Forest & Bird
- Peter Reimann, Trelissick Park Group
- Brenda Stickley, Friends of Maara Roa