2014 Hamilton Environmentalists of the Year Award Recipients Announced To celebrate Earth Day, the Environmentalists of the Year Awards Committee is pleased to announce this year’s award recipients. These awards recognize the dedicated efforts of citizens, businesses and organizations to improve the environment in our community in 2014.
The Dr. Victor Cecilioni Award for the Environmentalist of the Year recognizes long-term efforts that create a significant impact in the community and this year’s recipients are Bill and Judy Wilcox, the driving force behind Hamilton Victory Gardens. In 2007, Bill and Julie started a garden at a west Mountain church and donated the produce to food banks. In 2011 they started the first Victory Garden, and by 2014, helped by a team of over 350 volunteers, Hamilton Victory Gardens produced 45,000 pounds of produce at 12 sites across the city, changing people’s lives and neighbourhoods in the process.
A Lifetime Achievement Award will be awarded to Mary Ellen Scanlon for over 30 years of dedicated personal and professional efforts focused on sustainability and the environment as a planner, project manager and community volunteer in Hamilton. Mary Ellen has worked on projects for Hamilton-Wentworth and the City of Hamilton including Vision 2020, natural heritage policy, active transportation, and the Red Hill Watershed Action Plan. She spent the last 11 years of her career as the Great Lakes Advisor for the Ministry of the Environment working on project teams associated with the Hamilton Harbour Remedial Action Plan. Recently retired, she is now on the board of the Mustard Seed Food Co-op.
An Award of Merit will be presented to Stephanie McLarty, owner of the online reuse marketplace called REfficient. This company allows other businesses to buy, resell and recycle surplus telecom/AV equipment. REfficient was Hamilton’s first Certified B Corporation and in 2013 was one of 63 companies globally named as Best For The World for environmental performance.
For media information, contact:
Barbara McKean, (905) 527-1158 ext. 247 – bmckean@rbg.ca
John Struger, (905) 547-5116 – john.struger@sympatico.ca
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Previous Recipients
Victor Cecilioni and Lifetime Achievement Award Winners
- Peter Topalovic
- Dr Dennis Corr
- Sandi Stride
- Marilyn Baxter
- John Hannah
- Jen Baker
- Graham and Emma Cubitt
Award of Merit Winners
- Joyce Munro
- Kerry Brookes
- Kelly McKinney
- Stewards of Cootes Watershed
- Russell Ohrt
- Kathy Zadvorny
- St. Marguerite d’Youville Catholic Elementary School
- Beautiful Alleys
- Cara Contardi
- Peter Thoem
- Greg Lenko
- Robert Perkins
- Stephanie McLarty
- Warren Beacham
- Maria Brenyo, Deb Falcao, Lucy Hunt, Carm Passaro, Marina Simpson
- Swamp Line 9
- Brian Montgomery
- Elysia Petrone
- Horizon Utilities Corporation
- The Windermere Basin Wetland Creation Project
- Josh Gordon
- Michael Nabert
- Glenn Marshall
- Founding members of Social and Ecological Responsibility in Education committee of the HWCDSD
- Trail Maintenance Team Group of the Iroquoia Bruce Trail Club
- Bill Kennedy
- Youth Advisory Council of the Hamilton Community Foundation
- Friends of the Eramosa Karst
- Laurel Harrison
- Julia Kollek
- Peter Ormond
- Dean Carriere
- Warren Beacham
- Alan Ernest
- Hamilton Coalition on Pesticide Issues
- Joan Roberts
- Falcon Watch
- Bob Intini
- Jordan Bowman
- Alex Komarniski
- Fifty Point Conservation Area Marina
- Morley Balinson
- Steering Committee for Restoration of Courtcliffe Park
- Peter Turkstra and the Greensville Action Committee
- Bruce Mackenzie
- Pat Vacca
- Norm Jacobs
- Tina DiClemente and Franca Ianni
- Larry Kelly
- Beth Stormont and Sandra Root
- Larry Pomerantz
- Vicky Sutherland and Dorothy Greig
- Parks Development Section, City of Hamilton
- Hamilton Junior Naturalists' Club
- Dave Braden
- Keep Hamilton Clean Committee
- Rob Dobos
- Ian Reid
- Burke Austin
- Joanna Chapman
- Pleasant View Subcommittee of the Dundas Chapter of the Conserver Society of Hamilton & District
- Ian Gray
- Danny Stone
- Ollie Thomson
- Dr. Keith Rodgers
- Wentworth Environmental Farm Plan Committee
- Patricia Cameron & Students of St. Patrick's School
- Don McLean
- Trenholme Neighbourhood Park Committee
- Thomas Elliott
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