Calling our environmental partners

Nominations are now open for the annual Greater Wellington Environmental Awards.

These awards recognise and reward the community groups, schools, resource consent holders and businesses working in partnership with Greater Wellington to protect and enhance the region's environment. The eight categories are:

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

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

Meridian School Sustainable Project Award
For schools working with us to improve the health of the environment or promote sustainability through environmental education

Meridian School Environmental Leadership Award
Recognises a person's leadership on a school-wide environmental project that involves students as active participants

Nikau Award for Compliance Excellence
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. There is no nomination form - Greater Wellington resource advisers nominate appropriate consent holders for consideration

Environmental Protection Award
Acknowledges small and medium-sized businesses working with us to prevent pollution and improve environmental management.

Business Environmental Leadership Award
For businesses working with us to improve their environmental performance and reduce their carbon emissions

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

Does this sound like you or your organisation? Download a nomination form and send it to us by 4 September 2009.
www.gw.govt.nz/environmentalawards