The winners of the 6th annual Green Life awards were announced in December 2010. The event was chaired by Paul Fleming, Director of Sustainable Development and Professor of Energy Management at De Montfort University and the keynote speech was delivered by Dave Clasby, Sustrans Bike It Midlands Regional Supervisor on sustainable transport and cycling in communities.
The Green Life Award Winner
The overall winner was Bio-Blitz: a “24 hour wildlife recording frenzy” at the Watermead Country Park. Local people and professionals alike participated in surveys and recording wildlife which resulted in 653 species being recorded, including several new species of insect for the County. Bio-Blitz was a partnership effort involving Leicester City Council, Leicestershire County Council, Groundwork, Stepping Stones, the Wildlife Trust and the BBC.
Helen O’Brien from Leicester City Council who collected the award said “I am very pleased to say that we won the overall Green Life Award against some stiff opposition from a selection of very good sustainable projects. This is the first time the top award has been given for nature conservation and biodiversity which is a great achievement and an example of how well the partnership organisations worked together and encouraged nearly 2000 people to get involved and take part.”
More Winners
Other category winners included Nutrafit Ltd for their Eco Friendly Training Studios, The Woodcraft Folk for Face Your Elephant, Leicester College for the
Excellence in Recycling Project and Leicester Miller Education Ltd and Soar Valley College for the Soar Valley College Redevelopment. Special awards went to Amita Bhakta for the Best Environmental Contribution by a young person and Leicester City Council & British Gas for the Hot Lofts Scheme.
Awards sponsor, Dr Tim Brown, Director of the Centre for Comparative Housing Research at De Montfort University said: “We were delighted to sponsor the Leicester Green Life Awards. They brought forward some great examples of environmental best practice in the city and the winners achieved a very high standard.”
For more information
For a full list of winners and runners please download the document at the bottom of the page.
Information is available for the last years' awards:
For more information please contact Neil Wiseman on telephone number (0116) 252 7328 or by email: neil.wiseman@leicester.gov.uk.
