Aberdeen EcoCity Awards

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The 2008 Aberdeen’s EcoCity Awards were presented at a special ceremony at Aberdeen Blooms on Saturday 30 August.

Blue Peter Gardener, Chris Collins and Councillor Ron Clark presented prizes to the winners and runners up of a range of community and educational projects to protect or enhance the environment.

Scooping top prize and a cheque for £1,500, was Healthy Roots Ltd, for a community led initiative to transform a derelict area of ground into a local park.

Pupils from Danestone Primary School’s Eco Committee won the Educational Establishment category.

The University of Aberdeen’s Natural History Centre was highly commended for its environmental education work and beCyCle was highly commended for its bicycle recycling and lending scheme.

Category winners each received £500 and the best overall submission was presented with a special Gold Award receiving a further £1,000 in prize money to spend on an initiative of their choice.

All winners received a certificate and goody bag.

This is the second year for the award scheme which now runs annually to recognise and reward the hard work of local individuals and organisations doing their bit to look after Aberdeen's environment.

Eligible environmnetal projects need to have taken place within the last 12 months.

This year a special award was presented to the winners of a reusable bag design competition, run as part of the council’s Fantastic it's not Plastic campaign to tackle the problems caused by plastic bag litter. Winners in the under 16 and over 16 categories were each awarded £100.

The Aberdeen EcoCity Awards are run by the city council’s, EcoCity team. The 2008 awards were funded by Aberdeen Airport, Keenans Recycling, The Junction, EnviroCentre and Wood Group.

Winners

Educational Bodies:
Winner: Danestone Primary School, The Eco-Committee
Highly commended: Aberdeen University’s Natural History Centre

Community Groups:
Winner: Healthy Roots Ltd, Manor Park
Highly commended: BeCycle bicycle lending scheme

Overall Gold Winner:
Healthy Roots Ltd, Manor Park

Bag design competition:
Under 16s
Winner: Jessie Zambrano, Age 9
Runner up: Emily Summurs, Age 10

Over 16s
Winner: Joan Anglim, Green is the new black
Runner up: Morag Douglas, Recycle, Reuse, Restyle

Category winners each received £500 and the best overall submission was presented with a special Gold Award receiving a further £1,000 in prize money to spend on an initiative of their choice.

All winners received a certificate and goody bag.

This is the second year for the award scheme which now runs annually to recognise and reward the hard work of local individuals and organisations doing their bit to look after Aberdeen's environment.

Eligible environmental projects need to have taken place within the last 12 months.

Awards

To be eligible entrants must either be resident in Aberdeen or the project must have taken place in the City. The initiative may either be entered by the organiser, or be nominated by another.

How to enter

Entry forms for the 2009 Aberdeen EcoCity Awards will not be available until next year. Details willl be availbale on the website nearer the time.

Further information

Amy Smith - Sustainability Assistant
Aberdeen City Council
4th Floor, Balgownie One - (AECC)
Conference Way
Bridge of Don
Aberdeen
AB23 8AQ
Tel: 01224 814585
Fax: 01224 814590
email: amysmith@aberdeencity.gov.uk

Information on 2007 EcoCity Award Winners

One winner and one runner-up were presented in three award categories. Winners received £500 funding to spend on an environment initiative of their choice.

2007 submissions were assessed by a panel of judges and the awards were presented at a ceremony at Aberdeen Blooms 2007 by Councillor Ron Clark, Jim McColl from Beechgrove Garden and Chris Collins, Blue Peter Gardener.

Culter in Bloom Gold Award Winners

Gold Award 2007 presented to Erik Stein, Chairperson of Culter in Bloom by Jim McColl (Beechgrove Garden), Chris Collins (Blue Peter) and Councillor Ron Clark.

2007 Category 1 - Nature Protection

Initiatives that had protected or enhanced wildlife species and/or habitats.

Winner
Aberdeen Greenspace Trust - Aberdeen Community Trees

Highly Commended
Marine Conservation Society - Adopt a Beach

2007 Category 2 - Resource Efficiency

Initiatives that have improved the efficient use of natural resources

Winner
Bankhead Academy Environmental Club - Unity in the Community

Highly Commended
Aberdeen Forward - Creative Waste Exchange

2007 Category 3 - Improving Urban Environments

Initiatives that have improved the quality of urban environments, including amenity areas and greenspaces.

Winner
Culter in Bloom - Community Garden, Coronation Road

Highly Commended
Devanha Terrace Conservation Group - Garden Renewals Project.

2007 Gold Award