SYNERGY WINNERS NAMED

We asked you, our readers, to tell us about the exciting work going on in the greater Houston environmental community and nominate programs that exemplify synergy – where the whole is greater than its parts – for CEC’s tenth annual synergy awards. We were gratified by the response and impressed and encouraged by the great work that goes on in our territory.The awards will be presented at a luncheon at the Houstonian on Monday, November 5 at 11:30 am. For information about Synergy tickets or sponsorships, call Donna Platt at (713) 524-4232.

The winners are:
Arbor Day Tree Planting Project will receive the President’s Award; Buffalo Bayou Partnership will receive the Environmental Education Award; Richard Lindsay, Senior Project Executive in the Bond Fund Program Department of HISD, will receive the Sustainable Planning Award; Feather Fest and Morton D. Voller, President, Galveston Island Nature Tourism Council, Inc., will receive the Army and Sarah Emmott Environmental Conservation Award; and Friends of West 11th Street Park will receive the Community Activism Award. The Government Award goes to Mayor Bill White; the Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented to Dr. Bob Randall; the Corporate Awareness Award will go to Transocean, SERPENT Project; and the Media Award goes to Patricia Gras, Living Smart, HoustonPBS.

The nominees were:
Marie Flickinger for Brio Clean-up Project; Bruce Heiberg; Dan Lauck, KHOU Channel 11; St. Catherine’s Montessori; James H. Robertson of Cypress Creek Flood Control Coalition; Dr. Thomas Stock, PhD, MPH, MS, UT School of Public Health; Maureen Mulrooney; Lawrence Spence; “Power to the People” campaign by Mayor White in partnership with Centerpoint and Wal-Mart, and Sam’s Club; Mayor White, and the Mayor’s Office at the City of Houston For the Wind Power Contract; Flossie Lewis for the Eye Sore High Weeded Lots Project; Arbor Day Tree Planting Project; Buffalo Bayou Partnership Family Nights on Blue Bayou; Anne Olson, Buffalo Bayou Partnership; Meadow Wood Elementary SPARK Park; Linda Shead, Trust for Public Land; Scuba Bob’s Ocean Quest; Jim Broughton of the US Green Buildings Council; Linda Mercer of the Cottage Grove Civic Club, White Oak Bayou Association, Citizens Transportation Coalition; Juan Parras, Director of Community Outreach, C.L.E.A.N.; John Sullivan; Nan Hildret h; Jane Dale Owen; Wildlife Habitat Council; Dan Phillips, Founder of The Phoenix Commotion; KBR Kids Day on Buffalo Bayou; Starbucks Coffee Company for “NATIONAL DAY OF DISCUSSION” on the Climate Crisis; and Gary Edmondson Programs Director, Urban Harvest.

Congratulations to all, and thank you for the hard work.