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Sustainability Star Awards

Established in 2017, the Sustainability Star Award is part of our efforts to celebrate leaders in our community. It is given to groups or businesses working in areas such as safeguarding water quality, improving access to sustainable transportation options, protecting nature, sharing knowledge of sustainable living, enhancing food security, and developing green businesses and communities. 

The awards themselves are made locally near Ottawa from sustainably sourced wood and eco-friendly materials, and are produced by independent artisans. Recipients are selected from a list of nominees by a committee of our Board members, using set criteria.

Past Winners

2021

The 2021 awards were presented at our 10-year anniversary celebration / AGM. We are so thankful to have had a recipient from each organization present at the event.

Recipients: Just Food Farm, Peace and Environment Resource Centre, Ottawa Renewable Energy Co-Op, Loving Spoonful, Capacity Building Institute. 

Michelle Kehoe & Ayla Fenton (Loving Spoonful), Dick Bakker (OREC), Kathryn Norman & Michelle Osborne (PERC), Peter Blanchard, Ruth Bankey & Nasha Choudhury.

2020

The 2020 awards were not able to be presented to the winners the same way as in the past due to COVID-19, but we were still able to ensure the recipients received their awards!

Recipients: The Box of Life, Quintessence Collaborative/Alani Gallbriath, EnviroCentre, Smart Net Alliance, and Strong Roots Community Garden.

At home award delivery to Akil Mesiwala (Box of Life).

2019

The 2019 Awards were presented at a networking event in January 2020. This was the first year green businesses, not just NGOs, were represented among the recipients.

Recipients: Algonquin 2 Adirondacks Collaborative, Nu Grocery, Bluegrass Farm, Transition Cornwall+, Ottawa Community Foundation.

David Miller (A2A), Lynn Macdonell & Neil MacLean (TC+), Valerie Leloup (Nu Grocery), Tais Mcneil (OCF), Kristina Inrig (SEO).
Bluegrass Farm wasn’t able to attend the session in person, but Board Member Michelle Osborne followed up to present them with their award.

2018

The 2018 Sustainability Star Awards were presented as part of a large workshop on Nov 15th of that year. There was an intentional energy management theme to the selections, and three winners were represented in the 20 Energy Management Case studies produced by SEO and available elsewhere on this website.

Recipients: City of Ottawa Building Engineering & Energy Management (BEEM) Unit, Pearly-Rideau Veterans Centre, Ottawa Catholic School Board, Maison Tucker House Renewal Centre.

Michelle Osborne (SEO Board), Gail Walker (SEO Board), Gerry Sancartier (OCSB), TJ Turenne & Melanie Anderson (Tucker House), JP Rozon (BEEM Unit), Kristina Inrig (SEO).

2017

The 2017 Awards were presented at the January 2018 session of the National Capital Environmental Nonprofit Network. The recipients were invited to speak at this roundtable networking session and didn’t know they were going to receive an award before hand. Awards were presented with small gifts selected by the Board for each organization.

Recipients: Wintergreen Studios, Ottawa Riverkeeper, Ecology Ottawa

Ecology Ottawa (represented here by Velta Tomsons, left), Wintergreen Studios (Monica Capovilla), and Ottawa Riverkeeper (Larissa Holman). Also pictured: SEO Program Coordinator Kathryn Norman (right).
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