Date TBC
Nominate your ‘Unsung Hero’
‘Ordinary people doing extraordinary things for the conservation of the Northern Beaches environment’.
Do you know of someone who deserves acknowledgment for their outstanding environmental and conservation achievements to protect our unique natural environment?
The Council is seeking nominations of members of the community who have volunteered their time and efforts to benefit our diverse and valuable natural habitat.”
The award is open to 'ordinary' people from all walks of life.
Nominees must be over 18 years of age.
Nomination form plus more details to come.
Enquires: Robynne.millward@northernbeaches.council.nsw.gov.au
Last year's Eco Award was won by Sharnie 'the shark saver' Connell. There were a record number of nominations for the Eco Hero title.
This year's big eco-festival was a beauty.
Blue sky weather, hundreds of entries in our kids' art competition, a samba band and lots of people dressed in shark costumes.
There was a smoking ceremony, great speeches and three fabulous sound stages.
The art tent was bulging with bright coloured schoolkids' artworks, with just enough room left for some local eco-artists.
There was face (and arm) painting, a Batty about Bats play for kids, and dozens of environmental stalls.
Of course we had the Manly Environment Centre Science Lab, where you get the chance to look closer - down a microscope, or by taking part in a citizen scientist survey. Next door were Friends of Cabbage Tree Bay, the volunteers who look after Manly's marine wonderland. Then there was the Aboriginal Heritage Centre, beach cleanup groups Two Hands and Take3, and a creative 'scavenging' stall, where people collected rubbish and got tokens to exchange for donated clothing items.
And this year, the event spread beyond Manly, with a pollution-fighting Ocean Action Pod at Dee Why, and a big beach clean-up day at Avalon.
Big crowds everywhere, and particularly at our Manly oceanfront home, made the day our best and biggest festival ever.
Thanks to all the MEC volunteers for all your work and Northern Beaches Council for their support.
Images: The MEC Lab, Take3 stall, kids' artworks, Aboriginal Heritage stall.
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