news.com.au announces 2008 winners of the Green Awards

News.com.au annouces 2008 Winners of Green Awards

David Higgins, editor, news.com.au today announced the winners of the news.com.au 2008 Green Awards.

Sydneysider Bill Holland has won the major award of Green Hero for his efforts in converting Pittwater High School to solar power through community fundraising which has dramatically reduced the community’s environmental impact.

The Junior Green Hero Award has been awarded to Alaistair, Freya and Imogen Wadlow for creating the “Planet Patrol” website (http://www.planetpatrol.info).

‘Written BY kids FOR kids’ the site aims to educate young Australians about environmental issues and encourage environmental protection. “From over 500 nominations to 36 finalists across all states of Australia, we have chosen 11 strong Greenies who have clearly demonstrated their dedication to our environment,” David Higgins, editor, news.com.au said.

 “These winners are examples of truly environmentally committed Australians and they have proven that their simple efforts can make huge differences to their community.”

The winners of the 2008 news.com.au Green Awards are:

• The news.com.au Green Hero Award– Bill Holland
• The news.com.au Junior Green Hero Award – Alastair, Freya, and Imogen Wadlow
• The news.com.au Green Invention Award – (joint) Cane-It Golf Tees and the E-Pro Water Heater Cover
• The news.com.au Green Town Award – Whitsundays Regional Council
• The news.com.au Scientific Breakthrough Award – Intex Holdings
• The news.com.au Green Business Award – Unity4 The news.com.au Environment 2.0 Award – aToMik Green
• The news.com.au Australian Solution Award – Windesal
• The news.com.au Green Household Award – Mos Howard
• The news.com.au Can Do Better citation – White Pages / Sensis

The winners were determined by a panel of judges comprising of:

• Climate change expert, Professor Barry Brook, from the University of Adelaide
• Environmental experts from the CSIRO
• news.com.au editor, David Higgins
• news.com.au readers

The awards are designed to recognise and celebrate everyday Australians tackling the environmental challenges facing our country and the world through clever, adaptable innovations.

The winners were announced in an online ceremony featuring special guests Ian Kiernan, Deni Hines, Jonathan Pease and Axle Whitehead.

The announcement of these winners coincides with the launch of news.com.au’s in-depth climate change section exploring environmental issues facing Australia and the world. To watch the official online official Green Awards winners ceremony, visit http://news.com.au/greenawards.