Green Champions competition

We're searching for this year's green champions. We want to encourage residents and schools to be greener and recognise and reward those who are doing what they can to make our borough a better place to live.

Do you recycle as much as you can or have you switched to eco-bulb lighting? Maybe you always take a cloth bag to the local food market or has your school set up an eco-group? Perhaps you've started a green project in your neighbourhood or do you know someone doing what they can to be greener?  You can nominate yourself or someone else. Enter our competition and you could be a winner.

Prizes include a month's supply of RDA Organic fruit juice, £75 voucher from Putney Cycles and free membership and £50 driving credit from Zipcar.

The overall winner will win a £750 cash prize kindly donated by Thames Water.

The winners and runners up will be invited to a presentation ceremony in October and those entries will automatically go through to the Green Guardian regional awards final in November

Categories

Green champion
This award is open to anyone over 18 years old. It is to recognise their outstanding contribution to the local environment.

Green school - primary and junior
Schools will be assessed on what they do to protect the environment as an organisation and on the quality of environmental education they provide to pupils

Green school - secondary
Schools will be assessed on what they do to protect the environment as an organisation and on the quality of environmental education they provide to pupils.

Green household
For any group of people who live together. The judges will be looking at how much members of the household do, individually and collectively, to protect the local environment both in the home and activities outside the home.

Green project or group
This award is for any organisation, group or environmental project. They will be judged on the contribution they make to the local environment. Council projects are excluded but projects part-funded by the council are eligibl for an award.

Young environmentalist
For anyone up and including the age of 18 who lives, works or studies in the borough. Judges will assess the total contribution entrants make to the local environment. Entrants will be judged in two categories, children aged up to 11, and 11-18 year olds.

Green building
This award is to recognise environmental excellence in both new build and older buildings which have been adapted to make them more environmentally friendly.

Brief details of last year's joint winners

Joseph Anido is a caretaker who encourages his neighbours to use the recycling facilities and the community compost scheme. The development of an allotment was led by Joseph, and he encourages residents to grow their own food.

St. George's Healthcare Trust won for its 'think green and energy efficiency programme'.

Are you a local business, or do you know of one, that is setting a good green example?  Enter the green business awards.

Visit the Wandsworth in Bloom page for details of this year's competition.