2007 Northeast Ohio Environmental Awards

Biodiversity Alliance and Dominion were proud to announce 2007 as the inaugural year of the Northeast Ohio Environmental Awards.

The Awards ceremony for the recipients of the 2007 awards was held on Friday, 5 October in the Cleveland Museum of Natural History’s Murch Auditorium. The guest speaker for the event was Karen Eckert, Ph.D., Executive Director, Wider Caribbean Sea Turtle Conservation Network (WIDECAST), based out of Duke University. Dr. Eckert’s talk that evening was entitled “Sea Turtles: Ambassadors for a Sustainable Future” and emphasized the importance of community involvement, partnerships and education for conservation; those same features exemplified by the environmental programs recognized that evening through the ...

Award recipients were recognized in the following categories

Community	Cascade Locks Park Association, Akron
Business	EnviroScience, Inc., Stow
Primary/Secondary Education	Earth Day Coalition, Student Environmental Congress, Cleveland
Higher Education	Creative Field Studies Program, Hiram College, Hiram

In addition, two nominations were recognized in the category of Honorable Mention

Honorable Mention	Wetlands Education Team, West Geauga Middle School, Chesterland
Honorable Mention	Master Gardeners of Van Wert County, Van Wert