{"id":22587,"date":"2019-01-03T12:50:48","date_gmt":"2019-01-03T17:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=22587"},"modified":"2019-01-03T12:50:48","modified_gmt":"2019-01-03T17:50:48","slug":"community-recognition-eco-festivals-efforts-honoured-with-green-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/community-recognition-eco-festivals-efforts-honoured-with-green-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Recognition: Eco Festival\u2019s efforts honoured with Green Award"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Brock Weir<\/strong><\/p>\n

When it first started in 2017, the Aurora Community Eco Festival was just a handful or two of vendors scattered throughout the historic Aurora Armoury, but it has grown by leaps and bounds since its inception.
\nLast year\u2019s Eco Festival had moved to bigger digs \u2013 the Stronach Aurora Recreation Complex \u2013 and featured an arena of vendors, experts, interactive demonstrations and more, each with an aim of making Aurora a greener place to live, and plants seeds to help Aurorans adopt a greener way of life.
\nAs such, the Town of Aurora recognized organizers of the Eco Festival, members of the Aurora\u2019s Environmental Advisory Committee 2014 \u2013 2018, with the Green Award at the 2018 Community Recognition Awards Ceremony.
\n\u201cThe Green Award is presented to an individual or organization that supports the protection, preservation, sustainability, or a conversation of our natural environment,\u201d said event emcee Brian North. \u201cThis award celebrates those who share the Town\u2019s commitment to creating a greener community.\u201d
\nNominated by the Town, the Eco Festival Organizing Committee was lauded for this very commitment.
\n\u201cThis committee organized Aurora\u2019s Community Eco Festival and each committee member took on various tasks relating to their personal experience, ability and interest,\u201d Mr. North continued. \u201cAurora\u2019s Eco Festival enabled the community to actively participate in hands-on activities, to attend a speakers\u2019 series and to learn from a variety of educational groups, all in raising awareness of the local environment, natural environment and global environment. It is events such as Aurora\u2019s Eco Festival that enables us to learn about the one planet we all share.\u201d
\nThe award was accepted on behalf of the group by Committee member Sarah Varty, joined at the podium by Irene Clement and Nancee Webb.
\n\u201cWe would like to thank the Town of Aurora for nominating us for the Green Award this year,\u201d said Ms. Varty. \u201cWe have been working together as a committee for almost four years now and the idea for the Eco Festival came out of the idea that there are so many great environmental initiatives taking place in the Town of Aurora, we wanted the residents to know about them and be able to take actions for the environment themselves.
\n\u201cWe held the Eco Festival for two years, the second year was even bigger than the first. We had Yoga and speakers and amazing kids\u2019 activities, healthy food, and it is just so much fun working with the committee to put it together. We wanted to say a big thank you for recognizing us for this work.\u201d<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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