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Fruit Trees For Schools 2 Lincoln’s Bright Spark
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ISSUE 127 Wednesday 25th November 2015
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Deputy Mayor Sarah Walters with the Diamond Award winners at the Awards night. L-R: Sarah Walters, Garden View B & B; Independent Signs; Kiwiflora Nurseries and New Zealand Oil. - Photo taken by Peter Jarvis
On Friday, October 30th, Nurseries, New World Lincoln Envirotown held Supermarket, New Zealand their Rolleston Responsible Vegetable Oil, and Selwyn Business Awards presentation Aquatic Centre. i n r e c o g n i t i o n o f Sarah Walters, Walters Deputy Mayor businesses’ contributions to of Selwyn, presented the environmentally sustainable certificates and Lloyd business practices. Bathurst of Rolleston Square Businesses have been Ltd presented the Trophy. performing so well in these The worthy winner of which, assessments that new was Kiwiflora Nurseries. categories appear to be Richard Hurt of Kiwiflora required each year! Initially u r g e d b u s in e s s e s to starting with Bronze, Silver, implement recommendations and Gold; a Platinum made by assessors, during challenge was added in 2009, the award process, explaining while this year a new Diamond that it was by doing this that Category was introduced. This had brought them to this new category celebrated the level. community leadership of the Sam Rowlands, Rowlands the new business. Amazingly, six out Lincoln Envirotown Chair, of 56 Rolleston businesses thanked sponsors and were awarded Diamond supporters and made placings this year and such mention of the continued was the level of entries, that financial support by SDC. all achieved Silver or above, Guest Speaker, Matt Stanford with six reaching Platinum of Enviroschools Canterbury, level. spoke of the importance of The Diamond Award winners children discovering their were; Garden View B and B, environmental responsibilities Independent Signs, Kiwi Flora for themselves. He cited
Lincoln Envirotown’s recent the chance to celebrate and initiative of joining with recognise local businesses’ businesses to bring fruit trees c o n tr ibu tio n to go od into schools, pointing out how environmental practices. In c h i l d r e n h a d b e e n fact they were left wondering encouraged to be part of the how they could possibly present new challenges to planning process. This enjoyable occasion again some of the already highly gave Lincoln Envirotown Trust sustainable businesses.