First Annual Green Dot Awards, April 22, EarthDay

April 20, 2009 - PRLog -- Media Contact: MiShawn Williams
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2008 Green Dot Awards First Annual Ceremony Announced
April 22, 2009 at the SmogShoppe, Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California (April 13, 2009) The Green Dot Awards will be honoring the winners of its 2008 competition with an awards ceremony on April 22, 2009, Earth Day, from 7-9PM, at the SmogShoppe in Los Angeles, California.  The event will be hosted by Boise Thomas host of “Alter Eco” on Planet Green, the Discovery Channel’s eco-focused programming.
The Green Dot Awards is unique in that it was created to acknowledge that all forward-thinking "green" businesses should have the opportunity to be recognized; regardless of commercial success, public attention, or connections.  GDA aims to bridge the gap between truly innovative businesses that practice excellence in environmental responsibility with international consumers and media.
The Green Dot Awards will recognize the following special honorees.  Stephan McGuire, Founder and President of Coalition for a Sustainable Africa and documentary film producer with the Visionary Award for his work on 11th Hour, the Leonardo DiCaprio produced and narrated film documenting the state of our environment and what we can do about it.  Opportunity Green founders, Karen Solomon and Mike Flynn, will receive the Community + Policy Award which recognizes that without the mobilization of community, sustainability on a local or global level are not possible.  

The winners of the 2008 Green Dot Awards competition are:
Transportation : Designnobis for Volitan

Design and Build : Larnrod Eireann for Kent Railway Station

Products : The Firewinder Company for Firewinder, Original Windlight

Services : Barkley Court Reporters for Barkley Goes Green

Entertainment and Culture : TCC Photo | Gallery for Fruit of the Orchard

Other product/services : Wind Simplicity Inc. for Wind Simplicity Windancer

Concept Category : George Joannou Company, Sweet Sorghum Ethanol and Power

“This ceremony has been long in coming, but we feel that Earth Day and the LEED Platinum Certified SmogShoppe in Los Angeles is the best combination to highlight the creativity of those who use their ideas to make a better planet,” says Mr. Farmani, the founder of the Green Dot Awards, “we are very excited to present the first annual Green Dot Awards with this venue.”

The Green Dot Awards will be a zero-waste event and produced with every effort made to be environmentally responsible from the venue itself which is fully solar powered, harvests it’s own rain water and has recycled, re-used and re-purposed many of it’s existing attributes, plastic water bottle free with reusable stainless steel bottles provided by ecousable, all paper and printed materials are able to be reused, recycled or composted down to the eco-friendly cocktails courtesy of VeeV and organic wines provided by Parducci Wines to the sustainable designed trophies made from recycled glass and bamboo.

The Green Dot Awards strive to acknowledge and promote forward thinking businesses and individuals that create environmentally responsible products or services and to reward revolutionary green business plans and proposals. Businesses with a Green Dot Award are given an ideal opportunity to market their organizations and products as environmentally responsible. As increasing numbers of consumers and stakeholders are requesting evidence of eco-sustainability and good practices, the need for recognition is now vital.


The Green Dot Awards was founded by the Farmani Group in 2006.  Among others, Farmani group has founded many charities, businesses, and organizations including the award-winning VUE magazine, The Lucie Awards (the Oscars of photography presented at the Lincoln Center), Focus on AIDS, International Photography Awards, Le Prix de la Photographie Paris, Farmani Gallery, International Design Awards and FYIdesign.

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The Green Dot Awards is unique in that it was created to acknowledge that all forward-thinking "green" businesses should have the opportunity to be recognized; regardless of commercial success, public attention, or connections. GDA aims to bridge the gap between truly innovative businesses that practice excellence in environmental responsibility with international consumers and media.