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Follow on Google News | Have A Heart … Nominate for Green Heart AwardThe Green Heart Award is being launched in South Africa to recognise and reward eco-champions at the office.
By: Ana-Maria Valente The organisers of South Africa’s Green Office Week (www.greenofficeweek.co.za) The award aims to bring "going green" into the mainstream by creating rolemodels in South African workplaces and recognising those who have made a significant contribution to going green by finding creative and interesting ways to improve their department, office, dorm, or building’s environmental footprint. Green Heart spokesperson Ana-Maria Valente says: “We are witnessing a dramatic reorientation of the global economy around the principles of sustainability. This is no longer the altruism of old, but a solution to the climate crisis, the global financial predicament and a way of driving shared prosperity for us all. “In line with this global movement, we are handing over the selection of these eco-champions to the individual to nominate. As with any dramatic shift in our history, there is a need for drivers and visionaries to take us forward and we hope to identify these people among us.” The Green Heart Award believes “You make a difference” and that there are individuals who have true ‘green hearts’ and are the unsung heroes of our day. The Award offers an attractive cash prize for both the winner and his or her nominator, among a host of other sponsored prizes. So who in your organization deserves to be recognized? Is it the bookkeeper or the procurement manager; is it the guy on the third floor who convinced the company to change to energy-efficient light bulbs or the stationery manager? What about the PA who sent everyone a toolkit on how to become green? Or your supervisor who started everyone recycling? An award committee will select five finalists from the nominees and a judging panel including representatives of GOW, a recognised green expert, a sustainability director, an academic and a media partner, will make the final decision. To make your nomination, visit www.greenofficeweek.co.za and fill in a nomination form. Entries must reach us by 20 April 2012 and the Award will be presented at a luncheon on 20 June 2012. We want to know who your eco-hero/ heroine is and how he or she inspired and motivated green behaviours in your workplace. Deadline for nominations is Friday 20 April. For all the latest green news follow @GOWSA on twitter or visit our Facebook page. Contact details +27 11 616 7401; anamaria@greenofficeweek.co.za # # # Dictum Publishers is an events and publishing company based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Dictum concerns itself with educating and informing various target audiences in the workplace. End
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