Better Haringey Awards 2008 Shortlist

The following have been shortlisted for this year’s Better Haringey Awards:

• Greenest Business
• Greenest Public Sector Office
• Sustainable School
• Greening your Home
• Safer and Sustainable Streets
• Special Award – Outstanding Contribution

Greenest Business

Budgens – Crouch End (Andrew Thornton, Store Manager)

Andrew Thornton has been nominated for his Pennies for Plastic initiative. It reduces the number of plastic bags in circulation by offering customers the option of declining a plastic bag at the checkout and instead have a penny given to a local charity. The scheme has already helped pay for a new stage at a local primary school and will soon be raising money for Action for Kids (a local charity offering support to disabled children). So far the initiative has saved almost one million bags!

Cascada Ethical Trading

Cascada specialises in ethically produced clothing and crafts combining contemporary with traditional South American design and their products are produced ethically in Ecuador, Colombia and Bolivia. They work very hard to raise awareness within Haringey of fair trade issues and they run a number of craft workshops that are aimed at people with learning disabilities.

The Washable Nappy Company

The Washable Nappy Company runs free coffee mornings around Haringey where expectant and new mums and dads can come for a free talk about all the benefits of washable nappies, and receive independent help and advice on choosing and using washable nappies.

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Greenest Public Sector Office

Ian Brinley – Customer Services, Service Development Team, Haringey Council

Ian’s manager has this to say about him – “He is not overbearing or pushy in his mission to make us green, but gently reminds us of the things we need to do. Ian is a shining example himself and clearly believes in leading by example.”

Abdul Malik – Specialist Services Team, Parks Service, Haringey Council

Abdul has found an innovative way to recycle trees that his team dig out or find dead or dying during the course of his duties. He collects and saves dead or dying trees, saplings and even suckers and gives them a new lease of life by helping them grow again.

Katie Lindsay – Northumberland Park and White Hart Lane Neighbourhood Management, Haringey Council

Katie is a dedicated recycler and has been working very hard to improve the recycling facilities at the Neighbourhood Resource Centre in Northumberland Park. She is determined to make her workplace greener and has taken forward a number of initiatives to improve the local environment.

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Sustainable School

Rowland Hill Children’s Centre

At Rowland Hill, with the support of the children, staff and the community, they have created an oasis of greenery within an inner city area. This is helping children develop their creative and imaginative skills. The school has also built a child friendly recycling bank that allows the children to take an active role in managing the school’s waste as well as learning about sustainability issues.

Coldfall Primary School

They have made massive improvements to their sustainability, including developing a whole school green charter, reducing their paper usage by 75%, developing a sustainability topic in their school curriculum and students working jointly with parents and teachers to develop sustainability action plans.

Chesnuts Primary School

Chesnuts Primary School has just opened a community nature garden which promotes the development of growing clubs for children and adults in the local community. The children grow produce in their allotment and use the produce in their cooking lessons. They use their own compost on the allotments and also have joint student/teacher growing clubs. The school also provides the children with loan bikes to help them ride to school as well as running a ‘walk to school’ project.

Tiverton Primary School

The school has created greener spaces by developing a memorial garden, container pots and hanging baskets, and a vegetable and herb garden that supplies fresh produce to the school kitchen. All classes have recycling bins that recycle everything from paper, tin and clothing to mobile phones and empty ink cartridges, as well as composting facilities that provide material for their garden.

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Greening your Home

Peter Budge and Mary Hogan

Although they live in a first floor flat they have fitted photovoltaic panels, a solar water heater, a fully insulated loft, foil behind the radiators to reflect heat and a small cistern to save water. They even recycle food waste in their wormery.

Cath Hassell

Cath has worked hard on her house to have as low a carbon footprint as possible and has dramatically reduced her consumption of energy and water. She only uses natural paints and the most environmentally sustainable materials in any repairs.

Dr Bill Smith

Dr Smith was nominated by his neighbour who commended him for his enthusiasm and passion when speaking about the benefits of energy self-sufficiency. He has installed solar panels and photovoltaic cells to his house to take a big step towards energy self-sufficiency.

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Safer and Sustainable Streets

Bruce Grove Residents’ Network and Maze West

Bruce Grove Residents’ Network and Maze West are active residents’ associations covering the Bruce Grove Ward with a strong focus on improving their environment.

Friends of Queens Wood

They dedicate a great deal of their own time protecting, conserving and improving Queens Wood for now and future generations. They also hold volunteer days for people outside the group, as well as walks and talks on nature conservation.

Mr Kenneth Mcfall

For his bravery and courage in coming forward and working with the council in dealing with anti-social behaviour on Broadwater Farm and making it a safer place to live for all residents.

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Special Award – Outstanding Contribution

Moselle Special School

Moselle has made an outstanding contribution in promoting environmental awareness and sustainability. The school has been commended across a number of areas, including its emphasis on sustainable and independent travel and its recycling facilities. Moselle has also been very keen to foster links with the developing world, forming links with two special schools in Ghana.

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