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Nottingham Ecohome scoops more awards

Tonight was a very special night for me and Gil. We went along as guests to the Notts Wildlife Trusts Green Guardians environmental awards. The ceremony was held in the Albert Hall, Nottingham and the guests were treated to a lovely 4 course meal and wine. Our table included trustees - including the chair, sponsors and ourselves. Our table really shared the excitement with us, it was a lovely evening.

This year, the Trust celebrated 50 years of protecting and enhancing biodiversity in the county and 13 years of awards. Since the awards began in 2000, £70,000 has been given in prizes to award winners. The head judge of the awards panel, is David Bellamy, President of the Wildlife Trust. A range of sponsors give generously every year to support the event.

We knew we were short-listed for an award, but were amazed to find we had been short-listed in 3 out of 7 categories! 

We were named as Environmental Business Green Guardians 2013 and received a stunning bronze statue of a hare, which we look after for a year. We also received a business support package worth £1,000. The category was sponsored by Nottingham University - particularly poignant as Gil went there.

We were runners up in two other categories Protecting the Environment Through Innovation and Coping with Climate Change. 

Next week.... we are up for a national award 20 November. The Sustainable Water Industry Group host the SWIG (!) Awards and we are short-listed for an award.

In the space of a year we have received 8 awards, just fantastic to know that our lunacy has at last been taken seriously. It is not exactly an over-night success story, the house and garden retrofit has taken 14 years so far  and we still have much more to do. We are still experimenting, still learning, it is after all a living laboratory and we are very lucky to live and play here. We have met thousands of interesting people as a result of opening our doors - we highly recommend it!