Sustainable Princeton is set to present the 2013 Sustainable Princeton Leadership Awards to 10 community leaders.
The awards honor the community’s best, brightest and greenest businesses, residents, teachers, school administrators, government employees, religious leaders and others that are leading the way toward a sustainable Princeton.
Community members nominate sustainable leaders; a volunteer review team comprised chooses the finalists.
Riverside Elementary School principal Bill Cirullo is set to receive the Distinguished Service Award for creating and sustaining a school community that is a model for schools across New Jersey through its gardening education program and other sustainable initiatives.
Gail Ullman of the Princeton Environmental Commission is also receiving a Distinguished Service Award for her long-term and important role as a liaison between the Princeton Environmental Commission and the Planning Board.
Terra Momo executive chef Christopher Albrecht is being honored for bringing his passion for food and sustainability to everyone around him, in particular students, teachers and parents in Princeton’s public schools.
Princeton Theological Seminary student Lauren Gully is being honored for initiating and coordinating sustainability efforts at the seminary.
Callie Hancock of Princeton Chapter of The Citizens Climate Lobby is begin honored for organizing and inspiring others to take action on climate change in a respectful and inclusive way.
Community Park School Green Committee co-chair Sandy Moskovitz is being honored for consistently modeling sustainable practices in her own life, and inspiring students, parents, staff and teachers to do the same.
Mountain Lakes Holding Corporation is being honored for fostering a collaborative and sustainable approach toward stewardship of Princeton’s open space and natural resources through its preservation of the Mountain Lakes House.
Princeton Academy of the Sacred Heart is being honored for its use of geothermal energy in 100 percent of its academic spaces and other energy efficient actions.
Kurt Tazelaar and Sally Curtis of Friends of Herrontown Woods are being honored for their work in clearing trails last year, making two Princeton nature preserves inviting and accessible to the public.
Princeton High School student Anthony Teng is being honored for leadership in building compost bins at Princeton schools and homes, in advocating for the municipal compost program and in being a student ambassador for sustainability
The award ceremony is scheduled for 7 p.m. Jan. 29 at the Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon St., Princeton. The ceremony serves as a kick off to the Princeton Environmental Film Festival.
More information is online at sustainableprinceton.org.
