Nov. 11, 2020

Due to the ongoing pandemic, we're gearing up to Zoom for the 9th annual Green Source DFW Sustainable Leadership Awards! And thanks to our generous sponsors, this year the event is free. 

The Awards, hosted by Green Source DFW and its parent nonprofit, the Memnosyne Institute, aims to recognize people, businesses and groups in North Texas for their exceptional leadership in the enhancement and protection of the environment. See previous winners. 

The nominations for the awards came from Green Source DFW readers. The winners were selected by a panel of judges from the North Texas green community. The winners will be announced at the awards. See nominees below.

Moses Boyd is the keynote speaker for the awards.

In addition, Moses Boyd, a Washington, D.C.-based lawyer turned entrepreneur, will be the keynote speaker. 

Boyd has more than 25 years in the Washington policy and business arenas. His company the Integrated Solutions Group has been a leading firm on advocacy for clean energy. Moses and his partners also created a renewable private equity fund, the United States Renewable Energy Group, to help drive renewable energy investments in the U.S. and globally.

Boyd will be speaking on “The Relationship between Environmental Justice and Climate and Social Justice.”

Sponsors include Dallas College, Dallas Sierra Club, John and Margie Haley, Natural Awakenings Dallas Metro, Smith and Collins Attorneys at Law and Mary Anne Mayer Redmond Wealth Management.

Use the Zoom link below to join the event:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89964011709

Here are this year’s nominees: 

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & INNOVATION AWARD

TEXAS NAMEPLATE COMPANY

GOOD FAITH ENERGY

DEB TERRELL

CONSERVATION ACTIVIST AWARD

BRANDON BELCHER

TARRANT REGIONAL WATER DISTRICT 

MARILYN STONE

GREEN PROJECTS OR PROGRAMS AWARD

VICTORIA HOWARD

CITY OF FORT WORTH RESIDENTIAL FOOD SCRAP COMPOSTING PILOT PROGRAM

PEPSICO GREEN TEAM, PLANO HEADQUARTERS 

COMPOST CARPOOL

GOODWILL FORT WORTH GREENWORKS PROGRAM 

COKE BUCHANAN VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR AWARD

TERRY SHULTZ 

AMY MARTIN

TAMMIE CARSON

JANET SMITH

ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING AWARD

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AWARD

TO BE ANNOUNCED AT THE AWARDS

9th Annual Green Source DFW Sustainable Leadership Awards

About: Presented by Green Source DFW and its parent nonprofit, the Memnosyne Institute. The awards aim to recognize people, businesses and groups in North Texas for their exceptional leadership in the enhancement and protection of the environment.

Keynote: Moses Boyd, a Washington, D.C.-based lawyer turned entrepreneur, is the keynote speaker. Boyd will be speaking on “The Relationship between Environmental Justice and Climate and Social Justice.”

When: Nov. 12 at 6:30 p.m.

Where: Online via Zoom

Tickets: Free. Click the link below to join the Zoom event:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89964011709

Info: [email protected], 817-732-0722

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