See Lower Merion, Narberth 'Go For The Green' Award Winners

LOWER MERION TOWNSHIP, PA — Winners of the 2022 "Go for the Green" awards have been announced.

The Lower Merion and Narberth Environmental Advisory Councils and the Shade Tree Commissions recently announced winners of this year's awards.

Winners will be recognized at a special awards ceremony to be held from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Thursday at Appleford Estates in Villanova.

Below are 2022 winners:

Manko Lifetime Achievement
West Laurel Hill Cemetery

For its continuing creation and maintenance of a bucolic landscape integrating plants and monuments such that everyone can enjoy the beauty of such a living collection and for its innovative green burial option.

Resident
Richard Widmann

For serving with distinction as a board member of The Botanical Society of Lower Merion and for leading plantings and providing care for Merion Botanical Park.

Commercial Business
Mother Compost

For promoting composting by extending its services to commercial generators of organic waste and expanding its residential business.

Educational Program
Riverbend Environmental Education Center

For teaching environment principles to children from all over southeastern Pennsylvania to bring about an environmentally literate public who can participate in sustaining our future.

Organization
Bridlewild Trail Association

For creating new trails and maintaining, preserving, and restoring a trail system started in 1927.

Institution
Bethel AME Ardmore Victory Gardens

For supporting through education and otherwise the expansion of victory gardens throughout the community such that more produce is grown locally, thus improving community wellness, intergenerational learning, and food sovereignty.

Sustainability
Nancy Chernett

For her untiring and imaginative efforts over many years to educate the community about the meaning of, and practical measures for achieving, environmental sustainability.

Friend of Penn’s Woods
Luke Hamilton / Bill Halpin

For Luke’s services as the Preserve Manager for Natural Lands Saunders Woods and Idlewild Farm Preserves where he restores forests and meadows, replacing invasive species with indigenous plants. For Bill’s efforts restoring our tree canopy, nurturing an indigenous tree nursery in his own backyard, sustaining Bridlewild trails, removing invasive species, and educating
our community.

Local Innovator
SHIFT Sustainable Goods + Services

For reducing waste by bringing sustainable products to our market, providing product refill services which reduces waste from single-use containers, and providing educational material at social events and online.

Honorable Mention
Dan Mercer / Sally Mattison

For Dan’s energetic and dedicated commitment to the reduction of invasive species, trail maintenance and new plantings. For Sally’s contribution, as a volunteer of a Lower Merion Sustainability Planning Process task force and drafting possible legislative initiatives that could result in increased awareness and reduction of energy and water consumption in large commercial buildings.

For more information on the 2022 Go-for-the-Green Awards Visit the Environmental Advisory Council page online here.