Eden Mills project a finalist for national Hometown Heroes awards

The Home­town Heroes award pro­gram has announced the Eden Mills Going Carbon Neu­tral project in Guelph-Eramosa Town­ship is one of 10 finalists in Canada for the 2010 award for communities fostering mean­ingful, long-term community awareness and action on envi­ronmental issues.

The Hometown Heroes pro­gram was established in 2004 by Earth Day Canada to rec­ognize and celebrate environ­mental leaders, groups and organizations.  The Eden Mills project is under the umbrella of Eden Mills Millpond Conser­va­tion Association.

Hometown Heroes are defined as those who “over­come environmental obstacles. They engage others in support of a sustainable community ... they’re Home­town Heroes working to sup­port a healthier environment.”

Earth Day Canada considers individual and group candidates who:

- demonstrate outstanding environmental leadership, com­mitment and achievements in their communities;

- carry out not-for-profit environmental efforts with notable accomplishments in the past two years or a single outstanding environmental initiative in the previous calendar year;

- focus their environmental efforts in Canada; and

- engage, educate, or empower community members to support a healthier envi­ronment.

The Eden Mills project met those criteria.

The Eden Mills Going Carbon Neutral project is listed under Groups at earthday.ca.

For more information on the Eden Mills project, visit www.goingcarbon­neutral.ca.