The
winners of the 2012 Green Giant Awards are:
- Hammer Time! Projects:
“a community-powered collection of resources for people to responsibly
create and obtain what they need. We promote creativity, ecological
health, participatory decision making, self-determination, alternative
forms of exchange, and more meaningful connections with the things we
use as well as with each other.” (from www.hammertimeprojects.org)
- Dr. Rick Price:
for 40 years of bicycle advocacy that has helped turn Fort Collins into
one of the most bicycle-friendly cities in the United States. A
professional geographer and long-time CSU Study Abroad Advisor, Rick
co-founded Experience Plus Bicycle Tours, Bike Fort Collins and the
Fort Collins Bike Library, and chaired the city’s Bicycle Advisory
Committee. Fittingly, Dr. Price is currently finishing up his 40th
anniversary bicycle tour of Italy.
- John Peacock:
for his decades of tireless support for passenger rail and train travel
as part of a comprehensive transportation solution for Colorado,
especially the Front Range.
- Linda Mahan:
an active and proud member of the local League of Women Voters, for
consistently working on issues such as poverty, affordable housing,
single payer health care and many others.
Green Giant Awards are given to
individuals or
organizations in our community who embody the 10 Key Values of the
Green Party: Ecological Wisdom, Social Justice, Grassroots
Democracy, Nonviolence, Community-Based Economics, Decentralization,
Feminism, Respect for Diversity, Personal and Global Responsibility and
Future Focus.
Past award winners include Community for Sustainable Energy, David Roy,
Wolverine Farm Publishing/Matter Press, Laura Pritchett, David Sirota,
Eric Fried, Gina Janett, Norberto Valdez, Cheryl Distaso, John
Anderson, Coloradoans Against Resource Destruction (CARD), Save the
Poudre, Gailmarie Kimmel, Maury Alberston, John Kefalas, Randy Fischer,
Kelly Ohlson, Nancy York, New Belgium, and Avogadro's Number.
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