How Green is My Town?: Green Star Award Winners

On March 24th, Grassroots Environmental Education honored the recipients of the first annual Westchester County Green Star Awards, honoring local governments and school systems who have taken substantial action on the issues of climate change, sustainability and environmental health.

Please visit our Westchester Results page to view results from all of our participating towns and school districts. Also, be sure to learn more about our methodology by reading our Westchester Report including countywide environmental findings, as well as recommendations for the municipalities in the county. The 2010 Green Star Award winners are: Bronxville, Chappaqua, Katonah, Larchmont, White Plains and Yorktown.

We were pleased to honor representatives from the winning local governments and school systems, as well as the staff, students and faculty from Pace University who helped Grassroots in our countywide assessment.

HGIMT Program Director Michael Crowley

Pace Professor Greg Julian, Pace students and award recipients.

Grassroots Associate Director and HGIMT Creator Doug Wood.

Bronxville Superintendent of Public Works Rocco Circosta, Pace Academy for Applied Environmental Studies Director Michelle Land, Grassroots Executive Director Patti Wood and Bronxville Mayor Mary Marvin.

Michelle Land, White Plains Deputy Commissioner of Public Work Bryan Murphy, Patti Wood and White Plains Commissioner of Public Works Joseph (Bud) Nicoletti.

Larchmont Trustee Anne McAndrews, Michelle Land, Larchmont Mayor Liz Feld, Patti Wood, Larchmont Trustee Marlene Kolbert and Chair of Larchmont Commitee on the Environment Carol Casazza Herman.