Ecobuy - Awards for excellence

Here in Victoria, Australia (Melbourne actually) there is an organization that was created to cultivate a culture of sustainability in the buying practices of this states local government.

ECO BUY

To use their own words … “ECO-Buy is a program that supports local government and businesses in purchasing environmentally friendly products.”

After a year of hard effort they decided to have an awards ceremony to congratulate all the concerned councils for their contributions and to highlight the council that had the most success.

As AusPen’s duly anointed representative, I had the pleasure to attend the function held at the Melbourne museum’s Treetop function room.

On arrival, this is the scene that greeted me:

Three silent characters meant to represent french aristocracy greenies?

I’m not quite sure … but they were great, and colourful costumes.

After a sample of organic wines, and tasty veggie hors d’oeuvres the awards began. As you might expect there were speeches, and a few more speeches, it wasn’t too bad though.

Uh… Yeah, nice… even if a bit inscrutable.

And the winner is… well we all win really , but the envelope said….MELBOURNE CITY COUNCIL!

All in all a great opportunity to network a bit and to meet the people behind the program.

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