Biodegradable cutlery and vegetable-ink signage were two of the green features at the first Sunlight Eco-Action Kids Awards Tuesday afternoon at Evergreen Brick Works. Planned by Sunlight brand manager Todd Allen and Harbinger Communications Inc., the detergent brand's event recognized three children who are taking measures to improve the environment.
Harbinger worked with Mediaco the Presentation Company for the audiovisual portion of the event, and offset electricity use with Bullfrog Power, a company that generates renewable power from sources like wind and water. Golden cedar trees, eight-foot-tall evergreens, and ferns rented from Amherst Greenhouses decorated the small outdoor stage, and the signage consisted of recycled paper and cardboard with vegetable-ink printing. Vert Catering provided an organic lunch complete with corn-based sandwich wrappers and biodegradable plates and cutlery. Following the awards, guests could make seedballs from native plant seeds, clay, and compost, and plant them in a nearby field.The awards concluded the Sunlight Eco-Action program, which saw 300 written submissions from kids and the announcement of 18 semi-finalists in February.
"The venue [Brickworks] is great because it combines man and nature, and that's what we're here today to talk about," said John Coyne, vice president of legal and corporate affairs for Unilever Canada, Sunlight's parent company. The event drew close to 120 people, more than half of them students from local schools, as well as out-of-town guests who were set up in the Delta Chelsea Hotel (which received a four Green Key ECOmmodation rating from the Hotel Association of Canada).
Harbinger worked with Mediaco the Presentation Company for the audiovisual portion of the event, and offset electricity use with Bullfrog Power, a company that generates renewable power from sources like wind and water. Golden cedar trees, eight-foot-tall evergreens, and ferns rented from Amherst Greenhouses decorated the small outdoor stage, and the signage consisted of recycled paper and cardboard with vegetable-ink printing. Vert Catering provided an organic lunch complete with corn-based sandwich wrappers and biodegradable plates and cutlery. Following the awards, guests could make seedballs from native plant seeds, clay, and compost, and plant them in a nearby field.The awards concluded the Sunlight Eco-Action program, which saw 300 written submissions from kids and the announcement of 18 semi-finalists in February.
"The venue [Brickworks] is great because it combines man and nature, and that's what we're here today to talk about," said John Coyne, vice president of legal and corporate affairs for Unilever Canada, Sunlight's parent company. The event drew close to 120 people, more than half of them students from local schools, as well as out-of-town guests who were set up in the Delta Chelsea Hotel (which received a four Green Key ECOmmodation rating from the Hotel Association of Canada).
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