Greenwich Sustainability Committee Announces 2024 Award Winners

The Greenwich Sustainability Committee announced the winners of its Second Annual Sustainability Awards, to be presented at the Rethink Waste Fair organized by Waste Free Greenwich on Saturday, April 6 at Christ Church from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm.

The reading of the Town’s Earth Month Proclamation and presentation of the sustainability awards will take place at 12:15 pm.  

Myra Klockenbrink and Svetlana Wasserman show off some of the handmade Sustainability “Awards of Excellence” at the ReThink Waste Fair, April 1, 2023 Photo: Leslie Yager

This year’s winners are:

• Mary Hull, recently retired Executive Director of Greenwich Green & Clean

• Angie Hartofilis, PTA Council Green Schools leader and Youth Program Director for Greenwich Botanical Center

• Bob Conlan, Greenwich High School science teacher and Environmental Action Club advisor

• Diana Klinger, environmentalist and community volunteer

• Nikki Barratt, Greenwich Country Day School science teacher and club advisor • Cate Tucker, Rye Country Day School senior and Greenwich’s first female Eagle Scout

• Zara Haque, Greenwich High School junior, award-winning student researcher and organizer of the Greenwich STEM Fair

• Thomas McKinney, Greenwich High School junior and organizer of community clean-ups

• Anna Leventon, Greenwich Academy junior and Environmental Art Club leader

• Sameera Madan and Jacklyn Pizzella, Greenwich High School juniors and founders of Leaders of the Next Generation

For more information about the Greenwich Sustainability Committee, please go to Pictured: 2023 Sustainability Award winners Andy and Nancy Chapin, Sally Davies, Bob and Jan DeAngelo, Karen DeWahl, Isabelle Harper, Matt and Alana Kontos, Thomas McQuillan. Missing: Isabel and Peter Malkin, Kelly Repaci, Karina Pruitt. April 1, 2023 Photo: Leslie Yager