Cork Environmental Forum annual awards take centre stage

Awards ceremony will ensure workers and volunteers get their deserved place in the sun, says Peter Dowdall.

With much press and attention focussed recently on the bad guys out there — namely Japanese knotweed, Himalayan balsam and giant hogweed — it’s time to turn our thoughts to those groups of individuals who work every day, either professionally or as volunteers, to conserve the environment around us.

Founded by Cork County Council in 1995 as an instrument to apply the principles of Local Agenda 21, which aims to assist sustainable development by supporting small-scale and local environmental projects, Cork Environmental Forum is a not-for-profit-organisation based in Co Cork.