The NSW Environmental Education Awards are an annual awards program, designed to recognise and celebrate the achievements of environmental educators across NSW.
This year's awards were highly contested, with a suite of fantastic nominations. Congratulations to the 2022 Award Winners.
2022 Awards Winners and Highly Commended Nominees
Sarah Jantos, Green Hereos, Overall Winner - NSW Environmental Educator of the Year Award
Sarah Jantos, Green Heroes. Winner - Community Educator of the Year Award
Darren Martin, Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. Highly Commended - Community Educator of the Year Award
Christian Eckardt, Greater Sydney Parklands. Winner - Government Educator of the Year Award
Margaret Gleeson, Keiraville Community Preschool. Winner - Early Learning Educator of the Year Award
Ann-Kathrin Kiehn, St Columba Anglican School. Winner - Sustainable Schools NSW Teacher of the Year Award
Shannon Kelly, The Nature School. Highly Commended - Sustainable Schools NSW Teacher of the Year Award
Belltrees Public School. Winner - Sustainable Schools NSW School of the Year Award
Rose Everingham, Regentville Public School. Winner - Return and Earn Program Leader Award
Rebecca Hoad, St Ignatius College, Riverview. Highly Commended - Return and Earn Program Leader Award
Greening the Green. Winner - Sustainability Connect Business of the Year Award
ReCollect. Highly Commended - Sustainability Connect Business of the Year Award
2021 Award Winners & Highly Commended Nominees
To celebrate the 2021 Award winners, we held an online event on 18th November 2021. Our wonderful patron Costa Georgiadis, joined us to celebrate the nominees and award winners. You can watch the recording of the awards night here and find out more about our award winners below.
We celebrated the overall NSW Environmental Educator of the Year Award at the 35th Environmental Education Conference held in Ourimbah in April 2022. We were very pleased that several of our 2021 award winners were there to celebrate again in person (see image below).
Pictured:
Costa Georgiadis, Sue Martin, Jayne Alba, Lisa Siegel, Liana Kay, Jane Smith
Congratulations to all the Award winners and nominees.
Lisa Siegel. Winner - NSW Environmental Educator of the Year Award
OzHarvest FEAST Program NSW. Winner - Sustainability Connect Business of the Year Award
Seed Harvest Spoon. Highly Commended - Sustainability Connect Business of the Year Award
Jayne Alba, Oxley Park Public School. Winner - Sustainable Schools NSW Teacher of the Year Award
Nicole Hext, Bringelly Public School. Highly Commended - Sustainable Schools NSW Teacher of the Year Award
Aldavilla Public School. Winner - Sustainable Schools NSW School of the Year Award
Caddies Creek Public School. Highly Commended - Sustainable Schools NSW School of the Year Award
Sami Bayly, Illustrator and author. Highly Commended - Community Educator of the Year Award
Lisa Siegel, Centre for Ecological Learning. Winner - Community Educator of the Year Award
Jane Smith, Central Coast Environmental Educators Network. Winner - Community Educator of the Year Award
Liana Kay, Sydney Olympic Park Authority. Winner - Government Educator of the Year Award
Jordan Moy, North Sydney Council. Highly Commended - Government Educator of the Year Award
Lisa Siegel, Southern Cross University. Winner - Tertiary Educator of the Year Award
Simone Blom, Southern Cross University. Highly Commended - Tertiary Educator of the Year Award
2020 Award Winners
Congratulations to our 2020 Award Winners!
A celebratory online event was held on 5 November to announce the winners of the 2020 NSW Environmental Education Awards. AAEE NSW Patron, Costa Georgiadis and The Hon. Matt Kean MP, Minister for Energy and Environment lent their support to the event.
Professor Lesley Hughes, Macquarie University. Winner - Tertiary Educator of the Year Award and Overall 2020 NSW Environmental Educator of the Year Award
Ashleigh Spillane, Bradman Road Early Education Centre. Winner - Early Childhood Educator of the Year Award
Guido Verbist, The Bower Reuse and Repair Centre. Winner - Community Educator of the Year Award
Julia Strykowski, NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service. Winner - Government Educator of the Year Award
Christopher Yates, Ryde Secondary College. Winner - Sustainable Schools NSW Teacher of the Year Award
Julie Rogers, Lucas Heights Community School. Winner - Return and Earn Program Leader Award
Dapto High School. Winner - Sustainable Schools NSW School of the Year Award
Seaforth Public School, Garden Frog Pond Project. Winner - Take Me Outside NSW Excellence Award
2019 Award Winners
Congratulations to our 2019 NSW Environmental Educator of the Year Award winners!
- Jenny Hill, Blue Mountains City Council, was the winner of the Government education category and overall winner for 2019!
- David Giblin, Chifley College Bidwill Campus, was the winner of the Formal education category; and
- Lisa Wriley, Kariong Eco Garden, was the winner of the Community education category.
All Past Overall Winners
2020 - Professor Lesley Hughes
2019 - Jenny Hill
2018 - Nikki Dixon
2017 - Nick Carson
2016 Owen Dunlop
2015 Judy Christie
2014 Jem Hansen
2013 Susan Mayo
2012 Phil Smith
2011 Nell Graham
2010 Rosemary Hadaway
2009 Grahame Collier
2008 Syd Smith
2007 Helen Tyas Tunggal
2006 Helen Scott
2004 Bill Dixon
2002 Stuart DeLandre
2001-2 Cameron Archer and Colin Mondy
2000 No Award (due to dissolution of the AAEE State Executive)
1999 Christine Prietto
1998 Sue and Col Lennox
1997 Alan Fox
1996 David Goldney
1994 Joan Webb
1993 Max Maddock
1992 Beryl Strom
1991 Ken Schaefer
1990 Carolyn Pettigrew
1989 Geoff Young
1988 Neil Dufty
1987 Kevin McDonald
1986 Peter Metcalfe
1985 Di Collins
1984 Jack Sinclair
1983 Brian Gilligan
1982 David Tribe
1981 Allen Strom
