Image courtesy ft3 Architecture Landscape Interior Design
The recipients of the 2017 Manitoba Excellence in Sustainability Awards demonstrate private and public-sector organizations recognize and embrace their responsibility to promote sustainability in the province.
The 2017 Champion for Sustainability is ft3 Architecture Landscape Interior Design. The Winnipeg-based firm has served Manitobans for more than 40 years and has helped design many recognizable Winnipeg infrastructure projects, including the Grace Hospital’s new emergency department.
“We continue to be encouraged and amazed by the individuals, organizations, and communities making a difference in our world,” said the province’s sustainable development minister Rochelle Squires.
Other award winners include:
- Green Action Centre for outstanding achievement in sustainability;
- Association of Manitoba Community Pastures (AMCP) for sustainability in water and natural area stewardship;
- Happy Thought School for education for sustainability;
- Riverdale Place Workshop for sustainability in pollution prevention;
- City of Dauphin for sustainable community; and
- Prairie Architects and Seven Oaks School Division for innovation for sustainability.
The Manitoba Excellence in Sustainability Awards honour people, projects, and ideas that successfully turn the province’s principles and guidelines of sustainable development into concrete and lasting achievements.
