Highlighting Champions by Mobius Awards, 2021

Celebrating Nova Scotians whose unwavering environmental activities continue to inspire our province.

This year, the Mobius Awards present a celebration of Champions who, despite a global pandemic, never gave up on their environmental actions and even took on new waste-reducing initiatives and habits. Click on your region below to learn about the top three environmental champions for your area.

Cape Breton
Antigonish | Guysborough | Pictou County
Colchester | East Hants | Cumberland
Halifax
Annapolis Valley | Kings
South Shore | West Hants
Digby | Yarmouth

Paul Dalesandro - Delio’s  Property Maintenance Services Ltd.

Champion
REGION
Cape Breton
Paul Dalesandro at Delio’s Property Maintenance Services Ltd. goes above and beyond to ensure municipal and provincial waste management regulations are respected. Paul starts with communication and ed ...

Gypsum Mine Trail Committee

Champion
REGION
Cape Breton
The Gypsum Mine Trail committee is a leading example in trail management. The committee is comprised of volunteers who maintain the popular trail by emptying waste and recycling bins, cleaning up litt ...

New Dawn Enterprises

Champion
REGION
Cape Breton
Incorporated in 1976, New Dawn Enterprises is the oldest Community Development Corporation in Canada. The large non-profit private, volunteer-directed social enterprise is made up of companies dedicat ...

Janelle Clyke - Janelle’s Upcycled and New Fashions

Champion
REGION
Antigonish | Guysborough | Pictou County
Janelle’s Upcycled and New Fashions is located in the heart of downtown New Glasgow where she beautifully repurposes used textiles. Her goal is to reduce the amount of textile waste going to landfills ...

Salt Springs 4-H Club

Champion
REGION
Antigonish | Guysborough | Pictou County
For over 40 years, the Salt Springs 4-H Club has been conducting litter clean-ups. Their longstanding dedication to removing litter from Pictou County’s roadways and ditches has had a significant impa ...

St. Martha’s Regional Hospital Green Team

Champion
REGION
Antigonish | Guysborough | Pictou County
St. Martha’s Regional Hospital started its Green Team in 2010 to focus on reducing operating room (OR) waste in an evidence-proven and safety-based manner. ORs produce approximately one-third of all h ...

Cathy Miller

Champion
REGION
Colchester | East Hants | Cumberland
Cathy created “The Masked Stitchers” in response to the serious lack of PPE available at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Cathy found a pattern online to make masks from leftover fabric scraps and ...

Colchester Clean Up Crew

Champion
REGION
Colchester | East Hants | Cumberland
The Colchester Clean Up Crew is a dedicated group committed to keeping their community clean. In addition to picking up litter, the group focuses on sustainability, reducing single-use plastic, minimi ...

Francis R. Ferdinand

Champion
REGION
Colchester | East Hants | Cumberland
Francis has been cleaning up litter in the Pugwash area for over 10 years. In 2017, he adopted a stretch of highway under the Nova Scotia Adopt-A-Highway Program and focuses on making it a more beauti ...

Scotian Shores

Champion
REGION
Halifax
Angela Riley, the founder of Scotian Shores clean-up group, has inspired over three hundred individuals to volunteer with her and remove thousands of pounds of waste from the shoreline. Scotian Shores ...

Alexa Goodman – Stop Trashing It

Champion
REGION
Halifax
Alexa founded “Stop Trashing It” to motivate individuals to change their waste habits. Today she has created a network of aspiring low-waste individuals and ambassadors who share tips and techniques f ...

Square Roots at Saint Mary’s University

Champion
REGION
Halifax
The Square Roots program addresses food insecurity and waste reduction through many programs maintained and managed by Saint Mary’s University students. Through a network of volunteers, farms, and loc ...

Jeff Carter - Friends of Scots Bay Salt Marsh

Champion
REGION
Annapolis Valley | Kings
Jeff and the Friends of Scots Bay Salt Marsh have been cleaning up plastics and fishing gear from the salt marsh and beach that has been accumulating for years. Since 2020, they have cleaned up almost ...

Karen Jenner - Nova Scotia Beach Garbage Awareness

Champion
REGION
Annapolis Valley | Kings
Since March of 2018, Karen has been picking up waste from Kings County beaches during her daily walks. Karen launched Nova Scotia Beach Garbage Awareness on social media, which now has over 4000 follo ...

TapRoot Farms

Champion
REGION
Annapolis Valley | Kings
TapRoot Farms owners Patricia Bishop and Josh Oulton are committed to sustainable farming and supporting their community. Part of that commitment includes reducing the amount of food loss happening on ...

Penny Lane Woodworking &  Enterprises

Champion
REGION
South Shore | West Hants
Penny Lane Woodworking & Enterprises provides learning and work opportunities internally to persons with diverse abilities as well as through community placement opportunities. The group makes pro ...

The Flying Apron Inn &  Cookery

Champion
REGION
South Shore | West Hants
The Flying Apron works hard to ensure its operations are sustainable and that its commitment to buying and supporting local is taken seriously. By purchasing directly from local farmers, they reduce e ...

Justin Greeno - The World Is Not Your Trash Can

Champion
REGION
South Shore | West Hants
When Justin Greeno was laid off due to the pandemic, he decided to start picking up litter on his daily walks and shared the results on social media. Since then, he has collected over 100 bags of litt ...

Acadia First Nation – Yarmouth

Champion
REGION
Digby | Yarmouth
Since the development of their Waste Management Strategy, Acadia First Nation in Yarmouth has educated and supported their residents in reducing waste with tremendous success. The program provides eli ...

Sylvia Surette - Naturally Canaan Sustainable Products

Champion
REGION
Digby | Yarmouth
Since starting Naturally Canaan Sustainable Products in 2017, Sylvia has grown her business from her popular beeswax wraps to include more products that reduce waste and that, at end of life, can be r ...

Tim MacKinnon

Champion
REGION
Digby | Yarmouth
Tim has always had a passion for the environment. Currently, he focuses on litter clean-ups in ditches, on roadsides, and anywhere else he has access to. So far this year, he has spent over 285 hours ...