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NEW FROM
THE ECHO BLOG |
ARE THERE FISH IN YOUR BEER? |
POSTED JANUARY 18 AT 5:00 PM |
As a craft beer lover and avid home brewer I was thrilled… |
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AWARDS
& HONORS |
ECHO has
received numerous awards for our commitment to green operations, strategies used in environmental education, and national leadership in the science center and aquarium industries. |
Awards
- National Green Building Council awarded the Leadership in
Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building
Certification
- Way to Go Workplace Commuter Challenge Small Business
Award for greatest staff participation in utilizing
alternative transportation
- Seven Daysies Award for "Best Rainy-Day Attraction for
Out-of-Town
Guests"
- Seven Daysies Award for "Best Place to Take Your Kids"
- Burlington Business Association Architectural Award for
significant contributions to the physical and architectural
quality of downtown Burlington, Vermont
- The Green Mountain Award for Non-point Source Toxins
Exhibit
- Linking Learning to Life Award for role in preparing and
guiding youth toward successful employment
- The Northeast Sustainable Energy Association awarded the
"Northeast Green Building" award
- The AIA awarded the "Excellence in Architecture" award
- The INDIGENOUS EXPRESSIONS: Native Peoples of Lake Champlain
exhibit named a "Top 10 Winter Event" by the Vermont Chamber
of Commerce
- The U.S. EPA awarded the "People's Choice Award" for Non-point Source and Stormwater
Pollution Outreach best television public-service
announcement
- Vermont Association of Broadcasters named Body Language
exhibit TV ad
"Commercial of the Year”
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Honors
- National Leadership Grant awarded by the Institute of
Museum and Library Services for the Voices for the Lake
project
- Fellowship awarded by the Center for Advancement of
Informal Science Education/National Science Foundation
- Scholarship to the Bridges Community Development
Conference awarded by the National Science Foundation
- Scholarship to WebWise Conference awarded by Institute
of Museum and Library Services
- Scholarship to Preserving Living Collections Conference
by Institute of Museum and Library Services
- Fellowship awarded for the Noyce Leadership Institute –
year-long Association of Science-Technology Centers/Noyce Foundation
for executive training
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