King County executive Dow Constantine honored 14 businesses, cities, organizations and people for their work protecting and improving the local environment. The Green Globe Award, presented every two years around the same time as Earth Day,  are the county’s highest honor for local environmental efforts.

Among the award recipients were the King Conservation District and the city of Duvall.

Seattle Tilth took home the top award, the Environmental Catalyst Award, for its work to increase access to locally grown, affordable food.

“Everyone in our region benefits from the work that the Green Globe recipients are doing, whether it’s creating a local farm-to-table pipeline, preserving open spaces, restoring natural habitats or confronting climate change,” said Constantine. “Not only are they protecting our environment, they’re improving our quality of life.”

Andrea Dwyer accepted the award on behalf of Seattle Tilth, which served on Constantine’s Local Food Initiative “Kitchen Cabinet” and is partnering on a USDA-funded pilot project with King County and Pike Place market to manage the county-owned Green River Farm and promote sustainable and efficient farming.

Recipients of 2015 Green Globe Awards include:

Sustainable building – Martha Rose Construction;

Sustainable Schools – Tahoma School District;

Open-space conservation – Dave Kappler, Issaquah Trails Club;

Community stewardship – Glenn Glover, Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance;

Beneficial use of recycled water – Willows Run Golf Course;

Green storm-water infrastructure – Stewardship Partners’ 12,000 rain gardens campaign;

Helping landowners steward natural resources – King Conservation District;

Planning for sustainability – city of Duvall.