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Cox Conserves HeroesBay Area's 2012 Cox Conserves Hero Charlie Bowen was chosen as the Bay Area’s 2012 Cox Conserves Hero, and she selected the Berkeley Path Wanderers Association to receive $10,000. Bowen was nominated for a decade’s worth of volunteerism. She has been the engine behind restoring and growing Berkeley's historic network of public paths. Her volunteer group turns overgrown and fenced off paths into beautiful areas for runners, tourists and walking groups. View Charlie's video.Bay Area's 2011 Cox Conserves Hero Naftali Moed was chosen as the Bay Area's 2011 Cox Conserves Hero, and he selected Pie Ranch to receive the $5,000 award. Naftali had a vision for an organic vegetable garden to teach fellow high school students about the value of organic gardening and sustainable agriculture. Under his leadership, the vision has become a reality with 10 garden beds, a chicken house and an outdoor classroom space. The garden is a living lab for science classes and a source of food for the nutrition classes. View Naftali's video Bay Area’s 2010 Cox Conserves Hero Bruce Beyaert was chosen as the Bay Area’s 2010 Cox Conserves Hero, and he selected San Francisco Bay Trail Project to receive the $5,000 award. In 1999, Bruce founded the Trails for Richmond Action Committee (TRAC) with its mission of completing the San Francisco Bay Trail in Richmond. Due largely to Bruce’s ongoing efforts, Richmond will have over 28 miles of Bay Trail built by the end of 2010. Bruce created strong alliances for completing the Bay Trail in Richmond and built a support group of more than a 1,000 members. View Bruce’s video Bay Area’s 2009 Cox Conserves Hero Lennie Roberts was chosen as the Bay Area’s 2009 Cox Conserves Hero. She has volunteered thousands of hours toward natural resource preservation over a span of 40 years. She worked to protect the natural beauty of and public access to Edgewood Park, the Peninsula Watershed and San Bruno Mountains by successfully lobbying for power lines to be routed underground rather than criss-crossing the land. Lennie gives unwavering support to land conservation through her grassroots efforts and keen knowledge of environmental laws. As Lennie’s environmental nonprofit of choice the Committee for Green Foothills received $5,000. View Lennie’s video Previous Finalists (names contain links to videos):
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