British Orienteering are delighted to present the very first ‘Respect the Environment’ Award to Susan Lambe from the Lagan Valley Orienteers.

The Respect the Environment Award has been introduced due to the increasing importance to understand and respect the natural environment we love our sport to be an integral part of. It recognises any association, club, group of people or individuals who over the past year have been involved with supporting Orienteering whilst being sensitive to the needs of the environment in which we operate.

Susan Lambe (Lagan Valley Orienteers)

Susan runs a Terracycle scheme locally and encourages club members to participate in this. She regularly picks up litter in the areas local to where she lives, as well as at events. Furthermore, she has encouraged club members to car share and to responsibly recycle map bags.

One of Susan’s peers said: “Susan has been pivotal in our club with environmental improvements such as re using map bags, litter picking and encouraging us to car share to events and bring our own bottles and cups! She also organises recycling with her Terra Cycle group and encourages us during events to recycle where we can”.

Congratulations to Susan for winning our brand-new award. You can learn more about the Lagan Valley Orienteers on their website.

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