Golden Acorn Award

The Environmental Forum of Marin sponsors an annual business award, The Golden Acorn Award. This award was established in 1994 to recognize small businesses that have shown a commitment to environmental sustainability and education through business practices. The Awards Subcommittee selects a recipient of the annual Golden Acorn award from nominations submitted by Marin community members and the Award is presented at the Environmental Forum Annual Luncheon in May each year.

Past recipients for the Golden Acorn Award are:

1994 Excelsior Auto Body - Novato
1995 The Copy Shop – Mill Valley
1996 O’Donnell’s Fairfax Nursery – Fairfax
1997 The Film company – Strawberry
1998 Gardeners’ Guild, Inc. – San Rafael
1999 Eco Express – Novato
2000 Tomales Bay Foods & Cowgirl Creamery – Point Reyes
2001 Van der Ryn Architects – Sausalito
2002 Green Jeans – Mill Valley
2003 Worldwise – San Rafael
2004 Good Earth Natural Foods – Fairfax
2005 Green Fusion – San Anselmo
2006 Marin Sanitary Services – San Rafael
2007 Straus Family Creamery - Tomales Bay