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www.oakvillebeaver.com · OAKVILLE BEAVER Thursday, April 22, 2010 · 8 NIKKI WESLEY / OAKVILLE BEAVER PHOTOS BY NIKKI WESLEY / OAKVILLE BEAVER INSPIRATION: Spencer West from Me to We was guest speaker during the Halton Regional Chair's Environmental Awards on Tuesday morning at the Burlington Convention Centre. AWARD WINNERS: White Oaks Secondary School (above) was presented with a Halton Youth Awards for Excellence for its Project Oasis, an outdoor green classroom. Ecole Forest Trail (below) received a Halton Youth Awards for Excellence for its Green Bears project. It's cool to be green By Jill Kwasniak SPECIAL TO THE BEAVER Earth-friendly youths from across Halton were told to congratulate themselves for their green efforts from Spencer West, a motivational speaker for Me to We at the Halton Regional Chair's Environmental Awards on Tuesday. West asked everyone to stand up and give a high-five to the person next to them. "I want to congratulate each and every one of you on this amazing accomplishment that you've done," he said. "You guys did the work. It was so inspiring to sit and listen to the amazing things you're doing in your school." West spoke about how difficult it is to be an environmentalist. "It's not always seen as the cool thing to do," he said. "It's not always seen as the normal thing to do. Because of you guys, it started to be cool. It started to be the thing that everybody wants to get involved in. That's because of all of your hard work." See Students page 9 Oakville Generating Station Recognizing Ontario's Environmental Leadership 1.866.317.9887 oakville@transcanada.com www.transcanada.com/oakville http://www.transcanada.com/oakville/therightchoiceforontario/ View of Oakville Generating Station from Royal Windsor Drive