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THE CONSERVATION COUNCIL OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA'S
JILL HUDSON AWARD
FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION  Jillian Hudson 7 September 1948 - 9 August 1997 Jill Hudson was born, lived, studied, taught and died in South Australia. Most of her working life was spent teaching primary school children. Jill had strong concerns for the environment and she made sure that these concerns were passed on to her students whom she told: "Life is an opportunity and its purpose is to stand for something
and to make a difference" The purpose of the Jill Hudson Award is to recognise the efforts of those who make a stand for the environment. | | The Award is to go to a person living in South Australia who, in the twelve months preceding the Award (ie in 2007), made an outstanding contribution to protecting the environment. It will be made without regard to age, race, religion or gender. The recipient of the Award may be a volunteer, an employee of an environmental organisation, a government employee, a politician, an educator or a journalist. The aim of the Award is to recognise not only the efforts of the recipient but also the circumstances under which the recipient worked in his/her efforts to protect the environment. Special consideration will be given to nominees who have had to contend with significant government, political, corporate, media or institutional prejudice in their efforts to mobilise public opinion to protect the environment. The winner will receive a cheque for $1,000 and will be profiled in CCSA’s Briefs newsletter. | | Download Brochure / Nomination Form Download Poster Nominations for the Award will close on 5pm Friday September 19th 2008. The presentation of the Award will take place during CCSA’s Environment Conference in October 2008. | In the inaugural year (1998), the joint-winners of the Award were: - Rose Crane, and ABC TV journalist, and
- Jillian Marsh, an environmental activist and representative of the Adnyamathanha community.
The second year of the Award was, again, a year for joint-winners, and the Award went to: - Peter Marchant, a long-term campaigner for aquaculture reform, and
- Jim Douglas, community campaigner from the Henley and Grant Residents’ Association.
Since that time Award winners have been: - the Kupa Piti Kunga Tjuta Aboriginal Corporation for their inspiring campaign against the proposed nuclear dump in their country
- Richard Owen for his ongoing work in campaigning for, and delivering, significant environmental outcomes for areas around the Murray Mouth
- David Noonan for his work as the hub of the anti-nuclear campaign in SA
- Mark Parnell, solicitor with the South Australian Environmental Defenders Office for providing an exceptional legal service for both the environment community in this State and the broader community and regional SA.
- Frank Buzzacott, Arabunna Elder, for his campaign to protect Lake Eyre, jointly with Joel Catchlove and Sophie Green for their outstanding work with Friends of the Earth and the Clean Futures Collective.
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