Have you been working to protect the environment over the past year?

What about your family, neighbours, workmates, school, business, scout group?

Would you like to get some recognition and help others go green?

If the answer is yes, then we really want to hear from you.

Nominations open for the Green Guardian Awards 2009 this week, and we want as many people as possible to take part.

Since they were first launched in 2006 these awards have said thank you to hundreds of individuals and organisations for their environmental efforts – encouraging them to do more and others to follow their example.

The awards now run in boroughs from Greenwich to Richmond, have become south London’s green Oscars.

Those who have taken part in the past have found that it’s not only a morale boost but can be seriously good for your environmental health and even wealth.

Projects have found partners, companies have won customers and organisations have gained the oxygen of publicity.

Taking part is easy and its free.

There are awards for all different types of activity, including a new one this year for anyone with a bright idea which could help protect the environment.

What is more, there are awards at borough level, with winners going through to a stunning South London final.

And you don’t have to be an eco angel to take part.

If you are proud of what you, or another individual or organisation, has achieved then that is good enough for us.

You can enter yourself, or nominate someone else, by going to greenguardian.co.uk and clicking on Awards.

Alternatively email greenguardian@london.newsquest.co. uk or call Hannah Weston on 020 8744 4223.