The 2014 Green Source DFW Sustainable Leadership Awards are presented by the Memnosyne Institute to recognize people and groups in the DFW area for their exceptional leadership in the enhancement and protection of the environment. Voting is open through February 14, and people may vote once within a 24-hour period from the same computer.

The top three nominees in each category with the highest number of votes will go on to a final selection by a panel of 10 people from diverse backgrounds.Winners will be announced at the Green Source DFW Awards on March 18 .Abbreviated versions of the nominations are on the ballot. There are five categories:

Grass Roots Nonprofit Group or Organization

Blackland Prairie Raptor Center
Common Ground NRH Community Garden
Dallas Residents at Risk
Fort Worth Bike Sharing
Frac Dallas
Friends of the Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge
Molly HollarWildscape at Veterans Park
Plano Solar Advocates, aka Solarize Plano
Promise of Peace Community Garden
Texas Campaign for the Environment - Dallas Office

Volunteer

Anne Alderfer, Friends of Tandy Hills Natural Area
Alexandria Beck, Mean Greens for Animals
Claudia Meyer, Dallas Residents at Risk
Jan Miller, Tarrant County conservation

Entrepreneur

Bernice Butler, Natural Awakenings Dallas-Tarrant County
Alicia Colina-Ashby, Designer - La Alicia
CrissyFairweather, Best Bug Bait
Rick Hauser, Clean Air Lawn Care
Gail Lockwood, Urban Organic Hair Designs
Joan Meeks, Commodity Recycling Solutions
Mary Palko, Green Now
ArtiShinde, Eco Dallas
Nanci Taylor, Edible DFW

Environmental Nonprofit Professional

Rita Beving, Public Citizen
Kevin Lefebvre, city of Dallas
Lanny Shivers, Earth Day Texas
Zac Trahan, Texas Campaign for the Environment
Sharon Wilson, Earthworks

Business/Corporate Environmental Professional

Leslie Halleck, Halleck Horticultural
Jin Hewitt and Damian Narvaez, Green Living
Gary Olp, GGO Architects
Julie Reynolds, Julie Reynolds Interiors, Inc.
A.J. Thibodeaux, Preservation Tree

Vote now at GreenSourceDFW.com.