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Business Awards
Education and PromotionGARDERE WYNNE SEWELL, LLPThree years ago, the Tulsa law firm Gardere Wynne Sewell became the primary sponsor of Enviro Expo, an event designed to educate businesspeople about environmental issues and opportunities. Held in the heart of downtown Tulsa, Enviro Expo attracts more than 3,000 people to its exhibits, presentations and entertainment. 
Our judges summed it up very nicely, saying “How refreshing to see a law office make such a positive environmental awareness commitment.” The judges added that “The venue offers a counterpoint to the accustomed environment for this type of event – but obviously effective – going where the people are and getting results.”
The Enviro Expo has delivered Tulsa’s businesspeople a broad range of information, from starting workplace recycling programs to the latest trends in electric vehicles. The sterling example set by GARDERE WYNNE SEWELL IS GOOD NEWS FOR OKLAHOMA’S ENVIRONMENT! Environmental Improvement
FIN & FEATHER RESORT
It is amazing what an impact a family-owned business in an isolated rural area can have on its environment when it tries. The Fin & Feather Resort, owned by the Cotherman family (Bill Cotherman is pictured to the right) on Lake Tenkiller has produced some impressive results since it voluntarily began a recycling program nine years ago. Just placing collection bins in the resort’s 83 units has resulted in over a thousand pounds of aluminum and hundreds of pounds of glass and plastics recycled each year. The steel cans and cardboard generated by the resort’s restaurant operation adds another 26,000 pounds of materials to the totals. 
But it doesn’t stop there. They are replacing gas-powered “maid trucks” with electric carts and have successfully diverted the facility’s wastewater from the lake to nearby pastures to produce grass for their cattle operation.
The judges hailed the resort as “A superb example of a private company adopting a way of doing business that demonstrates its concern about the environment.” FOR TEACHING BY ITS EXAMPLE, FIN & FEATHER IS GOOD NEWS FOR OKLAHOMA’S ENVIRONMENT! 
 
 
 
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