Congratulations Sam Judd – young New Zealander of the year!

Huge congratulations to Green Ideas contributor Sam Judd who has been honoured as the Young New Zealander of the Year for his work leading the coastline clean-up and education charity Sustainable Coastlines.

Sam was a part of Green Ideas magazine from issue 1 – we profiled Sam and Sustainable Coastlines – and he's helped us out with his extensive expertise in all things environmental: writing articles, sharing contacts and offering advice.

Sam's also a very practical hands-on guy: in Green Ideas issue 1, he wrote a fantastic step-by-step guide to making a vertical planter box out of an old shipping pallet, and in our second issue he took readers through the simple process of making a rooftop rainwater collection system.

So big congratulations from us – a well deserved honour.

You can listen to an excellent interview with Sam on Wallace Chapman's Sunday morning Radio Live show here: http://www.radiolive.co.nz/Sam-Judd-on-The-Soundtrack-To-Your-Life/tabid/506/articleID/33831/Default.aspx