Awards & Competitions
EPA Resources
EE
Link - Student Award and Grant Programs
For students looking for opportunities to participate in environmental award
programs. Options range from essay contests to community service projects.
eelink.net/studentawardandgrantprograms(environmentaltopics).html
Envirothon
Sponsored by Canon, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and others, the Envirothon
is an annual competition held for high school students throughout North
America. Designed as a way to teach kids about environmental education,
the best teams from over 47 states and provinces come together during
the summer to compete.
www.envirothon.org/
The Gloria Barron Prize for
Young Heroes
This award recognizes young people who have shown extraordinary leadership
in making our world better in a number of diverse ways including protecting
the environment.
/www.barronprize.org/
National
Apprentice Ecologist Awards
Programs to involve youth in environmental service projects.
Planet Connect
http://www.planet-connect.org/
Planet Connect, a component of Classroom Earth, is an online social network where high school students can learn about current environmental issues, funding opportunities, green colleges and environmental careers.
President's Environmental
Youth Awards
The PEYA program honors young people for their efforts to protect the environment.
Learn what others have done and how awards are earned.
www.epa.gov/enviroed/awards.html
SeaWorld/Busch
Gardens/Fujifilm Environmental Excellence Awards
Visit this web site for art and science resources about the oceans, the
animals that inhabit oceans and how to help clean up the oceans. "Environmental
Excellence Awards" provide school and community groups with a monetary
award and national recognition.
Teens for Planet
Earth
www.teensforplanetearth.org/
Check out this site to learn more about how YOU can protect this amazing planet. This site has facts about the natural world, the latest conservation news, and how teens can - and do - make a difference. by carrying out environmental service-learning projects in their communities.
Young Eco-Hero Award
Sponsored by Action for Nature (AFN), the Young Eco-Hero Awards recognizes
successful personal action projects of young people aged 8-16 from all
over the world. Action for Nature's mission is to foster respect and
affection for nature through personal action.
www.actionfornature.org/eco-hero/