Rachel Carson Contestants

EPA's Aging Initiative, Generations United, and the Rachel Carson Council, Inc. are pleased to present the finalists for the fourth annual intergenerational dance, photo, essay, and poetry Sense of Wonder contest. All entries were created by an intergenerational team.

PHOTOS (click on the photo to view the written description and enlargement of the photo.)

Saad age 17 and Patrick age 63	Nancy age 43 and Lauren age 15	Charles age 16, Michael age 28 and Kristi age 40

Graciela age 10 and Cathy age 50	Lyndsey age 16, Ashley age 25 and Carl age 63	Mary age 72 and Tyler age 23

Julie age 52 and Megan age 16	Hunter age 9, Sheila age 70 and Kenneth age 73	Lora age 57 and Kristina age 24

ESSAYS (click on the title to read the essay)
Title
As I Walk into the Forest I Feel a Sense of Wonder - Conner age 18 and Elizabeth age 28
An Earth Day 2011 Walk - Linda age 57 and Shelby age 10

POETRY (click on the title to read the poem)
Title
Nature Haikius - Alexis age 17, Elizabeth age 28
Untitled - Kyle age 17, Elizabeth age 28
Dreaming of Green - Rachel age 17 and Noni age 50
Half-Hidden Light - Clare age 11 and Juliet age 47

MIXED MEDIA (click on the title to read poem or essay with accompanying photos)
Title
A Ten Horse Tale - Pete age 58, Skylar age 8
Bustling Mother Nature - Constance age 73, Gayle age 56
Rainbow - Cheryl age 65, Mary age 93, Danielle age 34, Barb age 58
Bringing the Outdoors Inside - Eudice 92, Hannah 66
Over in the Grassland - Jesse & Quillyn - All students are 5th and 6th graders (11-12 years old)
Deciduous Forest - Emma & Isabel - All students are 5th and 6th graders (11-12 years old)
Remarkable Rainforest - Ben & Gloria - All students are 5th and 6th graders (11-12 years old)
Here in the Desert - Hannah & Eli - All students are 5th and 6th graders (11-12 years old)
Nature Thoughts - Elaine, Lucy, Marvin, Trena, John, Helen, Darlyn, Rosa, Wilbur, Maxine, Derwood, Carol, Doris, Paul, Kenneth, Marvin, Henry, Lynn, Laura ages 2-65
Sharing - Linda age 58, Nicole age 36, Meghan age 6
Ben and Gramma's Sense of Wonder - Ben age 8 and Cathy age 57
Natural Life - Carol 44, Judy 70, Elisa 45, Christine 41, Cathy 47, Cari 8, Christopher 8, CJ 8, Colin 6, Emma 7, Grace 6, Jacob 8, Jessica 7, Joshua 6, Julian 6, Justin 6, Laura 6, Liam 8, Lila 7, Macklie 7, Nina 7, Robert 8, William 6, Caryn 14, Caitlyn 12

DANCE (click on the title to see the dance performed or described)
Title
Nature is Resilient - Jayantee age 49, Shubha age 32 and Zaina age 7
Garden Dance - Jesse age 81, Maria age 60, Chloe age 8-1/2
I Come From - Mary Ann, Charlotte, Andualem, Sylvia, Nga, Santosh, Tenagne, Bebe, Vinh, Samith, Mohammad, Elsa, Deling, Carolyn, Mary, Augusta, Meylyn, Anniella
Untitled - Katie, MaryKate and Lauren

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