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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.

U.S. Stockholm Junior Water Prize
http://www.sjwp.org
This site is an awards program for water projects for high school students. One winner for each state is selected to go to a national competition.

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/

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