Eco-Hero Awards Application

Applications are NOW OPEN for the 2025 International Young Eco-Hero Awards! Young environmental leaders aged 8 to 16 are encouraged to apply by February 28, 2025. For detailed information about the application process, please visit our how to apply page.

All submissions must be in English, and applicants should ensure every question is answered thoroughly. If you have any questions, please contact us.

Don’t miss this opportunity to showcase your contributions to environmental change!

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1. How did you hear about the International Young Eco-Hero Awards?

Please be specific and share website link, if applicable.

2. Describe your project in one sentence, including the title if applicable.

3. Tell us about your project. What did you do? Please be specific.

4. What inspired you to undertake your activities?

5. On what date, approximately, did you start your project? If your project has ended, on what date did it end? If ongoing, please describe your next steps.

6. Have your activities impacted environmental justice (see definition below and if not, please skip this question)? If so, can you please tell us about this?

The Action for Nature definition of Environmental Justice is "that all people, regardless of culture, location, or income level, must be entitled to clean air, clean water, safe affordable food sources, and educational opportunities wherever they live, work or play."

7. What are the goals of your project? Tell us which goals you have met. Give dates and specifics.

Please use dates and specific numbers (quantify) where possible, e.g., give the number of people attending an event you might have organized.

8. Who else contributed to your program’s success?

9. What have you learned from your project? If this experience changed you, please describe how.

10. Regarding your project, how have you educated, persuaded and/or reached out to others (talks, presentations, news articles, etc.)?

11. Briefly describe your interests and any other activities or projects you've worked on, if any.

12. What are your plans for the future?

13. Please supply a reference contact i.e. a teacher or community member including their name, phone number, email address, and relationship to you/title. No relatives or friends please.

14. Please list your supporting materials. These could include news articles, certificates of recognition, photographs, websites, etc.

If submitting supporting materials as attachments, please list them here and then email them directly to awards@actionfornature.org with the subject line: "2025 supporting materials [your full name]"

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