The Missouri Coalition for the Environment (MCE) presents Student Environmental Action Awards to recognize Missouri high school students who have initiated and/or contributed to innovative projects that have or will result in a strong, beneficial environmental impact.
Applicants should stress its impact and the role of students in initiating and/or perpetuating the project. The application should be written by students and co-signed by a faculty member who can verify the project and results.
Judging will be done by individuals with a history of environmental work and/or environmental education.
With the applicants permission, all winning entries will appear on our website.
MCE reserves the right to limit awards.
Please send any questions to moenviron@moenvironment.org.
Prizes
- First – $300 (one awardee)
- Second – $200 (one awardee)
- Honorary Mention – $100 (no limit, at MCE’s discretion)
Last Year’s Winners
The winners for last year’s award were:
- 1st Place – Luke Towson for his work to restore an abandoned greenhouse at his school, Parkway North High School, and to find ways to include other community organizations to support the effort, utilize the greenhouse, and educate students about sustainable food production.
- 2nd Place – Sophia Huang for her work to implement a recycling education program that has reduced contamination of recyclables in her school, Metro Classical High School, and to share her findings with other schools to implement the same program in their buildings.
- Honorable Mention – Madeline Brand for her work to develop a study to measure the effects that water contaminated with PFAS has on different aquatic animals and for sharing her results with over 300 students at her school (St. Joseph’s Academy) and at a national conference.
Important Dates
- Deadline for Submission – 2/28/25
- Awards Announced – 4/22/25, Earth Day
Please contact us at moenviron@moenvironment.org if you have any issues with your submission using the Google Form linked in the Apply Now button above.
