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2022-2023 State and International Honors

State Honor

Alabama

Rylee Davis

Rylee’s Climate Change Video

Daphne Middle School, Daphne, Alabama

Arizona

Xochitl Felix

Textile Waste

Xavier College Preparatory, Phoenix, Arizona

Arkansas

Tyler Dobbs, Jase Billingsley, and Nyla Danzy

Recycling: Sustainable Management of Waste

Bryan High School, Bryant, Arkansas

California

Helen Winnacker

E-Waste

Piedmont High School, Piedmont, California

Colorado

Ranye Ezenekwe

Upcycling Textiles to Promote Girls’ Education Access

Peak to Peak Charter School, Lafayette, Colorado

Connecticut

Carrie Lam

Education: The Pathway to Gender Equality

Middlesex Middle School, Darien, Connecticut

Delaware

Jacob Donn

Don’t Waste Away

Concord Christian Academy, Wilmington, Delaware

District of Columbia

Luca Rinzel and TJ Lewis

The Impact of Climate Education

Lowell School, Washington, District of Columbia

Florida

William Clark and Auguste Matuszewski

The Issues of Deforestation

Clearwater Fundamental Middle School, Clearwater, Florida

Georgia

Ayva Times

Ugly Bins: Food Waste Resold

Rex Mill Middle School, Rex, Georgia

Hawaii

Ezekiel Bumgardner and Maria Miles

Food: How We Can Save It

Hawaii Technology Academy, Waipahu, Hawaii

Illinois

Allison Tamas

Think Before You Throw

Loyola Academy, Wilmette, Illinois

Indiana

Madeleine Rich, Rachel Allison, Hibatala Alkhalil

Ecological Farming is the Bee’s Knees!

Bloomington High School North, Bloomington, Indiana

Iowa

Isla Nelson

Greener Future=Bin-e

Spirit Lake High School, Spirit Lake, Iowa

Kansas

Grant Cottrell

How E Waste is affected by our population

Olathe NorthWest, Olathe, Kansas

Kentucky

Thomas Maxson, Ranbir Singh, and Jazhiel Puga

Lithium Battery Waste

STEAM Academy, Lexington, Kentucky

Louisiana

Krish Dua

E-Waste

AE Phillips, Ruston, Louisiana

Maine

Allie Coombs

The Big Farm Rap

Morse High School, Bath, Maine

Maryland

Linnea Anton-Williams

Taking Out the Trash

Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, Maryland

Massachusetts

Naya Shalish

The Solution to Waste Buildup

The Newman School, Back Bay, Massachusetts

Michigan

Nadia Tarmoom

Environmental Justice

Allen Park High School, Allen Park, Michigan

Minnesota

Jasmine Dang

Sanitation Problems Due To Waste

Hidden Oaks Middle School, Prior Lake, Minnesota

Mississippi

Kay Smyers

Fulfill Her Not Bridezilla

Long Beach High School, Long Beach, Mississippi

Missouri

Anna Zeng

The Potential of Education

Columbia Independent School, Columbia, Missouri

Montana

Isabelle Berry and Ava Bellamah

The Pursuit of Gender Equality

Loyola Sacred Heart, Missoula, Montana

Nebraska

Tru Bilharz

The Un-plastic Bag

Millard South High School, Omaha, Nebraska

Nevada

Bethena Chen and Alicia Lin

Keep it Out of Our Landfills!

Hyde Park Middle School, Las Vegas, Nevada

New Hampshire

Srijith Rangan

A Foresty Future is a Better Future

Nashua High School South, Nashua, New Hampshire

New Jersey

Jun Gesteland and Haniya Alisammond

Lawns: A Detriment to Our Planet

Metuchen High School, Metuchen, New Jersey

New York

Cindy Vargas

Plastic Houses

Union Springs Academy, Union Springs, New York

North Carolina

Brett Ceaser, Luis Chevez Oliva, Coco Crockett, Case Dawson, William Deaton, Donnie Dotzler, Waters Erickson, Ellie Gentry, Peyton Krueger, Lilli Mason, Grace Mejia, Ryder Podruchny, Charlie Tucker, and Naomi Watts

OBX Climate Change

First Flight Middle School, Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina

North Dakota

Piper Erickson and Coen Schmeichel

Microplastics in the Food Chain

Central Campus, Minot, North Dakota

Ohio

Ethan Boots, Liam Hetzel, and Jimmy Pirone

Bring Back Forests

Boardman High School, Boardman, Ohio

Oregon

Samantha McDonald and Bethany Marty

Sharing for a Well-Fed World

Valor Christian School International, Beaverton, Oregon

Pennsylvania

Lucy Gross

Why Not Ugly Foods?

Greater Latrobe Senior High School, Latrobe, Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

Adrianna Carsetti

Women’s Education

West Warwick High School, West Warwick, Rhode Island

South Carolina

Elana Herndon

Over Heated

Haven Home Education, Indian Land, South Carolina

Tennessee

Ryder Ratliff, Grayson Rock, and Micah Jorgenson

Deforestation: The Problem and the Solution

Signal Mountain Middle High School, Signal Mountain, Tennessee

Texas

Walker Gibbs

A Businessman’s Plea

Cypress Woods High School, Cypress, Texas

Utah

Alyssa Haymond

Deforestation: Trash to the Rescue

Vista Heights Middle School, Saratoga Springs, Utah

Vermont

Jamie Knafel

Microplastics, Not a Micro Issue, Save Our Planet

Burr and Burton Academy, Manchester, Vermont

Virginia

Jake Trombley

Trillions of Mosquitoes

Loudoun School for Advanced Studies, Ashburn, Virginia

Washington

Ileana Olteanu and Tamanna Thakkar

Abortion Rights

Eastside Preparatory School, Kirkland, Washington

West Virginia

Brooke Hoskins, Bryanna Hoskins, Adri Lila, and Isabella Snider

Gender Equality with Paid and Unpaid Labor

Paden City High School, Paden City, West Virginia

Wisconsin

Charlotte Frank

CSOs and Population Growth

Shorewood Intermediate School, Shorewood, Wisconsin

Wyoming

Aubrey Sulz, Antonio Chavez, Arianna Johnston, Evann Johnston, and Joel Walker

Problems in Afghanistan

Sheridan Junior High School, Sheridan, Wyoming

International by Region Honor

Asia

Xin Ning Ng

SoilFood

SMK (P) Sri Aman, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia

Europe

Maia Luttikhuizen

Maggots for Farm Waste

Ermitage International School, Maisons-Laffite, Île-de-France, France

Africa

Isabella Garza

Flooding in Cameroon

Lincoln Community School, Accra, Ghana

Central America and the Caribbean

Emma Calvo Muñoz, Juan Francisco Reyes, Anna Carmen, and Perez Zumbado

E-Waste

Golden Valley School, San Isidro, Heredia, Costa Rica

North America

Grace Song

Building a Sustainable Future With Ecobricking

Unionville High School, Markham, Ontario, Canada

South America

Tristan Prescott Bohn

Gender Inequality in the Workforce

Colegio Nueva Granada (CNG), Bogota, Bogota D.C., Colombia

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