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
