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Wetland Infrastructure
James Clemens High School, Madison, Alabama
The Economics of Wealth Inequality: What to Do Next?
Canyon Del Oro High School, Tucson, Arizona
The Amphibian Underground
Santa Clara High School, Santa Clara, California
Bridging Energy Gaps
Peak to Peak Charter School, Lafayette, Colorado
The Cost of a Full Classroom
Hopkins School, New Haven, Connecticut
Threats to Wetland Biodiversity
NCCL School, Newark, Delaware
Wetland Decimation from Urbanization
Lowell School, Washington, District of Columbia
Learning to Save our Swamp: Education is the Future
Miami Palmetto Senior High School, Miami, Florida
Power to the Powerless: Solar Panels and Solar-Powered Backpacks
Whitewater High School, Fayetteville, Georgia
Protect the Wetlands
Hawaii Technology Academy, Waipahu, Hawaii
Wetlands: Providing Ecosystem Services for all
Renaissance High School, Meridian, Idaho
A Solution to the Solution of Car Emissions
Neuqua Valley High School, Naperville, Illinois
Population Growth and Pollution in Our Wetlands
Jackson Creek Middle School, Bloomington, Indiana
Wealth Inequality
Spirit Lake Public High School, Spirit Lake, Iowa
Energy from Garbage: Fighting Climate Change
Shawnee Mission South High School, Overland Park, Kansas
Repurposing Zombie Mines to Reduce Energy Poverty
Mary Queen of the Holy Rosary Catholic School, Lexington, Kentucky
Black Out: Energy Poverty in Africa
International High School at Largo, Upper Marlboro, Maryland
From Footsteps to Energy: Kinetic Energy Tiles
Pingree School, South Hamilton, Massachusetts
Urbanization of Wetlands
Clarkston Junior High School, Clarkston, Michigan
Energy Tiles
Rockford Middle School -Center for Environmental Studies, Rockford, Minnesota
Rooted Future
Canton High School, Canton, Mississippi
Buoyant Airborne Turbines: A New Solution for an Old Problem
Discovery Middle School, Liberty, Missouri
The Economic Stability Panda’s Bring
Foothills Community Christian School, Great Falls, Montana
Fossil Fuels
Marian High School, Omaha, Nebraska
Energy Poverty: The Path to a Brighter Future
Alvirne High School, Hudson, New Hampshire
Baby Bonds: Raising Fair Futures
Bergen County Academies, Hackensack, New Jersey
The Energy Crisis
Santa Fe High School, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Wetlands
Shaker High School, Latham, New York
A Healthy Planet = A Healthy Tomorrow
Weaver Academy, Greensboro, North Carolina
Conserve Wetlands
Minot North High School, Minot, North Dakota
Constructed Wetlands
Hawken Middle School, Lyndhurst, Ohio
Powering 8 Billion: The Smart Energy Shift
South Fayette Middle School, McDonald, Pennsylvania
Our future: Agrivoltaics
Lincoln Public High School, Lincoln, Rhode Island
Life’s Home
Mauldin High, Mauldin, South Carolina
The Receipt of 8 Billion
Elizabethton High School, Elizabethton, Tennessee
From Core to Code
Hillcrest High School, Dallas, Texas
World of 8 billion Energy: Natural Resource Use
Vista Heights Middle School, Saratoga Springs, Utah
Wealth Inequality Causes a Racket: Time to Fix the Tax Brackets
Trailside Middle School, Ashburn, Virginia
Mitigating the Ecosystem Damages of Energy Production
The Overlake School, Redmond, Washington
Wealth Inequality
Shorewood Intermediate, Shorewood, Wisconsin
The Oil to Solar Transition Program: Increasing Economic Growth in Nigeria
Greensprings School, Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria
Built on Borrowed Land
Oxbridge Academy, Baku, Azerbaijan
Energy Poverty
Haileybury and Imperial Service College, Hertford, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Wetlands Aren’t Optional
Collège Miles Macdonell Collegiate, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Balancing the Scales: Wealth Inequality in Pakistan
St Aloysius College, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Lima’s Kidney: A Call for Help
Saco Oliveros, Lima, Peru