Action For Nature’s International Young Eco-Hero Award program honors the work of young people between the ages of 8 and 16 who have done creative environmental projects. The winners of AFN’s International Young Eco-Hero Awards program receive a cash prize and a special certificate, as well as public recognition on our Web site and elsewhere.
Our 2011 Eco-Hero Award winners have been announced!
Read about our 2010 Eco-Heroes’ accomplishments, as well as updates on all of our Eco-Heroes’ work around the world. Take a look at our previous issues by clicking here.
2011 Action For Nature Reception Video
Action for Nature is proud to showcase our previous Eco-Hero Award winners with a short video.Check out our Youtube channel! We hope the accomplishments of these outstanding young people inspire others to take action.
Introducing Abdul Muqeet, The Paper Bag Boy Former Eco-Hero runner-up Abdul Muqeet, also known as the “Paper Bag Boy,” is no longer an ordinary student; instead, he has become a passionate environmentalist. His project to make paper bags and distribute them in his community, to encourage recycling of paper and discourage use of plastic, is attracting a lot of attention. Honored with various prestigious awards
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Eastern Indigo Snakes Last semester, I took an awesome class called Herpetology 2. My final assignment was to do a presentation about a wildlife conservation organization. I chose The Orianne Society. If you’re going to be learning about The Orianne Society, you should know how it got started. The Orianne Society began when a young girl had the
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International Arts Contest by Global Exchange What About Peace? is an international arts contest for youth ages 14 – 20 to express ideas and thoughts about peace by responding to the question, “What About Peace?” through artistic expression, with $1500 in prize money to be given out. The accepted mediums include essay, poem, painting or collage, photography, cartoon, and graphic design.
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