Past Winners
2023 Winners
The $1,000 first place prize was awarded to Rachel Carson Middle School from Fairfax, Virginia, USA for their proposal called, “Plastic Pollution, Composting, and General Recycling.”
Thank you to all of the students who participated in this contest. Over 23 entries were received.
| Final Place | Award | Proposal Name | School |
| 1 | $1,000 | Plastic Pollution, Composting, and General Recycling | Rachel Carson Middle School |
| 2 | $900 | Attracting Native Animals to the Creek | Jamestown Elementary School |
| 3 | $800 | Eradicating Invasive Plants | Herndon Elementary School |
| 4 | $700 | Stopping the Spread with Boot Brushes | Jamestown Elementary School |
| 5 | $600 | Our Littering Footprint | Eastern Middle School |
| 6 | $500 | Monarch Butterfly Action Plan | Herndon Elementary School |
| 7 | $450 | More Energy Conservation, Less Global Warming | Rachel Carson Middle School |
| 8 | $400 | Eel Restoration | Mifflin County High School |
| 9 | $350 | MCHS Revitalizes Recycling | Mifflin County High School |
| 10 | $300 | Demonstration Garden | Caroline Middle School |
2022 Winners
Thank you to all of the students who participated in this contest. Over 26 entries were received.
The $1,000 first place prize was awarded to Herdon Elementary School from Herndon, VA for their proposal called, “Purple Martin Bird Towers.”
| Final Place | Award | Teacher | Proposal Name | School |
| 1 | $1,000 | Mark Mosely | Purple Martin Towers | Herndon Elementary School |
| 2 | $900 | Sheri Sharwarko | Creating Shade for Our Creek | Jamestown Elementary School |
| 3 | $800 | Faiza Alam | Make the Most Out of Compost | Katherine Johnson Middle School |
| 4 | $700 | Kirk Treakle | Native Trees | Rachel Carson Middle School |
| 5 | $600 | Kirk Treakle | Bird Garden | Rachel Carson Middle School |
| 6 | $500 | Kirk Treakle | Leveling up Our Rain Garden | Rachel Carson Middle School |
| 7 | $450 | Mary Breslin | Potomac Protectors Operation Clean-Up | George Washington Middle School |
| 8 | $400 | Teresa Dobler | Runoff Education | Washington Latin Public Charter School |
| 9 | $350 | Kelly Haisfield | Clean Up Angel Park | George Washington Middle School |
| 10 | $300 | Kirk Treakle | Plastic Reduction | Rachel Carson Middle School |
2021 Winners
| Proposal Name | School | Teacher |
| Turbidity Terminators | Bel Air Middle School | Kristie Smith |
| Adopt-A-Drain | YEAS | Elise Trelegen |
| Restoring the Serene Ravine | Broadneck High School | Limbacher |
| RCMS Garden Project | Rachel Carson Middle School | Kirk Treakle |
| Plastic Reduction at our School | Rachel Carson Middle School | Kirk Treakle |
| No-Mow Zone | Reservoir High School | Jessica Kohout |
| The Future for Green Energy in Public Places | Rachel Carson Middle School | Kirk Treakle |
| Our Watershed – Composted Based Action Plan | Reservoir High School | Jessica Kohout |
| Ridding the Hague of Pollution | The Hague School | Michaela Ednie |
| Wi High Rain Garden | YEAS | Elise Trelegen |
2020 Winners
| School Name | Teacher Advisor | Project Name |
| Robert Frost Middle School | Sue Murphy | Let it grow |
| Langley High School | Suzanne Chinn | DIVVY |
| George Washington Middle School | Kelly Haisfield | Reducing Waste by Recycling |
| Eastern Middle School | Tanya Rowe | Eastern Cutlery Organization |
| George Washington Middle School | Jessica Owens | Lead in Water |
| Rachel Carson Middle School | Kirk Treakle | The Bluebird Boxes |
| Lanier Middle School | Faiza Alum | A Fast, Classed, Unsurpassed Filter |
| George Washington Middle School | Jessica Owens | Erosion and Water Pollution |
| Marriotts Ridge High School | Karen Luniewski | Eradicating Invasive Species and Introducing Native Plants in Garden |
| Kenmore Middle School | Dottie Lydon | Seed Vending Machine |
2019 Winners
| Final Place | Award | Project | School Name |
| 1 | $1,000 | Revitalizing Our Bioretention Cell | Lanier Middle School |
| 2 | $900 | Bioswale | Kent Island Middle School |
| 3 | $800 | Rain Garden | Rachel Carson |
| 4 | $700 | Utensil-Packet-Replacement | Kenmore Middle School |
| 5 | $600 | Alternative to Rock Salt | Frost Middle School |
| 6 | $500 | The Invasion of the Koi at Lake Anne | Dogwood Elementary School |
| 7 | $450 | Students Water Conservation Society | George Washington Middle School |
| 8 | $400 | Life Saver Solutions | School Without Walls at Francis Stevens |
| 9 | $350 | Project Nature | Berlin Intermediate School |
| 10 | $300 | Recycling Electronics and Batteries | Kenmore Middle School |