Certificate of achievement for outstanding efforts to help protect and preserve the environment
Just as importantly, winners will serve as role models for other young people by demonstrating that each individual can make a difference.
Eligibilities
Project Requirements
The project concerns environmental health, advocacy, research or protection of the natural world.
The project is action-based and self-initiated, and not one assigned by a teacher or other adult.
The project is close to completion or was completed within the last year.
Applicants must be between the ages of 8 and 16 on February 28th in the year of application.
Science Fair and Scouting Badge projects will only be considered if they include environmental action, educational outreach to others or extended studies beyond the Science Fair and Scouting Badges.
They do not accept (a) projects related to domestic or confined animals, (b) compositions or reports.
Previous winners, immediate relatives of AFN board members, active reading panel members, or judges, may not apply.