Earth Day Challenge
Launch a virtual sustainability campaign in your community through the Earth Day Challenge, starting on April 11th!
The Earth Day Challenge is open to all high school students, teachers, and administrators at schools, but to be eligible for a prize, your school must be within the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD), Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, southwestern Solano, and southern Sonoma counties.
Challenge activities are adaptable for distance, hybrid, or in-person learning and available in both English and Spanish.
The Earth Day Challenge is open to all high school students, teachers, and administrators at schools, but to be eligible for a prize, your school must be within the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD), Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, southwestern Solano, and southern Sonoma counties.
Challenge activities are adaptable for distance, hybrid, or in-person learning and available in both English and Spanish.
Celebrate Earth Day. Win Big.
We are giving away $3,000 worth of prizes for winning campaign materials and challenge submissions for The Earth Day Challenge!
Highlights from 2021 cWinning Campaigns
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What Students Said During the Challenge
Missed the Spring 2021 Earth Day Challenge?
Students can still complete the four challenges to receive a Sustainability Specialist Certificate.
Submissions from Previous Earth Day Competitions
In the spring of 2020, high schools across California made a positive impact on people and the planet during the annual Earth Day Campaign Contest. Action projects focused on conserving water, waste, transportation, or energy for lasting behavior change.
I learned how much energy and resources from the earth are needed to make or create clothes and objects from our daily lives. Having that in mind, now every time I’m about to throw away something I always think, Can this be reused in some other way?"
-Student from Arroyo High School