Rapid Urbanization
Middle School Winners
Breaking the Chain of Pain
One World International School
East Singapore, Singapore
Urban Sprawl is a Big Problem
Aurelio Santiago and Michael Smith
Cooper School
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
High School Winners
Urban Sprawl: An Expanding Problem
Emily Phillips and Elizabeth Langer
Piedmont High School
Piedmont, California
7 Billion
Alpharetta High School
Alpharetta, Georgia
Slum Crisis
SooMin Hwangbo and Faith Moon Hwang
Christian Sprout Intercultural School
Yongin, South Korea
Impacts of Urban Sprawl
Jeff Morales and Sawyer Nunley
Highland High School
Salt Lake City, Utah
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Finalists
High School
Matt Grossman, How to Make a Rain Garden
Rio Americano High School, Sacramento, California
Dylan Maciborski, Stall the Sprawl
Cedar Park High School, Cedar Park, Texas
Douah Shakshuki, Urban Water Quality: The Solution Begins in Our Own Backyard
Horton High School, Nova Scotia, Canada
Colby Tomasello, Solar Roadways: Clean Energy for Rapidly Expanding Communities
Land O’ Lakes High School, Land O’ Lakes, Florida
Olivia Stoetzer, 7 Billion Footprints
St. Andrew’s Priory High School, Honolulu, Hawaii
Middle School
Clara Johnson, Urban Sprawl Video
Oak Grove Middle School, Bloomington, Minnesota
Ella Ferguson, Urbanization and Its Effects
Wydown Middle School, St. Louis, Missouri
Ian So, How Rapid Urbanization Affects our Air and Water Quality
Harrisburg Academy, Lemoyne, Pennsylvania
Contest Judges
Mary Barbara Alexander | Actress/Activist/Farmer, No specific affiliation |
Benjamin Alexandro | Water Policy Advocate, Maryland League of Conservation Voters |
Ginny Beauregard | Film Producer/Environmental Educator, Independent |
Molly Berg | Programming Manager, Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital |
Joe Bish | Director of Issue Advocacy, Population Media Center |
June Blotnick | Executive Director, Clean Air Carolina |
Hartwell Carson | French Broad Riverkeeper, MountainTrue |
Diana Cole | Science teacher, Capital Area School for the Arts Charter School |
Angelina Collazo | Coordinator, Programs Operations, Teach For America - New York |
Ken Conca, Ph.D. | Professor of International Relations, American University |
Emily Culp | Teacher, DCPS |
James Gerber, Ph.D. | Co-Director, Global Landscapes Initiative, University of Minnesota |
April Haight, Ed.D. | Director, Center for Environmental Education, Morehead State University |
Cynthia Hubach | Urban Agriculture Activist, Los Angeles Community Garden Council |
Joyce Johnson | Producer, Tiroir A Films |
Sharon Kinsey | County 4-H Agent/Associate Professor, Camden County 4-H Youth Development Program |
Peter Ladner | Board Chair, David Suzuki Foundation |
Carrianne B. McClellan | Media Coordinator, Cumberland County Schools |
Nancy Milizia | Retired Medical Technologist |
Laura S. Minor, MS, PA | Adjunct Professor |
Alice P. Neuhauser | Partner, Complete Rights Management |
Hannah O'Malley | Education Coordinator, Disney's Animals, Science and Environment |
Ellen Potts | Development Assistant, Population Connection |
Karla Raettig | Executive Director, Maryland League of Conservation Voters |
Brian Richter | President, Sustainable Waters |
Mindy Roberts | Puget Sound Director, Washington Environmental Council |
Karen Roos | Environmental Educator, Greenbelt Conservancy |
DawnElla Rust, Ed.D | Health Science Professor, Stephen F. Austin State University |
Jeremy Scherer | Filmmaker, Parallel 40 Productions |
John Seager | President and CEO, Population Connection |
Emilee Syrewicze, JD | Executive Director, Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation |
Hawa Toure | Quality Assurance Reviewer DOJ, Gandhi Birdage and SANAD Syria |
David Vernier | Founder and Co-President, Vernier Software & Technology |