EarthEcho International Youth Leadership Council
A competitively-selected leadership council (ages 15-22) founded by Philippe Cousteau Jr. that leads campaigns and programs on ocean and water conservation.
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National Geographic Slingshot Challenge
Global youth environmental-action challenge where individuals or teams create a one-minute video proposing an innovative solution to protecting nature, cleaning air, restoring the ocean, reducing waste, or addressing climate change. Top submissions receive $10,000 each.
Rachel Carson Sense of the Wild Contest
An intergenerational creative contest run by the Rachel Carson Landmark Alliance in which teams with members from at least two different generations submit poetry or essays celebrating humanity's connection with nature.
Jane Goodall's Roots & Shoots
A global youth-led service-learning movement with local chapters/groups tackling projects that benefit people, animals, and the environment, providing curriculum, tools, and a project framework for student-led environmental action.
NCF-Envirothon
North America's largest high school environmental education competition. Teams of five test their knowledge across soils/land use, aquatic ecology, forestry, wildlife, and a rotating current environmental issue, plus an oral presentation, progressing from local to state to the international NCF finals.
NOAA Ocean Guardian Schools
A school-based program through NOAA's Office of National Marine Sanctuaries in which a school commits to a conservation/stewardship project connected to its local ocean or watershed, with curriculum support and small grants.
Student Conservation Association (SCA)
The largest provider of hands-on youth conservation programs in the U.S. High schoolers can join short-term summer conservation crews doing trail building, habitat restoration, and wildlife protection in national parks and community green spaces.