Summary:
Recipients receive a $3,000 cash prize, a short film produced about their work, a trip to participate in leadership development activities, flight, meals, and lodging accommodations.
Application Deadline Date:
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
Upper Limit Amount ($):
3,000
Academic Area:
Any
Description:
Earth Island Institute established the Brower Youth Awards for Environmental Leadership in 2000 to honor renowned environmental advocate David Brower, who said, “I love to see what young people can do, before someone old tells them it’s impossible.” It is with this spirit that we recognize the outstanding leadership efforts of young people who are working for the protection of our shared planet.
Applicants are assessed on the following criteria:
Outstanding Youth Leadership
You played the major leadership role in creating, organizing and implementing your project or campaign(s).
Issue & Approach
Your project is applying fresh solutions and approaches to relevant environmental challenges.
Project Impact, Scalability, & Replicability
Is the project’s impact significant? Can your work be used as a model for other communities or campuses?
Charisma, Personal Commitment, & Trajectory
What draws you to this work? What would winning a Brower Youth Award mean to you?
Award Purpose:
Research
Tuition
Internship
Other
Year In School:
Masters
Eligibility Requirement - Gender:
Any
Eligibility Requirement - Citizenship:
Any
Eligibility Requirement - Residency:
Any
Eligibility Requirement - Other:
Youth environmental change leaders ages 13 to 22 (as of the application deadline) living in North America (including Mexico, Canada, and U.S. territories) are encouraged to apply.
Specializations:
Business and the Environment
Climate Change Science and Solutions
Ecosystem Management and Conservation
Energy and the Environment
Environmental Policy Analysis
Forestry
Industrial Ecology and Green Chemistry
People, Equity, and the Environment
Water Resource Science & Management
Urban
Date Updated:
Thursday, March 27, 2025
Eligibility - Citizenship:
US Citizens/Permanent Residents
Foreign Nationals
DACA
Amount:
3000