Past Award Winners
🏆 2024-2025 Senior Category Winners
🥇 1st Place: Amanullah Solangi
Government Degree College, Matiari • Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan
Project: "Cool Hyderabad: A Green Initiative to Combat Urban Heat and Climate Change"
Cool Hyderabad is an eco-friendly initiative led by youth to address urban heat and climate change through mass tree plantations in Hyderabad. By planting 100,000 trees and involving the community, the project promotes sustainability, improves air quality, and raises environmental awareness among students, volunteers, and the general public.
🥈 2nd Place: Ngô Anh Tuấn & Duong Hai Mien
Nguyen Trai High School & Quy Don High School for the Gifted • Da Nang, Vietnam
Project: "Turning the Tides: Restoring Coastal Paradise from Pollution's Grip"
Da Nang's breathtaking beaches face serious environmental threats such as plastic waste and marine pollution. Microplastics are devastating marine life and contaminating seafood. By adopting sound environmental practices, improving waste management, restoring original habitats, and rallying communities to action, the team is working to save Da Nang's natural beauty and its essence.
⭐ Honorable Mention: Chun-Shan CHANG
Kang Chiao International School • New Taipei City, Taiwan
Project: "The Inconsistent Perception Between Travel Experience and Environmental Awareness: The Ban on Free Single-Use Toiletries in Taiwan"
In 2025, Taiwan implemented a tourism-related regulation banning disposable plastic amenities in hotels and B&Bs. This project explores public perceptions of environmental protection versus hospitality expectations, aiming to find a balance between sustainability and guest experience.
⭐ Honorable Mention: William Zeng
St Stephens School • Rome, Italy
Project: "Rome's Waste Management Crisis"
Proposed solutions include anaerobic digestion for organic waste, circular economy initiatives, and localized waste-to-energy plants to reduce reliance on waste exports. These approaches aim to foster a sustainable system, preparing the city for the upcoming Jubilee Year.
⭐ 2024-2025 IYEC Ingenuity Award
🚀 Atharva Soni, Arav Kamat, Sadik Premjee & Aria Kamat
Northwood High School • Irvine, California, USA
Project: "Earth Z- Wildfire Solutions"
Earth Z develops an AI system backed by real past and current data to detect areas of high fire risk, using datasets from NOAA and other sources. The team collected their own machine learning data to train the model, ensuring accuracy by correlating inputs with confirmed fire incidents.
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