Barbados Children's Environmental Action Awards
Sponsored by Graeme Hall Nature Sanctuary, the Barbados Children's Environmental Action Awards (CEA) programme recognizes individual children and their families and children's groups for their activities that directly preserve and protect the environment, parklands, ocean and coastal habitats, and natural wildlife in Barbados. Four awards per year will be made to those who display initiative and action.
Children and young adults, including groups such as a classroom or organization can be nominated.Nominees must all be between the ages of 5-17 and be full-time residents of Barbados.
Each CEA Award includes a Bds. $2,000 prize, plus a public recognition ceremony at Graeme Hall Nature Sanctuary.
| The 2010-2011 deadlines for nominations are: | October 20, 2010 |
| January 14, 2011 | |
| March 31, 20110 |
Nominating a special person or group is easy!
On a sheet of paper or in the body of an email (no attachments), provide the following information about the person or group you wish to nominate:
- Full name(s) and age(s) of the Nominee individual or group. If a group, all children's names and ages must be listed.
- Legal address and telephone number of the Nominee.
- Legal name, address and telephone number of the Nominator.
- Relationship of the nominator to the child or group. You may not nominate yourself for an individual award. However, a teacher or school administrator may nominate their own class or school.
- Write a narrative about why the Nominee deserves an award:
- Describe what the Nominee did, and why it was successful.
- How did the Nominee show responsible leadership and initiative while interacting with adults?
- Did the Nominee learn and apply specific and general knowledge of the environment and ecosystems?
- How did the Nominee show personal responsibility?
- Did the Nominee motivate and lead others to perform specific actions and tasks that protected the environment, and if so, how?
The equivalent of two typewritten pages is the maximum limit for a nomination submittal. The nominations must be received by the Deadline date, otherwise they must be resubmitted.
Nominations may be submitted by email or regular mail. No hand deliveries will be accepted.
| Email Submittals: | |
| Write in the Subject Line: “CEA Awards Submittal” | |
| All nomination information must be in the body of the email. | |
| Attachments will be rejected. |
| Postal Mail Submittals: | The Barbados Children's Environmental Action Awards |
| c/o Graeme Hall Nature Sanctuary, Inc. | |
| Main Road | |
| Worthing | |
| Christ Church | |
| Barbados |
Helpful References for Educators
www.graemehall.com
www.graemehallnationalpark.org
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