Mullins Environmental Advocacy Competition
William W. Mullins
Environmental Advocacy Competition
The Group Against Smog & Pollution (GASP) announces an annual competition in environmental advocacy for middle-school and high-school level students (grades 7-12), supported by a fund created in honor of the late William W. Mullins.
Prizes of $300 will be awarded to each of the following groups:
- A club, approved by its middle or high school, such as the science or environmental club, for the club’s use.
- High school students, either a single student or two students working together, for personal use.
- Middle school students, either a single student or two students working together, for personal use.
The prizes will be awarded to the student group or the independent students whose work best exemplify the ideals and efforts of the late William W. Mullins, a highly respected scientist and a member of GASP’s Board of Directors.
The students will develop a project during the school year that deals with all three of the following aspects:
- Defining and making an inquiry into an environmental problem which may be as local as a school’s own grounds or as broad as statewide.
- Defining and recommending a course or courses of action to remedy that problem.
- Making efforts to inform the public, to encourage public action, and address decision-makers. (The public can be considered as small as your school community or as large as Allegheny County.)
Projects, which should be accompanied by a poster/story board, should be submitted by April 24, 2009. The winner in each of the three categories will be announced and prizes awarded to winners at the annual GASPer Air Congress, held in the Spring.
Applications for the competition may be obtained by calling GASP at 412-325-7382 or by emailing lee@gasp-pgh.org.