RNG is a federal partner of the project. The winners' names were announced during the final conference.
The applications receipt for the second season of Ecology is Everyone’s Business Award started on March 1 and lasted until October 1. During this time, the project received an unprecedented number of works, more than 45 thousand. Participants from all regions of Russia from 33 countries sent their works in nine nominations. Through videos, drawings and photographs they showed how important to take care of nature, proposed their own environmental initiatives and programs.
This year, children from 11 new countries participated in the award, such as Venezuela, Greece, Indonesia, Germany, Austria, Lebanon, Mongolia, Qatar, Cameroon, Algeria and Bolivia.
The board of judges evaluated the children’s creativity. It includes representatives of federal agencies, prominent journalists, athletes and travelers. They elected winners in each of the approved nominations in three age groups.
“RNG constantly supports social projects. The Ecology is Everyone’s Business Award is a new platform for involving children and adolescents in the environmental agenda. This is an interesting and necessary project. It brings up new and conscious generation. We believe that this is important”, highlighted Vladimir Rakitin, General Director of RNG.
Award-winners received valuable gifts, cash certificates and vouchers to the Orlenok All-Russian Children’s Centre.