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Environmental Education and Outreach

Specific Judging Considerations

  • To recognize individuals, businesses, organizations, and agencies for achievements in community-based environmental education and outreach programs
  • Relevance of the educational and outreach efforts to environmental issues that are particularly pertinent in a given community

2007 Winner of Environmental Education and Outreach

Winner – Tennessee Valley Earth Partnership EarthFest (Knox County)
EarthFest promotes public awareness of environmental issues in East Tennessee, such as clean air, water, sustainable transportation, waste reduction, recycling and urban forestation. EarthFest held a “waste-free” event in 2006 at World’s Fair Park with attendance of 10,000 and 100 exhibitors with only 152 pounds of non-recyclable or compostable material produced. The event has been such a success that other event organizers in the area are modeling EarthFest’s event to make their events “waste-free.”