2018 Winners

This year seven Young Champions of the Earth were selected for their outstanding ideas to protect and restore the environment. The award is bestowed annually on seven ambitious young people from around the world with outstanding ideas to protect and restore the environment.

Arpit Dhupar

India, Asia and the Pacific

Chakr Innovation has devised a new technique to control emissions from diesel generators.

Gator Halpern

Bahamas, Latin America and the Caribbean

Coral Vita is created a global network of innovative land-based coral farms, using breakthrough methods dev

Heba Al-Farra

The State of Kuwait, West Asia

Women in Energy and Environment (WEE) is a forward-looking organization focusing on women in the Middle East and North Africa.

Hugh Weldon

Ireland, Europe

Evocco

Miao Wang

China, Asia and the Pacific

Better Blue is a global network consisting of divers and diving centres.

Miranda Wang

United States of America, North America

BioCellection is tackling the plastic crisis by developing an economical recycling solution for currently unrecyclable plastic waste.

Shady Rabab

Egypt, Africa

Shady’s dream is to bring together children who are working as garbage collectors in Luxor and teach them how to make musical instruments from trash, and play music as a band.

Winners by Region

Winners by Year

Young Champions of the Earth is a forward-looking prize designed to breathe life into the ambitions of brilliant young environmentalists.