Green Difference Awards

The Green Difference Awards is Project Green Schools’ signature recognition program that honors outstanding achievements in Energy, Environmental, and STEAM Education. Through this annual event, PGS celebrates the individuals and groups driving measurable impact in schools and communities across the nation and around the world.

Honorees include principals, teachers, advisors, students, citizens, schools, school groups, clubs, companies and organizations, and our sponsors who demonstrate exceptional leadership in advancing sustainability and environmental stewardship.

Project Green Schools has been honored to collaborate with a myriad of congressional leaders to celebrate our honorees, including:

Senate:
Mike Crapo (ID), Kirsten Gillibrand (NY), Ed Markey (MA), James Risch (ID), Adam Schiff (CA), Debbie Stabenow (MI), Chris Van Hollen (MD), Elizabeth Warren (MA), Raphael Warnock (GA), and Sheldon Whitehouse (RI).

House of Representatives:
Gabe Amo (RI), Herbert C. Conaway Jr. (NJ), Gerald E. Connolly (VA), Debbie Dingell (MI), Pramila Jayapal (WA), Greg Landsman (OH), Seth Magaziner (RI), Nancy Mace (SC), Dave Min (CA), Seth Moulton (MA), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (Washington, D.C.), Mikie Sherrill (NJ), Tom Suozzi (NY), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL), and Beth Van Duyne (TX).

Thank you for your interest in the Green Difference Awards program. Applications for our 2027 Green Difference Awards will open in January.

Awards are presented across multiple areas of excellence:

• Arts

• Climate Education and Action
• Community and Collaboration

• Energy

• Food and Agriculture
• Green City Innovation Award

• Green and Healthy Schools

• Land, Air, Natural World

• Outdoor Learning and Exploration

• Sports

• STEM and the Future of Sustainability

• Water Conservation

• Waste Management