Community

Conscious Lifestyle would love to help you win one of these grants:

The Captain Planet Foundation
$250 to $2,500 for hands-on environmental projects for students under 18 years old. Winners are notified four months after the deadline, so please plan carefully.
Deadlines: September 30, December 31

Mollie Parnis Dress Up Your School Awards
$500 to $3,000 to support student led projects that beautify schools or neighborhoods immediately surrounding schools.
Deadline: September 30

Healthy Sprouts Awards to Support Awareness of Nutrition and Hunger
These awards support school and youth garden programs that teach about nutrition and the issue of hunger in the US.
Deadline: October 15

President's Environmental Youth Awards The program recognizes young people for projects, which demonstrate their commitment to the environment. Projects have ranged from recycling programs; nature preserves; tree planting programs; videos, skits, and newsletters that focused on environmental issues; and environmental science projects. To be eligible, students must submit to their local EPA regional office evidence of a completed project as defined in the President's Environmental Youth.
Deadline: October 31

mtvU Grants
If you've got an original idea about how to make the world--or your campus, neighborhood, or town--a better place, mtvU Grants want to help you make it happen by providing: up to $1,500 to launch your new organization or initiative; an opportunity to be featured on mtvU News; and exclusive access to helpful resources and tools in cooperation with Youth Venture.
Deadline: anytime

The BRICK Awards
BRICK Award winners get a shot at $100,000 in scholarships and grants to support their projects and organizations. The BRICK Awards are open to U.S. and Canadian leaders ages 25 and under. Applications will be online soon.

Youth Community Service Awards
Recipients of the Yoshiyama Award for Exemplary Service to the Community leave a lasting impression in their community - many, though not all, have started projects and programs, or taken on challenges, that relate to the corporate citizenship, philanthropic, and corporate social responsibility (CSR) priorities of the Foundation and Hitachi, Ltd. - improving the wellbeing of economically and socially isolated Americans. The Award is accompanied by a gift of $5,000, dispensed over two years. Recipients may use the Award at their discretion. Applications will be online in December.

Every year the Goi Peace Education Foundation develops educational programs and contests to promote global awareness in young people, emphasizing the leading role they can play in promoting world peace.

Together with UNESCO and the Earthwise Society, the Foundation has organized a series of International Essay contests for young people to take part in. Years 2005-20014 have already been designated by the United Nations as the "Decade of Education for Sustainable Development." Through this, the UN hopes that young people not only benefit from global initiatives, but are also empowered to play a part in them any way they can.

The theme of this years' International Contest Essay is "My project to create positive change in my environment. How can I foster sustainable development in my community?" Young people from around the world are invited to submit innovative ideas and concrete plans to address the social, cultural, environmental or economic problems faced by their community.

Considering the economic and environmental problems we are currently facing, this is a brilliant idea to introduce fresh new ideas for change from the rising generations.

The contest is divided into two separate age categories. Children (ages up to 14) and Youth (ages 15-25). If you happen to be the lucky 1st prize winner, you will receive a cash award and an all expense paid trip to Japan for the awards ceremony. For more guidelines information, visit the Goi Peace Foundation site.

All entries are due by June 30th, so good luck!