The International Children's and Youth Award "Ecology is everyone's business" was established by Rosprirodnadzor in March 2021 to popularize the topic of ecology and environmental conservation. Children and teenagers from the Astrakhan region sent 160 works to participate in the second season of the International Children's and Youth Award "Ecology is everyone's business". In total, over 45 thousand applications were received from Russia and 33 other countries of the near and far abroad this year.

The most interesting works from the Astrakhan region are presented in the nominations "Ecomultfilm", "Ecorisunok" and "Ecofocus". Svetlana Orekhovskaya (15 years old) prepared for participation in the award an animated ecological fairy tale "How forest dwellers saved nature", in which she clearly showed what thoughtless scattering of garbage can lead to.

The work of Kirill Matunov (16 years old) "Man, look around, what are you leaving behind?" it touches on the same topic, but is presented in the nomination "Ecofocus".

Nurmatova Laysan (8 years old) sent her drawing "Rainbow World" to participate in the competition.

According to the head of Rosprirodnadzor Svetlana Radionova, the Krasnodar Territory holds the palm of the championship in terms of the number of works received for the second year in a row, and if 520 applications were received in the first season, this year their number has more than quadrupled and reached 2,293. The guys from the Rostov region sent 2241 works, from Chelyabinsk – 2172, Novosibirsk – 2168, and from Moscow – 2137. Tatarstan (1852 applications), Moscow region (1569), Nizhny Novgorod (1351), Leningrad (1322) and Volgograd (1239) regions also entered the top ten. Chelyabinsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Leningrad and Volgograd regions became new regions in the top 10 in terms of the number of applications this year.

"This year we received works from 11 new countries – Venezuela, Greece, Indonesia, Germany, Austria, Lebanon, Mongolia, Qatar, Cameroon, Algeria and Bolivia. This year, children from the African continent are taking part in our award for the first time. For example, 16-year–old Kangmo Yeride from the city of Douala sent a video where she said that in her city a lot of sand is collected in the courtyards every half hour, so she regularly cleans her yard so that it is always clean and easy to breathe," Svetlana Radionova said.

She stressed that in total, more than a thousand works from 33 countries of the near and far abroad, representing four continents, including the UK, USA, Estonia, Peru, Ecuador, China, the UAE and others, were received for the award.

Svetlana Radionova added that for the first time children from other countries actively participated in such nominations as "Eco-family", "ESG-generation", "Ecoproject", "Ecomultfilm".

This year, the jury was headed by Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation for Agriculture, Ecology and Real Estate Turnover Victoria Abramchenko, and the judging panel included: Head of Rosprirodnadzor Svetlana Radionova, Russian scientist, TV presenter Nikolai Drozdov, famous Russian traveler Fyodor Konyukhov, People's Artist of the Russian Federation Nikas Safronov, Deputy Director General of ANO "Center"Arctic Initiatives" Rustam Romanenkov, TV journalist Elena Letuchaya, two-time Olympic champion Vyacheslav Fetisov, director of the Soyuzmultfilm studio Boris Mashkovtsev, chairman of the Board of Directors of the Vedomosti newspaper Ivan Eremin, Russian football player Alexey Smertin.

"Thanks to the Ecology is Everyone's Business award, we have seen a new generation that is not ready to stand aside and be observers. These are active, thinking children who are ready to offer ideas and work through them to solve specific environmental problems. Each of the award participants shows that they care and that they really want to change the world for the better," said Rustam Romanenkov, Deputy Director General of the Center for Arctic Initiatives.

On December 14, 2022, Ruslan Hasanov, head of the Interregional Department of Rosprirodnadzor for the Astrakhan and Volgograd regions, solemnly handed over the awards of the II International Children's and Youth Award "Ecology is Everyone's Business" to Svetlana Orekhovskaya, a young resident of the village of Kozlovo in the Volodarsky district of the Astrakhan region.

The jury of the Award honored her with a special prize and valuable gifts.