Children and teenagers from the Komi Republic sent 200 works to participate in the second season of the International Children's and Youth Award "Ecology is everyone's business". The total number of works received from Russia and other countries in 2022 amounted to more than 45 thousand. 

According to the head of Rosprirodnadzor Svetlana Radionova, for the second year in a row, Krasnodar Krai retains the palm of the championship in the number of works received, 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.

The award "Ecology is everyone's business" is actively attended by pupils of orphanages, orphanages, boarding schools for orphans and children with disabilities, compensating kindergartens, and they all go on equal terms. This year, the guys from these institutions have sent more than 2.2 thousand works, which is 12 times more than last year's figure, and the number of such institutions involved has increased sixfold and exceeded 350. 

The wards of the Center for Social Assistance to Families and Children of Syktyvkar sent a video about the rehabilitation of minors under the environmental orientation program, and a special (correctional) boarding school No. 12 with. Chitaevo Priluzsky district of the Komi Republic presented the action "Lessons in saving electricity". 

Today, the prize was awarded to the Chitaev school – a laptop and memorable prizes. Deputy Director of the boarding school S.Chitaevo Krisanov Viktor Nikolaevich thanked for the organization of this undoubtedly necessary award and expressed hope that the International Children's and Youth Award will become a good tradition.

On the eve of the prize-winner of the contest Roman Vakhnin received a special prize from the Head of the Interregional Department of Rosprirodnadzor for the Komi Republic and Nenets Autonomous Okrug Islamudin Astarkhanov. The award ceremony took place within the walls of the Children's Technopark "Quantorium", where Roman, under the guidance of teacher Ekaterina Voit, created an animated film on the theme of respect for the environment.

Not only children from the regions of Russia can participate in the Rosprirodnadzor award. This year, more than 1,000 applications were received from countries near and far abroad from caring children who are concerned about environmental issues.

"A lot of works came from the Chinese city of Guangzhou, the children, whose mentor is Tang Zhihua, have prepared more than 300 drawings. Guys from Latin America are actively participating in the project, for example, more than 70 works came from Venezuela alone, a participant from Bolivia in his video told about the unique Lake Titicaca, and participants from Panama drew attention to the problem of the carbon footprint in animal husbandry, a family from Peru made a material about the life of the Yanesh Indian tribe, known for that has long protected the pristine nature," said the head of Rosprirodnadzor. 

The jury of the award was headed by Victoria Abramchenko, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation for Agriculture, Ecology and Real Estate Turnover. The judging panel also 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 the ANO Center for 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 newspaper Vedomosti Ivan Eremin, Russian football player Alexey Smertin.

Rustam Romanenkov, Deputy Director General of the Center for Arctic Initiatives, believes that the increase in the number of participants of the Rosprirodnadzor award "Ecology is everyone's business" in the second season and the expansion of its geography shows how the topic of environmental protection is relevant and important for the younger generation.

The International Children's and Youth Award "Ecology is everyone's business" was established by Rosprirodnadzor in March 2021 for the purpose of environmental education and popularization of eco-culture among young people.

The general partner of the award is the ANO Center for Arctic Initiatives.