On December 21, a ceremony of awarding prizes and valuable gifts to the winners and prize-winners of the II International Children's and Youth Award "Ecology is everyone's business" took place in Perm Krai.

Conducting the award ceremony, the head of the West Ural Interregional Department of Rosprirodnadzor Svetlana Charushina, noted and highly appreciated the activity and giftedness of schoolchildren of the Perm Region. Children and teenagers from the Perm Region sent 850 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 in 2022 received from Russia and other countries of the world amounted to more than 45 thousand.

Out of more than 45,000 works submitted by the participants, the jury of the Award selected the best in several nominations. This list includes 9 participants from the Perm Region.

The first place in the nomination "Eco-school" was taken by students of MAOU SOSH 93 Perm "Photonics". This year they presented to the jury of the Prize "Ecology is everyone's business" a competition–festival of ecological creativity and invention for schoolchildren. As part of the festival, children can come up with new things from unnecessary items and take part in a scientific and practical conference. The school received the first place for its project. Also, 4 children and 4 educational institutions from Perm, Berezniki and the village of Nyrob were awarded a special prize for participation in the environmental prize. These are Nikita Leonov, Ksenia Yugova, Ksenia Chirtulova, Isai Dolmatovich, MAU DO CDT "Rhythm", theater and game studio "Perepolokh", MAOU "Engineering School", MAOU gymnasium 9, MAOU "Nyrobskaya SOSH named after A.V. Florenko.

Among the prizes are useful gadgets (laptops, phones, drives), certificates for training. Also this year, a special prize was awarded to educational institutions whose students actively participated in the competition, for such activity schools were awarded a certificate for spruce seedlings. They will be planted on the school grounds in the spring.

The winners and prize-winners, in turn, expressed gratitude for the high level of organization of the II International Children's and Youth Award "Ecology is everyone's business", friendly attitude and useful prizes.

Congratulations and thanks to all participants and prize-winners of the International Children's and Youth Award "Ecology is everyone's business" and we look forward to new works in 2023.