The Green School in Bali, Indonesia, says: Our vision is of a natural, holistic, student-centered learning environment that empowers and inspires our students to be creative, innovative, green leaders. The winners of their Greenest Student on Earth Scholarship Competition are: Primary School – Kashius Ford, entering Grade 5 from New Mexico, USA, is an avid conservationist who lives in an eco-village with renewable energy and organic farming and discovered a new species of mushroom that is named after him.
More than 50 students from 20 countries entered the Greenest Student on Earth Scholarship Competition and many experienced remarkable results just from the exposure of their videos on the Green School website. The students have been given donations of supplies for their projects, partnerships with non-profit organizations supporting their initiatives, celebrity endorsements, sponsorship offers, media attention, local community awards, and have been asked to give public presentations and even to be featured in a book. Greenest Student on Earth winning videos are at: www.greenschool.org/greeneststudentonearth/page/winners.html and all of the video entries are at: www.greenschool.org/greeneststudentonearth/page/vote.html
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