Environmental Award

The competition is aimed at children, teenagers, young adults, trainees and students living in Erlangen who are not yet fully employed or not older than 30. Individuals as well as groups, initiatives, clubs and school classes can take part. In the case of group or class projects, the organization must be based in the city of Erlangen. Support from adults is permitted. All projects that have taken place between July 2024 and June 2025 can take part.

We are looking for your creative ideas for the future on the topics of sustainability, environmental, nature and climate protection, endangered biodiversity, critical consumption and the energy and mobility transition. We are interested in contributions from different perspectives.

Submit your application by June 30, 2025 (deadline for the year 2025) together with a project description. It can be supplemented by photo documentation, for example. Objects and digital works can also be submitted.

Please send the competition entries by e-mail umweltbildung@stadt.erlangen.de, by post to the Office for Environmental Protection and Energy Issues, Environmental Education, Schuhstraße 40, 91052 Erlangen; personal handover appointments are also possible (Room 009). You can also get answers to all your questions about the Erlangen Environmental Award by e-mail or by telephone on 09131 86-2934.

The project contributes to sustainable development and a future-proof Erlangen.

Knowledge, recognition & understanding: you combine information and connections from different areas and think reflectively, emphatically and with foresight

Ability & action : you act independently and cooperatively and participate effectively in social processes

Judgement & values : you develop an attitude, understand the impact of your actions on the world and take responsibility

The projects are assessed according to the following criteria

• Capturing and reproducing complex environmental issues
• Ingenuity, imagination and creativity
• clarity
• Action orientation
• Effect on environmental awareness
• Relevance for one's own life (sum field)
• Role model character
• Sustainability of the project
• Innovative strength
• Contribution to sustainable urban development/the global sustainability goals (SDGs)
• Relation to the Erlangen area

The best projects are honored. The environmental prize, with a total value of 5,000 euros, is divided into individual prizes ranging from 200 to 2,500 euros.

We would like to thank Erlanger Stadtwerke for sponsoring the environmental prize.

The awards are judged by a jury consisting of representatives from the city council, the municipal utilities, the environmental department, youth, FAU, schools and Erlanger Nachrichten. The jury's decisions are final and cannot be contested. The winners will be notified shortly after the closing date and invited to the award ceremony.