Attorney General T.J. Donovan wants to hear from young Vermonters about their thoughts on the environment. For the first time ever, the Attorney General’s Office is holding an Earth Day Essay Challenge and asking 5th and 6th graders all around Vermont to submit essays on the environment.
“Young Vermonters are in touch with our environment,” said Attorney General Donovan. “They enjoy time spent outdoors and they care and worry about what is happening to the environment. I look forward to reading these Earth Day essays and hearing directly from our future environmental leaders on what is important to them.”
The Attorney General’s Earth Day Essay Challenge will run from Feb. 15 through April 1.
Suggested topics for essays include:
What do you love about Vermont’s environment?
What does the word environment mean to you?
What do you care most about with the environment?
What does Earth Day mean to you?
What are your concerns about the future of Vermont’s environment?
How does Vermont’s changing environment impact outdoor recreation, winter sports, wildlife habitat, farming, our health, or other things?
What do you think we should do to help protect the environment?
All essays submitted to the Attorney General’s Office will be posted on a webpage on the Attorney General’s public website on Earth Day April 22, 2021. Participants will be entered in a drawing to have Attorney General Donovan pay a virtual visit to the student’s classroom.
Members of the Attorney General’s Environmental Protection Division will read all essays and provide individual feedback. (Please indicate in your submission if you prefer not to receive feedback).
Additionally, Environmental Protection Division attorneys will be available to speak virtually during the essay submission period to participating classes about the environmental work of the Attorney General’s.
Essays should be no more than 1,000 words. Please include your name, school (or indicate home school), grade and teacher with your submission. Essays can be submitted electronically to the Attorney General’s Office by email to natasha.sala@vermont.gov or by mail to:
Earth Day Essay Challenge
Vermont Attorney General’s Office
Attn: Environmental Protection Division
109 State Street
Montpelier, VT 05602
