Dent Middle School, Richland County 
Mitigating Stormwater Runoff

The Palmetto School, York County  
Rain Gardens

Sumter Career and Technology Center, Sumter County
Operation Recycle Greenhouse

Sumter Career and Technology Center YouTube Video

Pickens County Career & Technology Center, Pickens County
The Prairie Project: Restoring and Preserving a Piedmont Prairie Ecosystem

Pickens County Career Center YouTube Video

Ocean Bay Middle School, Horry County
From Seeds to Shoreline: Engaging Students in Salt Marsh Restoration

Ocean Bay Middle School YouTube Video

West Ashley High School, Charleston County
W.A.T.E.R. Wildcats Preserve Pond Using STEM

West Ashley High School YouTube Video

Lakewood Elementary School, Horry County
Locally Grown Seed Library

Looking for ideas on how you can participate in Champions of the Environment? Find some inspiration from past winners.

Outstanding Community Improvement: Forest Lake Presbyterian Church

Forest Lake Presbyterian Church has earned this honor for establishing an organic garden and for collaborating with Harvest Hope Food Bank to distribute organic garden vegetables to those in need.

Outstanding Business - Midlands Biofuels, LLC

Midlands Biofuels earned recognition as Outstanding Business for its partnership with Lexington and Richland County School District Five and local restaurants in an initiative to collect used cooking oil and turn it into biofuel. This effort successfully increased environmental awareness among students, parents, faculty and staff, as well as local businesses in Lexington and Richland Counties, and reduced harmful emissions of pollutants such as air toxics, particulates and sulfur dioxide up to 80%.