The Prize

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• • May 29, 2026
  • Global Winner

  Earth Prize 2026: Indian teens are Global Winners for magnetic tamarind powder that removes microplastics from water

  Around 23,000 people voted to select the top team, who are now the first ever Global Winners to come from India.

• • May 18, 2026
  • Global Winner

  The Earth Prize 2026: Vote for the Global Winner by 27 May

  Vote for The Earth Prize 2026 Global Winner! Support teen-led climate solutions from 7 regions. Discover groundbreaking projects and cast your vote by May 27.

• • May 17, 2026
  • Seven Regional Winners

  The $100K Earth Prize 2026: 17-year-old Brazilians named Central and South America Winners for biodegradable aloe and...

  The Earth Prize 2026 awards $12.5K to Brazilian students for inventing HADA, a plant-based, eco-friendly bandage reducing plastic waste in healthcare. Vote for the Global Winner!

• • May 16, 2026
  • Seven Regional Winners

  The $100K Earth Prize 2026: 17-year-old in Puerto Rico named N. America Winner for biodegradable seaweed fabric

  The Earth Prize 2026 awards $12.5K to Helena do Rego for SargaTex PR, turning Puerto Rico’s sargassum seaweed into eco-friendly, biodegradable biofabric. Vote for the Global Winner!

• • May 15, 2026
  • Seven Regional Winners

  The $100K Earth Prize 2026: 17-year-old from Thailand named Oceania & Southeast Asia Winner for Hornbill nesting ...

  The Earth Prize 2026 awards $12.5K to Thai student Proud's hornbill conservation project using recycled plastic nests. Vote for the Global Winner!

• • May 14, 2026
  • Seven Regional Winners

  The $100K Earth Prize 2026: 16-year-olds from India named Asia Winners for magnetic tamarind powder that removes micr...

  Indian teens named Asia Winners of The Earth Prize 2026 for Plas-Stick, a tamarind powder that removes microplastics from water. Vote for the Global Winner!

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