More than 2,400 schools each year take part in Schools Clean Up Day, but their contribution does not end there. Many pupils and teachers undertake environmental projects and learn about sustainability in classrooms all year round.

We have heard great stories of kitchen gardens, compost farms and worm farms, recycling stations and litter reduction initiatives and even energy-savings schemes. We want you and your classmates to tell us and show Australia the great work that you are doing, by entering the 2014 Green Kids Award.

Prizes

This year ALL finalists will be included in the dirtgirl music video, ?what a load of rubbish'. One Junior and one Senior National Winner will be selected from the finalists and receive a personal visit from dirtgirl. The winning schools will be able to choose one of three possible activities to do with her including 1) dirtgirl hosts a waste-free picnic 2) dirtgirl helps to facilitate a discussion or brainstorming session 3) dirtgirl mediates a debate.

As an added bonus, the first 100 schools to register for Green Kids 2014 will receive a FREE album download of dirtgirlworld's 'the rubbish collection'. You will be notified by email if you are successful.

Keen to enter?

You can enter the competition if your primary school is participating in the 2014 Schools Clean Up Day (you must have already registered a CleanUp Site) and has started or has plans to implement your sustainability and environmental goals. We encourage you to really showcase all your hard work and enthusiasm for helping your local environment through artwork or video.

This year's Green Kids Award has two categories:

Junior Artwork Competition- Kindergarten - Y3

Theme: What can you make out of your rubbish? Be creative and show us how you can reuse rubbish you find at your school to make something beautiful, useful and/or functional. Be sure to include a photo of the final project by itself as well as in use (if applicable) or with the class. You can also include progression photos to help your story.

Send an email to competitions@cleanup.com.au including:

1) Subject line: 'Junior Green Kids Award 2014' (type or copy and paste this text into the subject line of the email)

2) Participating school details (include in the body of the email)

• School name
• Class group entering the competition
• School address
• School state
• School postcode
• School contact phone number
• School email address

3) Teacher/Representative details (include in the body of the email)

• Teacher's full name
• Teacher's contact phone number

4) Up to five (5) photographs - each no larger than 300KB (attach to the email)

5) A summary (no longer than 400 words) describing the background of the project (include in body of the email or attach a Word document)

Once the email has been received, you will receive an auto response confirming submission. If we require further information we will reply to the email address used for the competition entry unless specified otherwise within the body of the email.

Maximum of one (1) entry per class/group and three (3) per school.

**See the Junior Rules and Guide document for submission tips.**

Senior Video Competition- Y4-Y6

Theme: Reduce, Re-use and Recycle. Show us what you have done and are doing to support this full cycle. Be sure to put yourself in the picture by demonstrating the activities and teh downstream benefits your efforts have.

Send an email to competitions@cleanup.com.au including:

1) Subject line: 'Senior Green Kids Award 2014' (type or copy and paste this text into the subject line of the email)

2) Participating school details (include in the body of the email)

• School name
• Class group entering the competition
• School address
• School state
• School postcode
• School contact phone number
• School email address

3) Teacher/Representative details (include in the body of the email)

• Teacher's full name
• Teacher's contact phone number

4) YouTube video link (include in the body of the email)

• Videos must not exceed five (5) minutes in length
• Videos must be uploaded to YouTube and the link included in the body of the email
• Instructions for loading the video to YouTube are included in the Senior Rules and Guide document
  

5) Summary (no longer than 200 words) describing the background of the project (include in body of the email or attach a Word document)

Once the email has been received, you will receive an auto response confirming submission. If we require further information we will reply to the email address used for the competition entry unless specified otherwise within the body of the email.

Maximum of two (2) entries per school.

Please read the Competition Terms and Conditions below before submitting your entry.

The closing date for all entries is 9 March 2014. Entries received after this date cannot be accepted. Entries can only be accepted via email, no postal entries.