This year, Natalya Ryazanova, PhD, Associate Prof., Head of the Laboratory of Geoecology and Sustainable Environmental Management at the MGIMO Department of International Integrated Environmental Management and Ecology, and Andrey Cheshev, MA, Deputy General Director of the Vernadsky Foundation joined the jury of this ecological nomination of this All-Russian Project. Natalia Ryazyava moderated the defense of the finalists' projects.

The finalist projects demonstrated a wide range of relevant environmental topics – from environmental education, to volunteer initiatives for the conservation of natural resources and the development of ecotourism, to the introduction of green energy technologies and industrial ecology. Experts noted that every year the quality of work was noticeably increasing, and the solutions offered by the participants were becoming more innovative.

It is noted with pleasure that among the developers and contestants of the Project there were authors who had previously participated in the events and activities of the Vernadsky Foundation. It is nice to see a positive confirmation of the systematic work of the Foundation for the development of environmental awareness of youth.