2021 Contest Winners

Photography Contest

How water also has many overlooked applications throughout our daily lives.
ESW 2021 Contest Photography Winner (Peter Lee)

Peter Lee of Montrose, CA, won first place in the photo contest with an image, captured at Descanso Gardens, depicting how water also has many overlooked applications throughout our daily lives, such as recreational, artistic displays.

Submissions illustrated the theme “Water as a Resource in My Community.”

Finalists

Sunset captured at Meydenbauer Bay Park in Bellevue, Washington.
ESW 2021 Contest Photography Finalist (Alex Xu)

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ESW 2021 Contest Photography Finalist (Andrej Ciric)

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ESW 2021 Contest Photography Finalist (Andrew Mead)

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ESW 2021 Contest Photography Finalist (Hafsa Firdaus)

Visual Art Contest

Examples of ways that water plays a role in our life.
ESW 2021 Contest Visual Art Winner (Nathan Xu)

Nathan Xu of Clyde Hill, WA, won first place in the visual arts contest with their abstract, self-portrait drawing that included many examples of ways that water plays a role in our life.

Students in grades K-5 made two-dimensional artworks illustrating the theme “Water and Me.”

Finalists

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ESW 2021 Contest Visual Art Finalist (Benjamin Kwack)

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ESW 2021 Contest Visual Art Finalist (Elizabeth Xu)

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ESW 2021 Contest Visual Art Finalist (Everett Lee)

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ESW 2021 Contest Visual Art Finalist (Justin Xu)

Essay Contest

From Wastewater to Sweet water

I live in the Sonoran Desert, and conserving water is a part of everyday life here. Sewage water in Tucson is recycled to create a riparian habitat called the Sweetwater …

Travis Cooper

Travis Cooper of Tucson, AZ, won first place in the essay contest with their paper, “From Wastewater to Sweetwater.”

Students in grades 6-9 wrote essays of up to 300 words addressing how we can use water as a natural resource in ways that support sustainable practices.

The views and assertions presented in essays are neither endorsed by nor reflect the positions the American Geosciences Institute.

Finalists

The World’s Water Crisis

Water is one of the most essential things to life on Earth. Yet, a worldwide lack of it is occurring. 71% of this planet is water, and only 3% of that water is fresh. …

Water is everything. It’s how we bathe; it’s what we swim in; and, most importantly, it’s necessary because we drink it to survive. Water has been around for years– since …

Harmful and Wasteful Ways of Water

People use water for sanitation, recreational, household, environmental, and agricultural purposes. All living things need water to survive. People use water in …

The Cost of Style

Fashion is one of the biggest contributors to industrial water consumption and pollution. Everyday people think about conserving water in obvious ways; shorter showers and turning …

Video Contest

Water is Life.
ESW 2021 Contest Photography Finalist (Michael and Precious Golez)

Michael & Precious Golez of Naga City, Camarines Sur, Philippines (team), won first place in the video contest with their entry showcasing examples of how they conserve water at home to protect water resources in their community, like the waterfalls of the Camarines Sur Mountains.

Individuals and teams created brief, original videos exploring how people of various backgrounds around the world manage, conserve, and use water.

Finalists

BIOPHIL.
ESW 2021 Contest Photography Finalist (Raheemah Hafsah Pangarungan)

Dried Life.
ESW 2021 Contest Photography Finalist (Riley Milano)

Water Is Part of Life Around the World.
ESW 2021 Contest Photography Finalist (Sarah Eaton)

Everything is Water!.
ESW 2021 Contest Photography Finalist (Tanvi Soans and Jacqueline Davis)

AAPG Asia-Pacific Region Student Chapter Video Contest

A Drop of Life.
ESW 2021 Contest Photography Finalist (The University of Indonesia, AAPG Student Chapter)

The University of Indonesia, AAPG Student Chapter (team), won first place in the video contest with their entry on how pollution affects the many water sources of Indonesia and suggestions of improvements that should be made for the prosperity of its people’s lives.

Teams were invited to submit brief, original videos that explores some of the ways that people use or are impacted by water in their community.