

Every year, the EMA hosts our annual Environmental Achievement Awards ceremony. This event gives us the opportunity to acknowledge, recognize, and award those in the environmental industry for their outstanding efforts in the forward progression for environmental sustainability and change in three ways: student scholarships, individual/company achievement awards, and an individual legend award.
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The Environmental Achievement Award is awarded to someone who has gone above and beyond in their work within the environmental industry. Historically we honor those doing so with both a Finalist and parent Environmental Achievement Award.
Our Legends of the Environmental Industry Award aims to recognize individuals for their longstanding positive impact and achievements within the environmental industry. Their demonstrations of forward progression in the push towards environmental change for their accomplished excellence during their tenure are evaluated in five core areas: leadership, innovation, commitment, collaboration, and education.




Every March, members of the EMA volunteer their time to partake in judging the environmental science category of the Science & Engineering Fair of Metro-Detroit. Based on our own judging measures that are similar to the official SEMD criteria, we evaluate students based on their scientific thought, thoroughness, skill, clarity, and most importantly, creative ability. A student’s ideas and creative outlook on their science fair project speaks on how the future generations view our world and environmental issues from a different perspective.
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The EMA would like to thank the Doetsch family for their commitment to our environmental science fair scholarship program in honor of the late James Doestch, a true legend in the environmental industry. We are proud to honor three well-deserving students with our 2025 James Doetsch Memorial Science Fair Scholarships!
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