John Muir Award

462 children completed the John Muir Award during the Dynamic Dunescapes project. Below are our resources that you're welcome to use for inspiration for completing your own award.

What is the John Muir Award?

The John Muir Award is an environmental award scheme focused on wild places, for people of all backgrounds, for groups, families and individuals. It helps people connect with, enjoy, and care for wild places. It's non-competitive, inclusive and accessible.

You can complete the award as an individual, as part of a school group, or as a family group.

What does the award involve?

There are four Award Criteria to meet

Discover a wild place: This can be your local park, woodland, beach or even better, your local sand dunes!

Explore its wildness: Experience, enjoy and find out more about your wild place(s).

Conserve it: Take some practical action and personal responsibility. Learn how your actions can make a difference to sand dunes and the wildlife that live in them.

Who can get involved?

The John Muir Award is open to anyone who can understand and meet the Award Criteria. From school pupils and professors to families and pensioners!

Schools

It is well suited for participants working at later stage of primary education and beyond (Year 4 and above in England & Wales, and Second Level in Scotland).

Families

A Family John Muir Award allows participation for children of all ages and abilities as part of a family group. This award is a collective achievement for each family.