Rachel Carson Contest Voting Form

EPA's Aging Initiative, Generations United, and the Rachel Carson Council, Inc. are pleased to present the finalists for the second annual intergenerational photo, dance, essay and poetry Sense of Wonder contest. All entries were created by an intergenerational team.

Please register before voting, and vote once for your favorite entry in each of the five categories: photos, essays, poetry, mixed media and dance.

Ballots must be cast by Thursday, October 1, 2009. Winners will be announced on this page in October, 2009.

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PHOTOS - vote for one (click on the photo to view the written description and enlargement of the photo.)

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ESSAYS - vote for one (click on the title to read the essay)
Title	Vote
Bantee Chicken - Chris, age 14, James, age 73
A Fish With a Crab - Logan, age 6, Linda, age 61
The Lesson of the Hungry Osprey - Monica, age 52 and 5th grade class
Untitled - Nicole, age 27, Christina, age 52
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POETRY - vote for one (click on the title to read the poem)
Title	Vote
Coconut Swash Zone Ocean - Christina, age 44, Ali, age 12
The Gathering Place - Chris, age 14, Eleanor, age 73
The Beauty of this World - Kaliana, age 23, Jorge, age 55
Place Of Peace - Kate, Marykate, Katelin Three generations - grandmother, daughter and granddaughter
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MIXED MEDIA - vote for one (click on the title to read poem or essay with accompanying photos)
Title	Vote
Pop-pop’s Garden Returns - Kelly, age 25, Alex , age 44, and Alma , age 79
The Sea - Lucille, age 8, Sarah, age 34
Rocks - David, age 8, Sarah, age 34
Sea Sounds - Maddie, age 8, Sarah, age 34
Waves - Mia, age 7, Sarah, age 34
Rocks - Mohogany, age 8, Sarah, age 34
I Lived By The Sea - Elias, age 10, Donna, age 75
All we need is the sky. - Scott, age 51, Katherine, age 25
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DANCE - vote for one (click on the title to see the dance performed or described)
Title	Vote
Winged Migration - Michael Doran, age 63, Barbara age 65, Lisa age 36, Veronica age 27
An Intergenerational Exploration of Our Local Ecology - Daniel, age 27 and Peter, age 59

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