Verband Region Stuttgart: Regional prize for schools

Sustainability as a role model for the region

"Small local measures can have a big impact and contribute to the big picture." This is the basic idea behind our Regional School Award for Sustainability, which is now being awarded for the third time.

What are you looking for?

Imaginative new ideas and projects that set an example for the entire region.
Sustainable approaches in the areas of mobility, nature, landscape and environmental (protection), energy and climate, economy and tourism, nutrition and consumption.
Right in the middle, at the very beginning or still in the planning stage - the only important thing is that the idea is feasible.

Examples

Learning in, with and from nature
Activities around the topic of environmentally friendly mobility
Avoiding waste - recycling waste

Strategies for a climate-friendly school
Projects that protect nature or enhance the landscape
Measures to cultivate regional culture and its special features

Participation and application 25/26

Who can take part?

Schools from the Stuttgart region: schools, school classes and school groups from general education schools from grade 5 onwards, school cooperation is possible.

What is there to win?

Prizes will be awarded for the best ideas:

1st prize: 5,000 euros
2nd prize: 3,000 euros
3rd prize: 2,000 euros

If there is more than one winner, the association reserves the right to divide the prize money.

Legal recourse is excluded.

Application in just a few steps

Download application form
Fill it out and add presentations, videos etc. if you like. There are no limits to your creativity.
Send in by July 17, 2026.
The award ceremony will take place in fall 2026

Submission

By post to Verband Region Stuttgart, Kronenstraße 25, 70174 Stuttgart
By e-mail to schulpreis(at)region-stuttgart.org
Please call 0711 - 227 59 67 for further information

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Together for a sustainable Stuttgart region worth living in!

The 2024 award winners

Sustainability at the MPG Pizzapecker - simply delicious Take part: Climate detectives meet the strong future makers

First prize and prize money of 5,000 euros were awarded to Max-Planck-Gymnasium Schorndorf for its "Sustainability at MPG" project. The school has successfully integrated sustainability into the school culture. With a variety of measures, including a sustainability week, a school garden, art projects, fair trade initiatives and upcycling campaigns, the school showed how sustainability can be practiced in many different ways.

The "Pizzapecker - simply delicious!" project from Schule am Steinhaus in Besigheim was awarded second prize and prize money of 3,000 euros. By baking pizzas with ingredients from their own school garden and local sources, the pupils imparted knowledge about sustainable action in a practical way.

The third prize of 2,000 euros went to the project "Mitmachen: Climate detectives meet the strong future makers" from Glemstalschule Schwieberdingen-Hemmingen. The pupils impressed the jury with their holistic approach to communicating sustainability issues.

Sustainability at the MPG

First prize and prize money of 5,000 euros were awarded to Max-Planck-Gymnasium Schorndorf for its "Sustainability at MPG" project. The school has successfully integrated sustainability into the school culture. With a variety of measures, including a sustainability week, a school garden, art projects, fair trade initiatives and upcycling campaigns, the school showed how sustainability can be practiced in many different ways.

Pizzapecker - simply delicious

The "Pizzapecker - simply delicious!" project from Schule am Steinhaus in Besigheim was awarded second prize and prize money of 3,000 euros. By baking pizzas with ingredients from their own school garden and local sources, the pupils imparted knowledge about sustainable action in a practical way.

Take part: Climate detectives meet the strong future makers

The third prize of 2,000 euros went to the project "Mitmachen: Climate detectives meet the strong future makers" from Glemstalschule Schwieberdingen-Hemmingen. The pupils impressed the jury with their holistic approach to communicating sustainability issues.