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The John Muir Award is an environmental award scheme focused on wild places. It encourages awareness and responsibility for the natural environment, in a spirit of fun, adventure and exploration.

Four challenges lie at the heart of the John Muir Award. Each participant engages in a range of activities to Discover a wild place, Explore what makes it wild, help Conserve it, and Share their experiences.

The John Muir Award is run by the John Muir Trust, both taking their name from John Muir (1838 - 1914), often considered to be the father of the world conservation movement. He urged everyone to 'Do something for wildness and make the mountains glad'.

Over 50,000 people across the UK have received a John Muir Award. A quarter of those who achieve an Award are from backgrounds of social exclusion and 90% are under 25.