$20,000 in Scholarship Prizes Awarded to Students in EmPower Silicon Valley Short Film ...

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For the second year in a row, California's Silicon Valley Clean Energy has handed out $20,000 in scholarships to winners of its short film competition, which focused on clean energy and climate change.

This year's winners, who received $3,000 each: A Future Without Car Dependency by Xinpei from Cupertino High School Presentation For the Sake of the Planet by Alyssa Hwang from Cupertino High School Community Engagement Award: Putting Out the Global Fire by Elise Chiu and Nishika Gorla from Monta Vista High School The Silicon Green Vision by Seeun Kim from Fremont High School and Ava Mineishi from Branham High School Honorable Mention awards of $2,000 each were awarded to the following short films:Monarch Butterfly Effect by Maia Shama, Kai Otsuka, and George Hu from Saratoga High School The Energy Impact Award: A Future Without Car Dependency by Ben Richardson from Monta Vista High School and Christopher Li and Emily Chen from Lynbrook High School The Clean Future Award: Empower Aishi (Clean Energy) Future Worth Investing In by Ben Richardson from Cupertino High School and Christopher Li and Emily Chen from Lynbrook High School

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