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The Swapshop Ecology Action Prize (formerly Eric Douglis Scholarship) is granted to a graduating Cape Cod high school senior who has actively demonstrated a concern for the environment.     By contributing to the S.E.A. prize fund, You help transform donated labor and recycled goods into a $1000 scholarship prize, investing in kids who care about the Cape-- and the planet.


2008 winner was Maria Gueke of Nauset Regional High School.
2011 SEA prize-winner Alana McGillis majored in geology at Smith College

S.E.A. PRIZE ALUMNAE include : Ruthanna Gordon (1993); Lisette Lema & Adrien Kmiec (1994);  Hazel Lema (1995) ; Simone D'Amico (1996); Jesse Shantz (1997); Jesio Epstein (1998); Andrew Ward (1999);  Sarah Parkington, Greg McGown (2000); Matthew Copeland (2001); Jeremy Sullivan (2002); Daniel Ryley (2003); Andrew Porteus and Joseph McGrath (2005);  Steven Waldrop (2006) and Jemma Gallagher (2007).

Adrien Kmiec (1994) studied wild life management and returned to Wellfleet to work in aquaculture on the flats; in 2013 he became the owner/manager of Hatch’s Market.

Ruthanna Gordon (1993) earned her doctorate in psychology and is currently an AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science) consultant with the EPA, focusing on “the psychology of sustainability” ie what makes us do (or not do) the best we can for our Planet.

2013 SEA Prize winner Meghan Carr


has taken leadership roles organizing projects promoting sustainability in Matenwa, Haiti and on Cape Cod.  He plans to attend Tufts University after a gap year traveling and working in Latin America.

2014 SEA prize winner Chris Wingard



Tax-deductible donations can be made to “Compact/Cape Cool” --              

                              contact info@capecool.org.

2012 SEA prize-winner Veronica Thomas-Kowalak of Wellfleet studies English and anthropology at U. Mass
2010 S.E.A. Prize Winner: GRACE COBURN did research on bio-char during her first year’s studies at U. Mass Amherst. . . we’re looking forward to hearing and seeing more. [no photo yet!]

Dugan McClellan of Wellfleet

at Nauset Regional High School,  June 9, 2009.   Dugan graduated  Lehigh in 2013, and earned his MA in  energy systems engineering.

CONGRATULATIONS TO 2015 S.E.A. PRIZE-WINNERS

          Samantha Berry and Jetta Cook

Samantha is a life-long resident of Wellfleet who will be leaving the Cape to study environ-mental science at San Diego State University.

Jetta (no photo yet) is an Eastham resident who aims to pursue a career in environ-mental law (in defense of the Earth, not the polluters!) She plans to attend U. Mass Amherst and transfer to Cornell University in 2016.