Brilliant Star magazine, published for children ages 8–12 by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of the United States, received a 2010 APEX Award of Excellence for Green Writing.

This is Brilliant Star’s fourth APEX Award for Publication Excellence. The Green Writing category focuses on topics such as conservation, energy, the environment, and climate change.

The award honors the March/April 2009 issue of Brilliant Star, entitled "Caring for Our Planet," which was produced in observance of the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development, 2005–2014. 

The issue includes stories and activities designed to empower young readers to take an active role in protecting the environment. It explores a wide range of eco-friendly subjects, including solar energy, climate change, threatened species, water conservation, organic food, and green schools.

Readers can take an ecological footprint quiz, play an eco-travel board game, and read interviews with kids around the world, as well as with Dr. Arthur Lyon Dahl, president of the International Environment Forum.

Brilliant Star is dedicated to educating children and youth about environmental responsibility and the UNDESD. Since 2005, six issues have been published in recognition of the UNDESD, and there are plans for future issues.
The winning issue, "Caring for Our Planet," is available from the Baha’i Distribution Service. To subscribe or learn more about Brilliant Star, visit www.brilliantstarmagazine.org.