The 40 short-listed groups that will exhibit their projects in the YEA Showcase 2008 are:

• A step towards saving the planet - O Fiaich College, Co. Louth
• Adopt an energy efficient lifestyle - Blessington Community College, Co. Wicklow
• Alien plants - should we be concerned? - St Mary's Secondary School, Co. Cork
• Anti Litter Awareness Film - St Clares Comprehensive School, Co Leitrim
• Bee Garden and Bee Beautiful - St Catherines College, Co. Armagh
• Butt, a sticky situation - Laurel Hill Secondary School, Co. Limerick
• Chews to stick it - Presentation Secondary School, Co. Kerry
• Composting - Teabags, worms and beyond - Grosvenor Grammer School, Co. Antrim
• Creature Discomforts - Banbridge Highschool, Co. Down
• Do we do our part? - Portmarnock Community School, Co.Dublin
• Eco Art and Design - Stella Maris Secondary school, Co. Waterford
• Eco- Arts, Kind crafts for kids - Dominican College, Dublin 9
• Eco Tillage - St. Mary’s, Co. Carlow
• Effective recycling within our school - Bailieborough Community School, Co. Cavan
• Energise - St. Joseph's College, Co. Westmeath
• Energy and Water efficiency in St Colm’s High School - St Colm's High School, Co Derry
• Every Drop Counts - Manor House, Co. Dublin
• Glaine Na h-Abhna - Ennistymon Vocational School, Co. Clare
• Global Warming is not cool - Loreto College, Dublin 2
• Green School Musical - Loreto College, Co. Cavan
• Kids change the climate - St. Mary's Holy Faith, Dublin 5
• Kings Hospital and Stewarts Hospital Garden - The King's Hospital School, Co. Dublin
• Noise pollution, a silent problem - St. Mary’s, Co. Carlow
• Nothing but acres of tar and cement - Moate Community School, Co. Westmeath
• Pylon the pressure - Ballybay Youth Centre, Co. Monaghan
• Recyclable Music - St. Mary’s, Co. Carlow
• Reducing Car Emissions - Ardscoil Ris, Co. Limerick
• Save Ballynahone Bog - St. Colm's High School, Co. Derry
• Spread the solution not the pollution - Presentation College, Co. Galway
• St Josephs Block, Heat loss and energy waste - St. Mary’s, Co. Carlow
• Tackling Waste - Manor House School, Co. Dublin
• The carbon footprint of St Macartans College - St. Macartans College, Co. Monaghan
• The Community Garden - St. Kilian's Community School, Co. Wicklow
• The RB24 Road, is it a waste of time? - St. Aloysius College, Co.Cork
• The waste warriors - Ionad na nOg, Co. Monaghan
• To Clean up an area outside - St. Joseph's College, Co. Westmeath
• Tree Wise and Waist Knot - Colaiste Mhuire, Co. Clare
• Vermiculture - how to get you to do this at home - Ursuline Convent, Co. Tipperary
• Water Conservation - Our Ladys Secondary School, Co. Monaghan
• What have we done - Crescent College Comprehensive, Co. Limerick