ECO-UNESCO Young Environmentalist Awards 2013
Young Environmentalist Awards 2013
Well done to everybody who participated in this year’s YEA!! It was a truly amazing year with all of you carrying out hugely inspiring and important eco action projects. The following are the 2013 ECO-UNESCO Young Environmentalist Awards winners:
Overall Senior Winner (Joint winner)
Mountmellick Community School Laois
Communergy
Overall Senior Winner (Joint winner)
ECO UNESCO Peer Education Group Youth Top Gardeners
Overall Junior Winner
SAYSWACC, Dublin
Greener together
Junior Water Category Winner
Colaiste Pobail Setanta, Dublin
Water Warriors
Super Junior Winner (National School Winner)
Scoil Muire Gan Smal Carlow
Planet Pals
Senior Biodiversity Category Winner
ECO-UNESCO Peer Education Programme Dublin
#(LFN) #LoveForNature
Senior Biodiversity Category Winner
Mercy Secondary School Mounthawk, Kerry
Flutterby Butterfly
Senior Climate Change Category Winner
Mountmellick Community School Laois
Communergy
Senior Energy Category Winner
Presentation Secondary School Mitchelstown, Cork
Save today. Survive tomorrow
Senior Transport Category Winner
St. Louis Secondary School Monaghan
Bicycle Use And Safety
Senior Art & Design Category Winner
St Kilian's German School Dublin
STOMP
Senior Waste Category Winner
ECO-UNESCO Peer Education Programme
YTG
Senior Waste Category Winner
St Brigid’s Vocational School Loughrea, Co. Galway
Hands On
Senior Community Development Category Winner
GAP Ballymun Dublin
Urban Wildlife Garden
Senior ECO Enterprise Category Winner
Mean Scoil Mhuire, Roscommon Town
Melting Moments
Senior ECO Health & Wellbeing Category Winner
ECO-UNESCO ECO-Youth Choices
XHALE
Junior Transport Category Winner
Ennistymon Vocational School, Clare
More Walking, Less driving
Junior Art & Design Category Winner
St. Dominic's Grammar School, Belfast
Reducing Waste with Great Taste
Junior ECO Community Development Category Winner
SAYSWACC Dublin
Greener Together
Junior ECO Enterprise Category Winner
Avondale Community College Wicklow
The Water Sentinel
Junior ECO Health & Wellbeing Category Winner
Our Lady and St. Patrick's College Belfast
ECO Revolution
Junior Water Category Winner
Colaiste Pobail Setanta Clonee, Dublin
Water Warriors
Junior Waste Category Winner
Drumcree College, Craigavon, Co. Armagh
Don't be Trashy, Recycle
The People’s Choice
St. Brigid’s National School Wexford
Our Future 2020
ECO Leader
Olivia O'Brien
Presentation Secondary School Thurles
ECO-Alu Art & Design Category Winner
O’Fiaich College, Dundalk
Crocodile Dundalk
Grow Award
ECO-UNESCO Peer Education Programme Dublin
Grasstonbury
Local To Global Award
Portmarnock Community School
Making A Difference
Waste Matchers Award
Scoil Naomh Therese, Cork
Christmas Leftovers
We'll have the 2013 YEA highlights picutures and video up very shortly!
In the meantime, why not watch the video from the YEA 2012!
ECO-UNESCO’s Young Environmentalist Awards is an all-Ireland environmental awards programme that recognises and rewards young people who raise environmental awareness and improve the environment. Click here for further information.
Please email all enquiries to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Downloadable resources to help you get started on your YEA project:
'6 steps to success' and group activities: click here
Click on the links below for downloadable resouces
TEACHERS/LEADERS Please note that on p.47 of the manual, the values are: 1= very little, 3=some, 5=very high
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Young Environmentalist Awards 6 Steps to Success Manual 2013 |
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