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 

 

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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.

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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

   yea2012 shortlist booklet cover

Young Environmentalist Awards 6 Steps to Success Manual 2013 

Check out the shortlisted projects from last year for inspiration! 
2013 Flyer  2013 Poster 
 

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