The deadline to register for the Young Environmentalist Awards 2009 is fast approaching – 28th November 2008. ECO-UNESCO, Ireland’s environmental education and youth organisation, is celebrating 10 years of its Young Environmentalist Awards programme and is inviting all young people aged between 12 and 18 years old to celebrate this special date by carrying out an environmental action project with their schools or youth groups and register now for ECO-UNESCO’s Young Environmentalist Awards 2009.
Since 1999, the Young Environmentalist Awards has honoured and awarded thousands of young people from all over Ireland. In 2008, the overall Junior Young Environmentalist Awards went to young people from St. Catherine’s College, Co. Armagh with their project called ‘Bee Garden and Bee Beautiful’. The overall Senior Young Environmentalist Awards 2008 went to the young people from St Mary’s Secondary School, Mallow, Co. Cork with their project ‘Alien plants – should we be concerned?’. ‘It’s a brilliant project that really makes you aware of the environment… a great way to get young people involved and interested in environmental issues’ – Nuala O’Connor, St. Mary’s Secondary School Mallow.
Participants of the Young Environmentalist Awards are in with a chance to attend the annual National Showcase and Awards Ceremony event held each May. They will have an opportunity to showcase their work, meet some TV celebrities and there are also lots of great prizes to be won.
“We’re calling on all young people to register now for our biggest ever Young Environmentalist Awards – this year we are expecting record numbers of project entries from groups all over the country to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the programme at our Annual showcase and Awards ceremony in May 2009. The Young Environmentalist Awards is a wonderful opportunity for young people to be recognised for their great work in environmental protection and conservation” comments Elaine Nevin, ECO-UNESCO’s National Director.
Each year ECO-UNESCO, Irelands environmental education and youth organisation, awards and celebrates young people (12-18 years old) who take part in environmental projects, which protect their local environment, prevent environmental damage and promote environmental awareness. Since its creation, the Young Environmentalist Awards has attracted the participation of over 10,000 young people and reached countless others with awareness raising campaigns in over 750 schools and communities in Ireland.
Young people can register their intent to carry out a project online on ECO-UNESCO’s website (www.ecounesco.ie) or by contacting ECO-UNESCO’s Young Environmentalist Awards Coordinator, Karen Sheeran, on +353 1 6625491 or at y...@ecounesco.ie before or on the 28th November. Closing date for receipt of completed projects is the 27th February 2009.
For more information on the Young Environmentalist Awards 2009, please contact:
Karen Sheeran
Young Environmentalist Awards Coordinator
ECO-UNESCO
26 Clare St., Dublin 2.
00 353 1 662 5491
y...@ecounesco.ie
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