Laois students reach final of Young Environmentalist Awards
Mountmellick Community School celebrate as students reach May final
Students from Mountmellick Community School have reached the final of this year's ECO-UNESCO’s Young Environmentalist Awards (YEA).
The school's Green Schools Committee will attend the finals in The Convention Centre in Dublin on May 15. The awards are an all-Ireland environmental awards programme that recognises and rewards young people who raise environmental awareness and improve the environment.
Since 1999, ECO-UNESCO has run the YEA programme to honour the work of young people to protect, conserve and enhance the environment through local environmental projects, making a difference to their lives and the lives of others both locally and globally. Over 50,000 young people have taken part in the YEA since it began, bringing about lasting change to the environment, and reaching countless others with awareness-raising campaigns in schools and communities throughout Ireland.
The school said: "Congratulations to our MCS Green Schools Committee on reaching the 2024 Young Environmentalists Finals. Their hard work and dedication to making our school a more environmentally friendly place has paid off and we wish them the very best of luck in the finals in The Convention Centre in Dublin on May 15th."