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Three schools across Kildare take part today (March 11) and tomorrow (March 12) in the Leinster semi-finals of the ECO-UNESCO Young Environmentalist Awards (YEA.)
Young environmental activists will travel from schools across Leinster, including Newbridge College; Salesian College, Celbridge; and Gaelcholáiste Mhaigh Nuad, Maynooth; with their projects which focus on a range of topical issues, such as waste, climate change and eco-entrepreneurship.
The Leinster semi-finals of the ECO-UNESCO Young Environmentalist Awards (YEA) are held today and tomorrow, at Airfield Estate, Dundrum, Dublin.
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ECO-UNESCO’s Young Environmentalist Awards is an all-Ireland programme that recognises the work of young people, including from Kildare, who have taken environmental action in their school or community and come up with creative solutions to solve environmental issues.
Forty teams from across Leinster, including three schools from Kildare, are competing across today and tomorrow in the ‘ECO-Dens’, as the semi-finals are known, to win a place in the final of the Young Environmentalist Awards in Dublin in May.
The Leinster regional ECO-Den is one of four provincial semi-finals being held across the country in March, with the winners of each advancing to the final.
Speaking from the Leinster semi-finals, Elaine Nevin, national director of ECO-UNESCO, said: “The ECO-Dens and Young Environmentalist Awards are some of the most exciting events in the ECO-UNESCO calendar. It is great to kick off this year’s provincial semi-finals at Airfield Estate again.
“The passion and problem-solving initiative of these young people’s projects, including those from Kildare, offers great hope for the fight against climate change and reminds us that we can all play our part, from a community to a national level.”
Ms Nevin continued: “This year, we have over 500 young people representing 78 groups across 26 counties, including Kildare, with projects addressing key problems like climate change, biodiversity, and waste.
“With such a high standard of entries, it certainly won’t be an easy decision for our judges. “]We are excited to see who makes the final and look forward to crowning winners across 30 junior and senior level categories in May. Regardless, the real winner is the future of climate activism, in the safe hands of these incredibly bright young people.”
For more information, see www.ecounesco.ie.
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