Seven groups from five Kerry schools will showcase their eco-projects at this year’s Young Environmentalist Awards.
The 26th annual awards ceremony will take place on this Thursday (May 8th) in the Convention Centre Dublin.
ECO-UNESCO’s Young Environmentalist Awards celebrate young people taking action on climate change, biodiversity loss, and environmental issues in their schools and communities.
Over 1,000 young environmentalists nationally will showcase their eco-projects at the event.
The Kerry schools are Mercy Secondary School, Tralee; Presentation Secondary School Tralee; Pobalscoil Inbhear Sceine, Kenmare; Presentation Secondary School, Listowel and Mean Scoil Nua An Leith Triuigh, Castlegregory.
Pobalscoil Inbhear Sceine, Kenmare’s ‘Save Our Salmon’ project is shortlisted for the biodiversity category and focuses on the unsustainability of commercial fishing in local rivers and the declining of salmon.
The group held workshops with key stakeholders, aiming to ban commercial netting and promote river conservation.
Mean Scoil Nua An Leith Triuigh, Castlegregory will showcase their project COP Castlegregory under the ECO-Community development category.
The group took action to preserve coastal habitats and built stone walls to maintain traditional landscapes.
The Ocean Devotion project from Mercy Secondary School, Tralee focused on tackling ocean microplastic pollution.
The group designed and built a 3D-printed, remote-controlled catamaran capable of removing large surface plastics and microplastics.
