A total of 182 entries from 31 countries around the world were submitted to the International YRE Competition this year! These are all national winners from their respective countries.
All 182 entries have been assessed by a dedicated team from the Head Office of Foundation for Environmental Education and the entries with the highest scores have been shortlisted for the International Jury to review. Below you will find the shortlisted articles, photos, and videos. Huge thanks for the impressive work of all YRE students!
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Below are the entries that are shortlisted for the International Jury to assess. This year, the jury meeting will take place online on the 15th-17th of September. The final International Winners will be announced shortly after. Good luck to all!
YRE International
Article 11-14 years
Canada COVID-19 Is Helping Birds Regain Their Population
Malta A big hole in the ground
Montenegro Is the Teardrop of Europe weeping?
Morocco Reducing livestock mortality caused by household plastic waste
Singapore Be The Right Change You Want to See in the World
Slovakia Toxic Finger Food
Article 15-18 years
Bahrain, International School Fuel your body, not pollution: the rise and the problems of online food delivery
Czech Republic A new hope for the environment
France Having a Cloud is convenient, but is it ecological?
Montenegro EE waste - problem of Nikšić
Portugal The Birth of a Local Protected Landscape
Puerto Rico Biomimicry: The Salvation of the Dunes
Scotland The Environmental Impact of Fossil Fuel Motorsport and the benefits of going all electric
Slovakia Residents Demand Better Used Clothes Recycling
South Africa Pollution: A Matter of Life and Death
Sweden Fireworks – beautiful environmental villains
Article 19-25 years
Czech Republic A paradise for endangered species of wetland birds created thanks to a neglected irrigation system
India Sikkim, A ray of Light in India’s Losing Fight with Agriculture
Portugal A New Virus, New Waste: the Change in Health, Society and Waste Production
Puerto Rico Once a Month
Singapore Living Zero Waste As Told By A Singaporean Eco-Warrior
Slovakia Slovak Cities Benefit from Using Rainwater
Single Photo reportage 11-25 years
Bosnia and Herzegovina The “Red Lake'' near Dobro Selo in B&H
India EAT LOCAL!
Israel Footprint
Montenegro “Decorated” river Zeta - our nature park
Singapore Deadly Demand
Slovakia Treasure Hunting
Single Photo Campaign 11-25 years
Canada The future of our world
Iceland Congratulations, humanity!
Montenegro Nature, rest in peace
Portugal It's Time To Solve This Puzzle
Photo reportage of 3-5 photos 11-25 years
Ghana Making face masks for people of Murugu in Tamale, Ghana
Portugal Mining: a scar on the planet
Slovakia Kilometers Eaten
Turkey Five Alternative Solution Models to The Eco-Apocalypse from The New Rurals
Video reportage 11-14 years
France Green Algae in Brittany
Czech Republic How to survive and not dry out
Scotland Small Scabious Mining Bee
Slovakia Polystyrene Snow
South Africa Hands-on river revival: A community Fixing Their Environment!
Video campaign 11-14 years
Israel Waiter, I did not order plastic!
Portugal The most dangerous pandemic is still human ignorance
Video reportage 15-18 years
France The frame of old wood
Montenegro When we throw out the trash, where does it go?
Portugal Biodiversity as a Source of Crime and Business: Illegal Species Trafficking
Puerto Rico Ocean Acidification
Video campaign 15-18 years
Bosnia and Herzegovina Air pollution in Sarajevo
Canada Solutions for Climate Action
Iceland Is there a solution to internet pollution?
Israel Driving green
Republic of Korea Selfish and Hotdog
Singapore How Old Will You Be In 2050?
Video reportage 19-25 years
Argentina Cigarette butts
Malta Soil as an essential natural resource
Portugal Climate Urgency - Manifestation
Video campaign 19-25 years
Malaysia What if human extinct?
International collaboration
Portugal and Montenegro Trash - A burried nightmare
Portugal and Bosnia & Herzegovina Air Pollution in Sarajevo and Braga
Portugal and Bosnia & Herzegovina Managing Waste and the Future
Malaysia and Singapore Food Waste and Climate Change
Portugal and Spain Think European, Act Locally
Wales and Spain Plastic Waste - An Intercontinental Problem
Litter Less Campaign
Article 11-14 years
New Zealand To waste our life
Northern Ireland The Natural Respirator
Spain The Pollution of the Valdemembra River
Wales Oh we do like to be beside the seaside
Article 15-18 years
Malta Use of water fountains to reduce plastic waste
New Zealand Acting for the Environment
Northern Ireland The problem with electronic waste
Spain Prestige nightmare still haunts Spanish government
Article 19-25 years
India A journey from littering less to litter-less
SINGLE PHOTO REPORTAGE 11-25 YEARS
India Recycling makes good business sense
Malta The scream
New Zealand Sustainable surfer seeks waste at summer
Northern Ireland Smart shopping choices, why the plastic netting?
Single Photo Campaign 11-25 years
Malta Shift to glass
Northern Ireland Are you a prisoner toplastic?
Photo reportage of 3-5 photos 11-25 years
Malta Bench with a view
Spain When leisure and work do not respect the forest
Video reportage/Campaign 11-14 years
France From the Seine River to the Pacific Ocean
Malta Reusable present wrappings – a gift to the environment
New Zealand Not just a dream
Video reportage/Campaign 15-18 years
Malta Plastic pollution awareness
Video Reportage/campaign 19-25 years
France Recycled wood furniture