PRESS RELEASE

YRE International Jury and Competition Winners 2017

Contact: Gosia Luszczek, International YRE Director | E: gosia@fee.global
Yukiko Tsuburaya, International YRE Assistant | E: yukiko@fee.global
 

Copenhagen, June 2017 

The Young Reporters for the Environment (YRE) International Jury meeting for the 2017 Competition successfully took place on 24 May at the Foundation for Environmental Education Head Office in Copenhagen, Denmark.

YRE International Jury 2017

The Jury this year was composed of stakeholders in the fields of environmental journalism and Education for Sustainable Development. The members are Christopher Slaney, Freelance Journalist, Mari Nishimura, Associate Programme Officer, UNEP, Julie Saito, Programme Specialist of Communication, UNESCO, Clemens Bomsdorf, Journalist and Correspondent for the Nordic countries, Anne Vela-Wagner, Executive Director of the Wrigley Company Foundation, Pedro Marcelino, Documentary Film Producer and Director, Mayra Navarrete, Photographer, Boris Šušmak, FEE Board Member, and Antti Kaartinen, Communications Expert currently working as a Press Officer at the European Environment Agency (EEA) in Copenhagen. You can find more information on their profiles here. 

The Jury went through and discussed the top national entries in the media categories of articles, photographs and videos, across the age categories 11-14, 15-18, 19-21, as well as the International Collaboration category. The Jury reviewed also entries from the Litter Less Campaign. The Jury then decided on this year's YRE International Competition winners, who will be published on Huffington Post kids as a prize. All entries can be found on the competition's Exposure page.

Here is a general comment from the Jury members:
The Jury appreciated this year’s submissions for the YRE International Competition. The Jury recognised the improved quality of the entries submitted for the competition this year. The Jury also recognised two types of entries, first - based on general YRE rules, recognised as a journalistic entry (in the photo and video category) and the second type, campaign photo or video. The Jury decided to award some of the entries with the above comments and suggested to continue the competition in the future with recognition of those two categories. 

Article

11-14 years old

1st Place
Title: The food waste crisis
Author: Amanda Amaeshi (Scotland) 

2nd Place
Title: Illegal landfills in Bar municipality
Author: Lucija Milović (Montenegro)

3rd Place
Title: Water… life on Earth
Author: Ameen Rabea (Israel)

Honourable mention
Title: Reducing plastic pollution requires habit change
Author: Sophia Schultz (Canada)

15-18 years old

1st Place
Title: Bay in the Balance: Ocean Acidification Threatens the Chesapeake Ecosystem
Author: Clara Benadon (United States)

2nd Place
Title: Water in the maltese areas… Every drop counts
Author:  Samira Axiak and Jessica Schembri (Malta)

19-21 years old

Honourable mention
Title: Forest can help to feed the world's population
Author: Olivia Forssén and Felicia Persson (Sweden)

Honourable mention
Title: Flowers: The candle that burns to illumnate the population of "Dades"
Author: Badia El Faskaoui, Fatima Zahra Achich, Fatima Zahra Saidi, Moussa Fadili, Malika El Oualy and Rachid Aarime suêrvised bu Teacher M. Sabir Masstour (Morocco)
 

Photograph

11-14 years old

1st Place
Title: The goat liked it (as a YRE journalistic photo)
Author: Andrija Babović (Montenegro)

1st Place
Title: Heritage? (as a YRE journalistic photo)
Author: Eva Mančíková (Slovakia)

2nd Place
Title: Lake Balkhash: exciting and frightening (as a YRE journalistic photo)
Author: Tatyana Ekkart (Kazkhstan)

15-18 years old

1st Place
Title: For a brighter future  (as a YRE campaign photo)
Author: Astrid Aronsson and Linnéa Gren (Sweden)

1st Place
Title: Doksasmeni Lake (as a YRE journalistic photo)
Author: Nicholas Mouros (Cyprus)

Honourable mention
Title: Like a fish out of water (as a YRE journalistic photo)
Author: Nikolina Golubović (Montenegro)

19-21 years old

1st Place
Title: Wounds in the landscape (as YRE journalistic photo)
Author: Frederico Santos (Portugal)

Honourable mention
Title: Is there a difference between life and life? (as a YRE campaign photo)
Author: Joakim Lindqvist, Elin Eriksson, Michelle Sjögren and  Julia Berg (Sweden)

Honourable mention
Title: Livelihoods and nature (as a YRE journalistic photo)
Author: Faissal Ammi (Morocco)
 

Video

11-14 years old

1st Place
Title: Rethinking Nature, thinking with Nature
Author: Merlin Goleret, Anthony Heuvin, Lennon Jeaugey, Paula Kimpfler, Jeanne Lepelletier, Illiana Levillair, Romain Lopez, Diégo Luca, Ronan Mahaud, Diana Mai, Téoman Ozturk, Alexander Rosengart, Maéla Sala-Alvarez, Benjamin Souci, Marine Soussan-Jeannot, Emilie Thiebot, Luna Torres-Navarro, Andres Vacca, Claire Vafadar, Maïka Vilanova Almagia (France)

2nd Place
Title: The Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) is back
Author: Andreia Ferreira, Beatriz Tavares, Inês Tavaresa and Leonor Carvalho (Portugal)

Honorable mention in campaign
Title: “Littering? You can do better!” Don’t let Pokemon Go distract you from looking after our environment (as a YRE campaign video)
Author: Ana Hoonhout (New Zealand)

Honorable mention in campaign
Title: Water Shortage (Save the Water, Save the World) (as a YRE campaign video)
Author: Dongsan Elementry School (South Korea)

15-18 years old

1st Place
Title: Where Bees Do Not Fly
Author: Tamara Eliašová, Mária Jánošiková and Michal Mazánik (Slovakia)

2nd Place
Title: Food Waste: The Search for a Simple Solution
Author: Megan He (United States)

2nd Place
Title: A greener lawn to play football
Author: Laura Bissakou, Rosine Imossio, Amanda Goubakouly-Mouendengo and Houlda Okyemou (France - French High School in Congo)

19-21 years old

Honorable mention for technique
Title: Global warming, killing us
Author: Kim eun sol and Jung you jin (South Korea)
 

International Collaboration

1st Place
Title: Coffee Production and Consumption – The Issues and Solutions.
Author: Ulidia Integrated College, Carrickfergus (Northern Ireland) and Lycee Pole, Fort Dauphin (Madagascar).

2nd Place
Title: Bringing back the past to assure the future
Author: Sofia Castanho (Portugal) and Adriána Henčeková (Slovakia)

Winners in Litter Less Campaign category 

The Jury also discussed the top national entries from schools participating in the Litter Less Campaign. Below are the results of the evaluation:
 

Article

Age 11 - 14

1st Place
Title: Change is Coming: Reusable Food Boxes
Country: Slovakia

2nd Place
Title: The Litter Less and Dunk The Junk Campaign
Country: Ireland

2nd Place
Title: Everybody is Responsible for Garbage Reduction
Country: China

Age 15 - 18

1st Place
Title: The advertising brochure – a monster swallowing yearly a whole forest
Country: Romania

2nd Place
Title: The Choice is Yours! Bioplastics for Cleaner Environment
Country: Slovakia

3rd Place
Title: Food Waste
Country: Portugal

Age 19 - 21

1st Place
Title: Litter: Old issue, New chapter
Country: Portugal
 

Photo

Age 11 - 14

1st Place
Title: I don´t belong here
Country: Portugal

2nd Place
Title: Where laugh, and games, and children are?
Country: Kazakhstan

3rd Place
Title: A corner of pollution on lake Bicaz
Country: Romania

Age 15 - 18

1st Place
Title: Imprisoned
Country: Slovakia

Mention
Title: Mirror
Country: Romania

Mention
Title: Cotton swabs on the beaches. How to solve it?
Country: Portugal

Age 19 - 21

No winner

Congratulation to all winners and thank you for your participation!