Students from Loreto Secondary School in Letterkenny were highly commended at this year’s ECO-UNESCO Young Environmentalist Awards (YEA) 2024.
Over 1,000 people attended the awards showcase and finals, which took place at the Royal Convention Centre, Dublin, last Wednesday.
The Flora and Fauna LK team promoted biodiversity through social media, presentations, and planting a garden of native Irish flora on their grounds.
The group were made up of Dana Manlagnit, Fiona Bennis, Grace McDonagh and Lauren Ryan. The girls used art, crafts and simple terms to encourage primary school students to be more environmentally aware and to encourage an early interest in activism and biodiversity.
They were among 26 eco-projects to receive awards at this year’s competition.
The awards recognise the work of young people who are tackling key issues in relation to climate and biodiversity loss, taking environmental action in their school or community and coming up with creative solutions to solve environmental issues.
Now in its 25th year, the YEA programme has reached people in every county of Ireland, with a total of over 65,000 young people participating and 6,000 projects entered down through the years.
