Environmental Innovators
Congratulations to students from St Tiernan’s College, Crossmolina, Co. Mayo who were crowned national champions of the transition year programme Environmental Innovators, recently.
National winners of the Agri Aware and BiOrbic Environmental Innovator’s programme: Ríán Reilly, James Carson and Heidi Verry of St Tiernan’s College Crossmolina, Co. Mayo with their project titled ‘Binformation’. Missing from the picture is Migeal Azanza.
Students Ríán Reilly, James Carson, Heidi Verry and Migeal Azanza came out on top with their project titled Binformation. The students raised an important question: do we truly understand how to recycle items properly? Through a survey, they discovered that people were not entirely confident that they were disposing of their waste in the correct bin. The judges were impressed by the simplicity and relevance of the student’s communication campaign style project.
Second and third prizes were awarded to Tackling Silage Effluent submitted by Katie Larrisey and Lucy MacMahon from Scoil Mhuire Trim, and Community Kitchens submitted by Holly Cheevers and Haylie Foley from Greystones Community College.