The results are in for the 2009 The People Speak Fall Global Debates!
December 8, 2008
After weeks of reading through the amazing array of ideas, research, and inspiration that went into your Climate Change Action Plans, IDEA found it very difficult to choose just four plans for prizes. Before we announce the results, here are some highlights from among the many things your plans taught us:
You’ve got great ideas
* FLS Bulgaria wants to install a household-level energy tracker in every home.
* Mircea Eliade Lyceum in Moldova proposed transforming transportation in their city from cars to bikes.
* Riverstone International described plans for a virtual student climate conference.
You’re debating the issues
Hobby High School in Mongolia researched both sides of the nuclear power issue: they met with scientists in the nuclear power industry as well as environmental NGOs.
You’re inspiring us…
Villa Maria Academy created a school curriculum to be taught by 11th and 12th grade students to younger children. Why did they start with their own school? “Someone has to start this. We can’t keep waiting for others to do it for us.”
…and you’re inspiring each other!
Students from Colegio Los Alamos in Peru worked with a local NGO to plant 350 trees on a rural mountainside. They wrote: “The ones from Peru who were in the summit last July were surprised by what the students from Los Angeles and South Africa had done, and it kind of inspired us into doing a big project.”
Out of all of the great plans the UN Foundation received, IDEA chose these four schools to receive prizes:
GRAND PRIZE WINNERS
Solvista Secondary School, South Africa
Alief Kerr High School, Texas, U.S.
RUNNER-UP
Orh Avner, Ukraine
ORIGINALITY PRIZE
Villa Maria Academy, Chile
Congratulations!
You’ve submitted great plans…now take the next step! You can earn points for all sorts of activities aimed to put your plan in action:
• Letters to the editor
• Letters to politicians
• Video public service announcements
• Environmental service projects
But hurry! December 31st is the deadline for Fall Global Debates activities.
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