Building a Better Future
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A project aimed at inspiring students to become involved with local environmental initiatives was announced this week as the winning entry in the 2002 AGL Sustainable Living Competition.
Some 600 students from 50 high schools across Australia attended the finals of the competition, held in the Scientia at UNSW. They were vying for more than $40,000 in prizes, awarded to the most original and inventive solutions to environmental problems.
Top prize went to Celine Steinfeld, from St Catherine’s School in Sydney, for an interactive CD that allows the user to become a private investigator, to track down and eradicate alien plant species in Gordon’s Bay, Sydney. Runner up was Charlie Cristi, also from St Catherine’s, for a video and portfolio aimed at communicating to young children the importance of recycling.
Some 600 students from 50 high schools across Australia attended the finals of the competition, held in the Scientia at UNSW. They were vying for more than $40,000 in prizes, awarded to the most original and inventive solutions to environmental problems.
Top prize went to Celine Steinfeld, from St Catherine’s School in Sydney, for an interactive CD that allows the user to become a private investigator, to track down and eradicate alien plant species in Gordon’s Bay, Sydney. Runner up was Charlie Cristi, also from St Catherine’s, for a video and portfolio aimed at communicating to young children the importance of recycling.
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A number of other prizes were awarded, including an Outstanding Achievement Award to three students from Oxley College in Victoria, who designed and created a fashionable gown and accessories out of recycled lolly and snack wrappers to raise awareness about consumption and landfill issues. Students from Willetton High School in WA collected the Best Group Award for their invention of a water purifying mechanism that uses reverse osmosis and is bicycle-powered.
The national competition, now in its fourth year, is organised by the Faculty of the Built Environment, with the support of AGL and the Australian Greenhouse Office. Its aim is to enhance the quality of environmental thinking already occurring in secondary schools.
More than 200 schools entered this year’s competition.
The national competition, now in its fourth year, is organised by the Faculty of the Built Environment, with the support of AGL and the Australian Greenhouse Office. Its aim is to enhance the quality of environmental thinking already occurring in secondary schools.
More than 200 schools entered this year’s competition.
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