The Linnaeus School Challenge 2007 projects
We had a truly wonderful response to the Challenge. Forty-five schools from 17 countries worldwide submitted projects in all shapes and sizes, reflecting the tremendous range of environmental issues which young people of today feel passionately about. A big thank-you to the participants for all their hard work! Here are the results:
The winner is
Marist Regional College, Burnie, Tasmania, Australia
The jury's motivation: These studies demonstrate a scientific
proficiency. The project manages to represent both science and art; it
addresses a wide spectrum of environmental themes and has a strong
local relevance.
Marist Regional College, Burnie, Tasmania, Australia
The runner-up is
Tabor Science College, Braintree, Essex, UK
Tabor Science College, Braintree, Essex, UK
Project: Challenge for Change
Age: 14 and 15
All the projects are presented in random order here
Victoria College, St Helier, Jersey, UK
Project: Preserving and promoting the biodiversity of Jersey at Victoria College
Age: 16 and 17
Islamabad Model College for Boys, F-8/4, Islamabad, Pakistan
Project: Beautification of boundary walls and surroundings of Islamabad Model College for Boys
Age: all grades in the school
Federal Government Boys Model School, 1-10/2 Islamabad, Pakistan
Project: Water Sterilization Plant
Age:
Beacon House School System, Margalla Campus, Islamabad, Pakistan
Project: The Green Prophets. Keeping ahead to achieve a clean and green environment
Age: 14
Visit project website.
Alun School, Mold, Flintshire, UK
Project: Climate change – making a difference
Age: 17
Blue Valley North High School, Overland Park, Kansas, USA
Khaldunia High School, Islamabad, Pakistan
Project: Water Spillage Protector
Age: 15
Gimnazija Franca Miklošiča Ljutomer, Ljutomer, Slovenia (Group 2)
Project: Ecoremediations
Age: 16
British International School, Jakarta, Indonesia
Islamabad Commerce College for Women, Islamabad, Pakistan
Project: Keep the city clean
Age: 16-19
High School Attached to Northwest China Normal University, Beibei, Chongqing, China
Project: New Type of Cigarette Case
Age: 17
Thorncliffe School, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, UK
Gimnazija Franca Miklošiča Ljutomer, Ljutomer, Slovenia (Group 1)
Bradley Stoke Community School, Bradley Stoke, Bristol, UK
137 Secondary School 'Angel Kanchev', Sofia, Bulgaria
Vergina Lyceum, Vergina, Larnaca, Cyprus
Project: The New Life of Plastic Bottle
Age: 16
Specialized Boarding School No 42, Asaka Town, Andijan Region, Uzbekistan
The Corsham School, Corsham, Wiltshire, UK
Project: Sustainable Development
Age: 16
Opytny Secondary School, Tsivilsk District, Chuvashia, Russia
Primary School Prezihov Voranc, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Project: Experiments in chemistry
Age: 14 and 15
SOEU 'Jane Sandanski', Bitola, Macedonia
Project: National Park 'Pelister'
Age: 15 and 16
Lefkara Gymnasium, Larnaca, Cyprus
Tehnička Škola Virovitica, Virovitica, Croatia
Project: Environmental protection through forests
Age:
Middle School Affiliated with Southwest Normal University, Beibei, Chongqing, China
II. Gimnazija Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia
Private Yahya Kemal College, Ohrid, Macedonia
Project: Indoor Air Pollution
Age: 16
Federal Government College for Women, F-7/2 Islamabad, Pakistan
Project: Role Playing for Environmental Decision-Making
Age: 17-18
Federal Government Boys Model School, G-6/4 Islamabad, Pakistan
Project: What I can do
Age:
Khaldunia High School, Islamabad, Pakistan
Project: The Environment
Age: 15
Secondary School of Economics and Commerce, Brežice, Slovenia
Project: It is trendy to be water friendly
Age: 17
György Bessenyei Grammar School, Kisvárda, Hungary
Children's Ecological Centre, School No. 389, St Petersburg, Russia
Project: The Big Solovki Islands
Age: 16-18
Aizputes Secondary School, Aizpute, Latvia
Project: The biodiversity of 'Dzintere' nature territory
Age: 17 and 18
Helston Community College, Helston, Cornwall, UK
Municipal Secondary School with extensive Enqlish Iearning No 254, Kirovsky District, St Petersburg, Russia
Project: Utilization of Household Waste
Age:
Islamabad College for Boys, G-6/3, Islamabad, Pakistan
Project: Pollution Free
Age:
Kikaya College School, Uganda
Project: The Polythene Bag Scandal and its possible way forward
Age:
Grammar School, Čakovec, Croatia
Project: Charting of Lencojum vernum, Fritillaria meleagris and Myricaria germanica
Age: 15, 17 and 18
Visit project website.
Moat Community College, Leicester, UK
Project: Cutting down electricity consumption at Moat Community College
Age: 15
Osnova School, Naklo, Slovenia
Kensri School, Mariyannapalya, Bangalore, India
Project: Protection of the oasis in the 'green city'. Look ahead! Think! Act!
Age: 12, 14, 15 and 17
Beacon House School System, Lahore, Pakistan
Project: Global Warming
Age: 15
X. High School, Gdynia, Poland