Rotary Young Environmentalist Competition 2023
Our Junior Competition entrant has gone on to win at National Level. Our Intermediate Team won third prize in their group
NATIONAL COMPETITION SUCCESS!
CAMBRIDGE JUNIOR WINNER TAKES FIRST PRIZE AT NATIONAL LEVEL!
Our Intermediate Team entry was placed Third
Joni Millington, our Junior Competition Entrant, has gone on to the highest success
Our Intermediate Team Winners have also been placed third in the National Final
Their trophies and prizes were presented at our lunch meeting on 22 August
Rotary Cambridge has also been presented with the Rodney Huggins Award for the club in RotaryGBI that has contributed most to Environmental issues this year. This comprises a trophy and £250 to spend on further green initiatives
CAMBRIDGE WINNERS ALSO SWEPT THE BOARD AT DISTRICT LEVEL
The three winners of the local Cambridge competition also won the East Anglia Rotary District 1080 heats.
Junior (7-10): Joni Millington, King's College School
Junior Team: King's College School
Intermediate (11-13) Team: King's College School
Congratulations to them all! See pictures above of the presentation of their awards by Richard Perkins, the District Young Environmentalist Competition organiser, at a meeting of Rotary Cambridge on 9 May. Click each image to enlarge and see details
The Rotary Young Environmentalist Competition is part of a national competition promoted by Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland (RotaryGBI). Local Cambridge winners are entered in a District heat, whose winners go forward to a national competition. This year's topic is 'Biodiversity'
Aims and Objectives
The competition aims to encourage young people to:
- interact with the environment
- address serious environmental issues
- develop and explore solutions
- explore, investigate, research and undertake an environmental sustainability project
The competition is open to individuals, all schools and college communities and those who are home educated, along with any other young people's community organisations, for example, Scout Groups, Girl Guides.
There are three age groups:
- Junior 7 to 10 years old*
- Intermediate 11 to 13 years old*
- Senior 14 to 17 years old*
* on 31 August 2022
There are two categories in the competition, both open to all age groups:
- Individual entry
- Group entry (maximum of four participants)
Entry Closed on 17 February 2023
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