“Keep Georgia Tidy” Project – Essay Competition for High School Students on Environmental Issues is still continuing!

With the financial support of the Government of Sweden and in the frames of the Keep Georgia Tidy Project, Georgian Society of Nature Explorers “Orchis” announces an Essay Competition which aims to promote environmental protection and the Sustainable Development Goals as they are perceived by the youth and to increase their engagement.

The Competition is open to students of high schools.

The deadline for the submission of essays is February 10, 2021, 18:00. Essays should comprise 5-7 pages.

Two winners (I and II) will be identified per theme in the frames of the Competition, which will be granted a monetary award comprising 500 GEL and 400 GEL respectively.

Themes of the Competition:

1. Biological Diversity and Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)

The headlines of the essays are:

Sustainable Development Goals Directly Connected to Biodiversity Protection and Benefits of Their Fulfilment

or

Sustainable Development Goals Not Directly Connected to Biodiversity Protection and Benefits of Their Fulfilment

2. Dumpsites and Environmental Pollution

The headline of the essay is

“Adverse Impacts of Dumpsites on the Environment and Human Health”

3. Climate Change

The headlines of the essays are:

“Interaction between Climate Change and Biodiversity, Mitigation and Adaption Actions”

or

“Mitigation of Climate Change and Significance of Awareness Raising Measures in this Context”

A context of each theme and requirements to the essay are provided in the attached documents.

Please send your essays on the following e-mail address: orchisge@yahoo.com indicating your contact information as well as the name of your high school.

Good luck!

“Keep Georgia Tidy“ Project is being implemented by the NGO Consortium: Georgian Society of Nature Explorers “Orchis”, Keep Georgia Tidy and Greens Movement of Georgia/Friends of the Earth Georgia through funding of the Government of Sweden, with support of Georgian Ministries of Environmental Protection & Agriculture, Regional Development & Infrastructure, and Education, Science, Culture & Sport, and in cooperation with the Solid Waste Management Company of Georgia and Environmental information & Education Centre.