3rd Essay Competition for High School Students on Environmental Issues is still continuing!!

3rd 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 August 30, 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. Biodiversity Protection and Association Agreement

The headlines of the essays are:

“The Role and Significance of the Association Agreement for Biodiversity Protection”

or

“Identification of Priority Directions and Actions for Biodiversity Protection and Preservation that should be Reflected in 2021-2023 Action Plan to Fulfil Association Agreement”

2. Georgia – Sustainable Development Goals and Related Challenges in Waste Management

The headline of the essay is

“Sustainable Development Goals and Related Challenges in Waste Management”

Or

“What Does the Sustainable Development Mean, Future We Wish”

3. The share of dumpsites in the pollution of the Black Sea coastal and the management of relevant processes to achieve the SDGs by the country (based on Adjara case study).

The headlines of the essays are:

“The role of dumpsites in the contamination of the Black Sea coastal zone (based on Adjara case study)”

Or

“Ways particular contaminants may occur at dumpsites and how hazardous they could be for human health”

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. After sending of the essay, please wait for our confirmation of its receipt.

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.