Discover the results of the International Jury and the winners of the 2023 Young Reporters for the Environment (YRE) International Competition!
This year, the YRE programme received more than 230 entries from 37 countries are part of the YRE International Competition. This high level of participation allowed for a competition with a wide range of topics, approaches, and solutions. From member countries, international schools, and Scouts around the world, it is a great pleasure to present the winners of this year's competition.
Bakeries, billboards, menstruation, algae, floods, mines, birds, surfing, roses, and zombies! The inventiveness of this year's participants is to be applauded! Click here to explore the articles, photos and videos created by Young Reporters from all over the world and find below the list of winners of the different categories.
This year’s International YRE Jury
This year’s International Jury meeting occurred online on June 20, 21 and 22nd of June, 2023. The Jury assessed each shortlisted entry thoroughly, and awarded 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place prizes, as well as Honourable Mentions, based on the technical quality, level of investigation, originality, and dissemination of each submission. The International Jury represents expertise across a broad spectrum of fields and consists of professionals in environmental journalism, corporate social responsibility, and Education for Sustainable Development.
YRE Jury members:
· Sasha Karajovic – President of the Jury
· Anne Vela-Wagner – MARS Wrigley Foundation
· Bernard Combes – UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization)
· Carina Mutschele – UNEP
· Christopher Slaney - Journalist and Editor
· Cynthia Pugelj Marquez – Director of Global Initiatives at World Organisation of the Scout Movement (WOSM)
· Mark Terry – Youth Climate Report
· Nick Nuttall – We Don’t Have Time
· Selen Unal – YRE Alumni from Türkiye
Find detailed information about each Jury Member here.
All entries competing in the YRE International Competition have been awarded 1st place in their respective countries’ National YRE competitions earlier this year. The articles and video entries are divided into three age groups (11-14, 15-18 and 19-25). The photos categories are not split into age groups but into three types: reportage, campaign and photo story of 3-5 photos. There is also a special category for International Collaboration.
All entries have been uploaded on the YRE Competition’s Exposure page.
The winners of the competition will receive diplomas and will be published in different international media, forums, environmental conferences and sessions.
DISCOVER THE 2023 INTERNATIONAL YRE COMPETITION WINNERS
ARTICLE: 11-14 years
1st Place
Title: Our Fight Against Plastic Pollution
Country: Singapore
2nd Place
Title: Plastic Pollution on Nonsuch Island, the Home of the Endangered Cahows
Country: Bermuda
3rd Place
Title: The Rose's Secret: A Gift of Carbon Dioxide
Country: Slovakia
ARTICLE: 15-18 years
1st Place
Title: I am scared!
Country: Montenegro
2nd Place
Title: Young people: the key to resolving global problems
Country: Switzerland
3rd Place
Title: Plastic Pollution: What can we do about it?
Country: Malaysia
ARTICLE: 19-25 years
1st Place
Title: Isére massifs : over-visitation of natural parks threatens an emblematic bird
Country: France
2nd Place
Title: Peat-free Gardening: Protecting the Climate
Country: Slovakia
3rd Place
Title: Environmental DNA: Invasives Species Under Investigation
Country: Portugal
SINGLE PHOTO REPORTAGE: 11-25 years
1st Place
Title: The northern drought
Country: Mexico
2nd Place
Title: Nature Finds a Way, but at what cost?
Country: Malta
3rd Place
Title: What a risky way to begin my day
Country: Israel
SINGLE PHOTO CAMPAIGN: 11-25 years
1st Place
Title: We don’t care do you?
Country: Iceland
2nd Place
Title: Grey World
Country: India
3rd Place
Title: The Trash Traveller, the German who fights to save the Portuguese coast
Country: Portugal
PHOTO STORY OF 3-5 PHOTOS: 11-25 years
1st Place
Title: Recycling Embrace, no disgrace
Country: Montenegro
2nd Place
Title: Reading Without Comprehension
Country: Slovakia
3rd Place
Title: Vertical Gardens: a response to climate urgency
Country: Portugal
VIDEO: 11-14 years
1st Place
Title: Food Waste Cafe
Country: New Zealand
2nd Place
Title: The Ballad of 65 Billboards
Country: Slovakia
3rd Place
Title: My Green Land
Country: Israel
Honourable Mention
Title: My Plastic Pandemic Story
Country: Malaysia
VIDEO: 15-18 years
1st Place
Title: Think about it
Country: Sweden
2nd Place
Title: Black City
Country: Czechia
3rd Place
Title: They Contaminate the Soil and Foul the Environment
Country: Slovakia
VIDEO: 19-25 years
1st Place
Title: Zero Waste Berlin
Country: Belgium
2nd Place
Title: Sustainable Menstruation
Country: Argentina
3rd Place
Title: A Poisoned Paradise
Country: India
INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION
1st Place
Title: Tweeting Trouble: Climate Change. Are We Silencing Our Birds? - Article
Countries: Türkiye & Slovenia
2nd Place
Title: Under the Surface: the unknown importance of Wetlands - Video
Country: Portugal - Slovenia
3rd Place
Title: We cannot prevent natural disasters, but we can preserve urban biodiversity - Article
Country: Portugal - Türkiye - Japan
PHOTO OF THE YEAR
1st Place
Title: The Seventh Continent
Country: Belgium
Congratulations to all winners of 2023!
The YRE team is impressed by the quality of the projects, and wishes to congratulate the winners of the 2023 competition!
The winners will be invited to a webinar in early September to celebrate together.
Get ready, information is coming soon!
About YRE: Founded in 1994, the YRE programme empowers young people to research and report on local environmental issues and promote solutions through investigative reporting, photography, and video journalism, giving them a sense that they can really make a difference in the world