YRE Competition 2023
3rd Place - Single Photo Campaign
11-25 years old
By André Soares and Gustavo Santos, Escola EB 2,3
On a beach near Lisbon, Andreas Noe, a German living in Portugal, having fun with his surfboard. At dusk before leaving, Andreas collects plastic from the beach. During 58 days of collecting rubbish from the Portuguese coast, Noe made a documentary "with the aim of raising awareness about plastic pollution and to give a voice to all NGOs". Andreas was a molecular biologist, but he resigned from his job because "it was impossible to ignore such a serious problem". He warns that "the most important thing is not the clean-up itself, but to alert society to the problem".
