Article
Article entries can include essays, newspaper articles, or blog posts and should answer the questions who, what, where, why, when, and how.
Explore an environmental issue like climate change, biodiversity loss or pollution and suggest a constructive solution. Your article could discuss work that is being done in your community or school, actions you want individuals to take, or changes you'd like to see local or national governments support.
Criteria
- Describe a solution to an environmental issue like climate change, biodiversity loss or litter. i.e. an action everyone can take, a project in your community or a change for government to make.
- Maximum length of 1,000 words.
- Write your article in any language you like as long as you provide an English translation.
- You can include up to three images (photos, illustrations, or diagrams) with captions of no more than 20 words each.
- Please list your sources for images and facts.
- Tell us three places you have shared your article.
- No AI or ChatGPT please (except for use as a translation tool).
Ten tips from the Foundation for Environmental Education on how to write a good article.
Need inspiration? Here are some past entries:
2026
First Place: 11 to 14 Years
Amellie McKay from iSgoil writes about the opportunity to rescue, restore, and care for Scotland's wildlife just outside our doors, and how a tidy garden is not always a wildlife friendly garden.
Second Place: 11 to 14 Years
Ellie Lawrence from Stirling High School describes how fast fashion is the second biggest polluter today, devastating lives and habitats globally and how our clothing choices can make a real difference.
Third Place: 11 to 14 Years
Modebayo Awoyale from Stirling High School discusses environmental problems created by fast fashion including water pollution, microplastics, and energy consumption.
First Place 15 to 18 Years
Amber Manson from Stirling High School describes the environmental cost of fast fashion and over consumption.
Second Place: 15 to 18 Years
Callan Mitchell from Stirling High School writes about the little known environmental impact of a very popular hobby.
Third Place: 15 to 18 Years
Archie Lightbody from Stirling High School writes about the lasting environmental impact of conflict.
2025
First Place: 11 to 14 Years
Cara Walker, from Stirling High School discusses an increase in overconsumption fuelled by social media, in particular TikTok where 'haul culture' has become widespread.
Second Place: 11 to 14 Years
James Kane, from Stirling High School discusses how food waste contributes to climate change and what we can all do to minimise the amount of food waste we produce in school and at home.
Third Place: 11 to 14 Years
Martha Moran from Stirling High School outlines how plastic started out as a convenient invention then turned out to be an environmental problem, and what we can all do to minimise our use of single use plastic.
First Place: 15 to 18 Years
Isla Mearns from Stirling High School writes about the effects of climate change and fish farms on Scottish Salmon and the importance of Salmon as a species.
2024
Layton Brown from Stirling High School makes the case for moving Scotland's public transport network away from fossil fuels.
2023
Cale Walters from Stirling High School discusses how the cost of living crisis and the need to reduce fossil fuel use have led to a reduction in the size of physical workplaces.
Robyn Stevenson from Stirling High School writes about the effects Brexit has had on Scotland's fishing industry.
Sarah Scott from Stirling High School shares her thoughts on the challenges of reducing our dependence on cars.
2021
Callum Alexander from Perth High School investigates humanitarian and environmental issues caused by climate change.
2020
Ruth de Villiers explains how she set up her own beach cleaning community group.
Charlie Horn explores the world of Motorsport and questions the feasibility of electric racing.
Beatrice Findlay, Eunice Ooi, and Bhavya Sivapuram investigate society's reliance on plastic.
2019
Written by Ross Brannigan. 2019 Winner of Written Article 22-26 years and 2nd place in the International Young Reporters for the Environment competition.
The history of plastics and why they're such a problem. 2019 Winner of Written Article 8-10 years.
2019 Winner of Written Article 11-14 years. The benefits of active travel and potential barriers.
Maryam Majid looks at the issue of food waste in the UK and its contribution to climate change.
2018
Written by Ruby Caldwell-Hardie and Charlotte Ogilvie-Richards on the activities of Moray Waste Busters.
Pupils from Grove Academy reporting from Gardening Scotland 2016
Emma Keith reported on Gardening Scotland and shared her blog.
Katie Junik from Linlithgow Bridge PS on their recent Eco-Schools Green Flag Award.
Written by Jasmine Lawrie, a photography student at City of Glasgow College.
YRE Ambassador Jasmine Lawrie writes about the UN prediction that we have 12 years to take action on Climate Change.
A report on the human causes of climate change and its potential impacts on our way of living by Vedashree Upadhyay.
Young Reporters from Wallacestone Primary School look at the big picture in their packed lunches.
2017
2017 winner Written Article 11-14 years. Amanda Amaeshi investigates the reasons for food waste.
Read April Hutchinson's account of her experience at Crammond Beach Clean. 2017 winner of Written Article 15-18 years.
A celebration of the 10th Anniversary of the Dava Way -a popular cycle and walking route.
Eco Club Reporters from Uddingston Grammar School on how the club has encouraged biodiversity.
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