YEP 2005/06

In 2005, we asked students to submit environmental project ideas as an entry to our YEP competition. 3 schools were chosen to represent the UK at the Youth Eco-Parliament in Paris. For further details on the winning school projects please click on the links below:

St James Catholic High School, Barnet

Newquay Tretherras School, Newquay

Banbridge High School, Northern Ireland

Open Letters

Students from accross 15 different European countries and Canada were involved in the YEP 2005/06. They worked together to write Open Letters which were based on class projects developed by the students. The letters aimed to discover and understand the environment, based on a global approach that takes account of the three pillars of sustainable development (economy, ecology and social life.)

The letters were written to key environmental figures. Recipients fell into one of the following target groups:

• Producers (industry, agriculture, craftsman etc)
• Journalists
• NGO's
• Educators
• Researchers
• International organisations (UNO, UNESCO etc)
• National Authorities

The Open Letters were presented to the recipients in a formal ceremony in Paris 2006. The students questioned each of the group representatives about their involvement and responsibility to the environment.