Kids in Lanarkshire are celebrating after their profitable entries to a litter artwork competitors have been proven at an exhibition at Glasgow Science Centre.
Environmental charity Hold Scotland Stunning launched its Upstream Battle marketing campaign in response to the massive public and political concern round marine litter.
And as a part of their work to sort out the difficulty, they ran a contest this yr open to early years, major and particular wants institution faculties.
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Scooping first place, with a prize of a £100 voucher to be spent on sustainable artwork supplies, was Bardykes Farm Nursery Faculty in Blantyre.
Kids got here up with the idea of #StartEcoBricking, to indicate that ‘what we save, saves us’.
They created a dwell stage space within the nursery’s outside house, utilizing eco bricks created from recycled plastic bottles filled with gentle plastic (like empty crisp packets) and different issues collected throughout native litter picks.
In second place was Hamilton Faculty for the Deaf. Pupils from Major 5, 6 and seven created artwork exhibiting two situations, one with our seas full of wholesome wildlife and ecosystems, and the choice - if we enable litter to enter the seas - with wildlife struggling to outlive in water full of littered plastic and marine waste.
As an alternative of plastic-based paint, which implies paintings can’t be recycled, the youngsters used home made marble prints created from waste ink and previous crayons, layering them with waste and recycled cardboard and foil formed into fish.
The inventive entries have been displayed at The Bothy neighborhood house in Glasgow Science Centre on June 15. And the winners have been judged by ocean adventurer Elaine Hopley, Hold Scotland Stunning CEO Barry Fisher, and Carol McArdle from the West Partnership Regional Enchancment Collaborative.
During the last three years the marketing campaign has supported communities to lift consciousness, collect proof and encourage motion in Glasgow and the Clyde Valley.
Colleges from throughout the West Partnership space competed - Glasgow, Inverclyde, North Lanarkshire, South Lanarkshire, East Dunbartonshire, West Dunbartonshire, Renfrewshire and East Renfrewshire.
The kids’s paintings – in a spread of mediums from fashions and pictures, to video and poetry – was primarily based on their exploration of the supply to sea pathway of marine litter and the way this was mirrored in their very own communities.
Christie Cairns, Early Years Practitioner at Bardykes Farm Nursery Faculty, stated: “Thanks for this fabulous alternative to place all of our eco college data into apply.
"The kids and I had a good time placing the video collectively and making our paintings.”
Barry Fisher, chief govt of Hold Scotland Stunning stated: “This thrilling venture was a really perfect alternative for pupils to interact in studying outdoors the classroom.
"I loved judging the entries, which instructed the story of marine litter in imaginative and inventive methods, representing hope in addition to the massive scale of the issue. The usage of completely different supplies and creative strategies to satisfy the temporary is properly thought out and the consequence speaks for itself."
He added: “An enormous properly achieved to all the youngsters who took half within the competitors - congratulations to the winners and people who have been extremely counseled."
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