The YHA Young Conservationist Awards are an annual environmental award programme for individuals or groups under the age of 18. YHA New Zealand and DOC are looking for innovative projects that include a hands-on component relating to conservation. The awards are a great opportunity to showcase projects or research students are working on under environmental education criteria or curriculum areas such as science, technology, social studies, biology, geography, the arts and english. In addition, projects can be done independently, based on students’ personal interest and involvement in conservation and can be located anywhere – at school, on a Marae, by a river, on the coast, in a reserve or in an entrant’s backyard.
An Awards brief is available and includes the criteria to be used in judging this year’s entries. Entry forms are available from the YHA New Zealand website. The closing date for the 2007 YHA Young Conservationist Awards is 7 September 2007.
If you would like more information, including an Awards brief, contact:
Jonathan Tunnell
Coordinator Social Sustainability
YHA New Zealand
Phone: 03 353 9140 or 0800 278 299
Email: Jonathan.tunnell@yha.co.nz
