Young Environmentalist Award Winners 2026
Categories
2026 Winners
Overall Category Winners
Overall Senior Winner
GoWild
Mean Scoil Nua Leith Triuigh
Overall Junior Winner
Wear Your Values
St. Catherine’s College
Overall Super Junior Winner
Tackling Waste in CityWise, Jobstown, Tallaght…the world!
CityWise Education
Biodiversity Category Winners
Senior Biodiversity Award Winner
GoWild
Mean Scoil Nua Leith Triuigh
Junior Biodiversity Award Winner
Wildlife Rangers
Climate Change Category Winners
Junior Climate Change Award Winner
Less Fart, More Smart: How a Happy Meal for Cows Cuts Methane
Luttrellstown Community College
Senior Climate Change Award Winner
‘Nitrogen Footprints’: the biggest problem you’ve never heard of
Coláiste Bride
Transport Category Winners
Junior Transport Award Winner
Pareto-Optimal Transport with Environmental & Health Impacts
Athlone Community College
Senior Transport Award Winner
Step Up for the Planet
Mercy College
ECO-Community Development Category Winners
Senior ECO-Community Development Award Winner
Bay South Allies
Westland Row C.B.S.
Water Category Winners
Junior Water Award Winner
Every Step Makes A Splash
Eureka Secondary School
Senior Water Award Winner
Waste Reduction
Coláiste Bride
ECO-Health and Wellbeing Category Winners
Junior ECO-Health and Wellbeing Award Winner
Waste Reduction
Coláiste Bride
Senior ECO-Health and Wellbeing Award Winner
Sustainable & Biodiverse Sensory Garden to Support Student Wellbeing
Mount St Michael
Food Category Winners
Senior Food Award Winner
Local Food Heros
Pobalscoil Inbhear Sceine
Energy Category Winners
Junior Energy Award Winner
Switch & Save
Avondale Community College
Senior Energy Award Winner
Phantom Energy
Mountmellick Community School
ECO-Art & Design Category Winners
Junior ECO-Art & Design Award Winner
Fantastic Plastics
Eureka Secondary School
Senior ECO-Art & Design Award Winner
The Green Lesson
Crana College
Waste Category Winners
Junior Waste Award Winner
Wear Your Values
St Catherine’s College
Senior Waste Award Winner
St Colm’s Fast Fashion
St Colm’s High School
Senior Waste Award Winner
From Logistical Waste to Living Spaces: The Upcycled Garden Project
Balla Secondary School
ECO-Entrepreneurship Category Winners
Junior ECO-Entrepreneurship Award Winner
Turning the Tide on Plastic
Presentation Secondary School Thurles
Senior ECO-Entrepreneurship Award Winner
Waste to Wonders
Strangford Integrated College
Further Growth Award Winners
Further Growth Award Winner
Willow Weaving
Ard Na gCraith N S
Further Growth Award Winner
Outdoors with the Fairies
Include Youth Service Clones YWICM
Further Growth Award Winner
Gambling with the Climate
Eureka Secondary School
Local to Global SDG Award Winner
Local to Global SDG Award Winner
LightUp Kolkata: Solar Lights from Recycled Materials
Coláiste Treasa
People's Choice Award Winner
People's Choice Award Winner
Step Up For the Planet
Mercy College
Mentor of the Year Award Winner
Mentor of the Year Award Winner
Leo Murphy
Eureka Secondary School
