With the financial support of the Government of Sweden and in the frames of the Keep Georgia Tidy Project, Georgian Society of Nature Explorers “Orchis” announces an Essay Competition which aims to promote environmental protection and the Sustainable Development Goals as they are perceived by the youth and to increase their engagement.

The Competition is open to students of high schools.
The deadline for the submission of essays is July 5, 2020, 18:00. Essays should comprise 5-7 pages.

1 winner per theme will be identified in the frames of the Competition who will be given a monetary award of 500 GEL.

Themes of the Competition:

1. Medical Wastes and Pandemic
The headlines of the essays:
“Impact of Pandemic on Ecological Status of the Environment (its beneficiary or/and adverse effects)”
Or
“Medical Wastes and Their Proper Disposal during Pandemic”.

2. Waste Management
The headlines of the essays:
“Efficient Waste Management and Georgian Reality”
or
“Role of the Society in Waste Management”.

3. Biodiversity
The headlines of the essays:
“Protection of biodiversity, identification of and coping with respective threats”
or
“Importance of ecosystem services provided by biodiversity, preservation and enhancement of these services to ensure well-being of people and address their needs”

A context of each theme and requirements to the essay are provided in the attached documents.

https://www.facebook.com/orkisi.ngo/posts/2628500540736434
https://www.facebook.com/orkisi.ngo/posts/2628492480737240
https://www.facebook.com/orkisi.ngo/posts/2628482110738277

Please send your essays on the following e-mail address: orchisge@yahoo.com indicating your contact information as well as the name of your high school.

Good luck!

“Keep Georgia Tidy” Project is being implemented by a consortium of NGOs: Georgian Society of Nature Explorers “Orchis”, Keep Georgia Tidy and Greens Movement of Georgia/Friends of the Earth-Georgia, through financial support of the Government of Sweden.

Georgian Society of Nature Explorers “Orchis”
10a Tashkenti St., 0160, Tbilisi,
Georgia
Tel: (+995 32) 2385199; mob: (+ 995 595) 335699
E-mail: orchisge@yahoo.com
web-page: http://www.orkisi.ge