These are the winners of the eco-friendly competition

Schoolgoers who filmed ecological videos that were chosen by an expert jury or obtained the highest number of votes from the public  took their prizes on Friday 11 May. They were handed over to them by Deputy Mayors Vladimír Cigánek and Kateřina Šebestová.

In mid-February the City of Ostrava announced a competition entitled ‘Don’t Be LAMA, Be Eco-Friendly’, targeted at children from local primary schools. Participating teams of children created short videos on environmental topics; entries included a total 20 videos from 12 schools. Each of the two best-placed schools received a valuable prize: an expert study proposing energy efficiency measures that can be implemented at the school, helping it to reduce its environmental footprint. There were also a range of other prizes for the children – cameras, tablets, kick-scooters, and funding for a school trip. The entries were evaluated by a jury of experts.

Deputy Mayor Vladimír Cigánek, who was also the head of the jury, gave more details:

“The aim of the competition was not only to give children the chance to win some great prizes, but above all to raise their awareness of the environmental footprint created by modern urban life. The videos were full of variety, with plenty of humour, facts, and thoughtful ideas – so the jury’s task was not easy. In the end, we decided to award the first prizes to the Ivana Sekaniny primary school and the Svinov primary school. Both schools will be able to benefit from an expert study proposing specific energy efficiency improvements that they can make. This is perhaps not the most exciting prize for the children, so they also received tablets, outdoor cameras, tickets for the planetarium, and funding for a school trip. The selection was not easy, the point differences were minimal. The audience preferred other videos than the jury.”

For both award-winning schools, cost-effective measures, integration of renewable resources or other operating systems will be thoroughly assessed and proposed at the cost of the city. The implementation will take place in the holidays of 2019, at the cost of the city again.

All videos can be seen on the facebook page of https://www.facebook.com/NebudLamaBudEcoFriendly/.