Three students from Ormiston Senior College (OSC) have won the Keep New Zealand Beautiful 2022 Young Reporters for the Environment – Litter Less competition for their project.
Their project heads to the world competition in 2023.
Year 11 pupils Kaylee Ghezzi, Nishwitha Kappuluri and Stephanie Ly took first place for their Bokashi fermentation station.
Within OSC’s English department, Year 11 students use issues from their studied literature to apply, investigate and problem-solve human-centred real-world issues within their Ormiston community.
Students use the Stanford University Design Thinking Challenge to frame problems and produce innovative solutions both in class and beyond.
Some of the issues the students select are often complex to encourage them to be innovative whilst learning empathy to make a change in the lives of New Zealanders.
Among the issues addressed were composting, safer roads for pedestrians, beautifying the community and the winning project, a Bokashi fermentation station to reduce litter waste in the community.
Nearly 150 Kiwi students aged 11-25 entered the Young Reporters for the Environment – Litter Less Competition.
The annual competition empowers young people to take an educated stand on environmental issues they feel strongly about, giving them a platform to articulate these issues through the media of writing, photography or video.
Now in its 28th year, there were 146 entries from students across New Zealand this year, each involving researching, chronicling and reporting on an environmental issue close to the students’ hearts.
