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Colegio De Alto Rendimiento De La Libertad Students at Colegio De Alto Rendimiento De La Libertad have proposed a project to improve the irrigation channel "La Mochica" through phytoremediation (a process that uses plants to clean water), which will benefit 35,000 inhabitants of the district of Laredo. The project will train 30 students and 6 teachers in environmental management, phytoremediation, and leadership.

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 Read more Northfleet Technology College Students at Northfleet Technology College have proposed a project to establish an Ethical Entrepreneurship Program that will oversee the management of a bee farm which will produce honey and wax for creating sustainable products. The sale of these will provide a source of income for the maintenance of the bee farm. The  surplus money will be used to develop smaller school sites to produce food crops, solar systems and environmental monitoring, to benefit 6,000 pupils across 10 schools. The remaining surplus will be donated to community groups involved in sustainability projects.

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 Read more International School Students at International School have developed a project plan to improve the school's energy, water and food quality, and students' overall health, by converting seaweed and algae into edible food, organic fertiliser and biogas fuel. Students will build a plant where biogas is produced from algae waste that is transformed through a fermentation process to biopesticides. The algae would then be used in agriculture to prevent the evaporation of water after irrigation. The edible algae would be used to improve the nutritional quality of the meals given to students in the canteen.

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 Read more Gwani Ibrahim Dan Hajja Academy Students at Gwani Ibrahim Dan Hajja Academy have proposed a project to construct a solar dryer for smallholder farmers to prevent post-harvest losses and increase their income. The project aims to train 300 students and 50 teachers as Solar Green Ambassadors. Students expect that 13,000 smallholder farmers and 200,000 community members will be directly impacted by the project. Farmers are expected to increase their income by 40%.

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 Read more KORT Education Complex Students at KORT Education Complex have proposed a project to promote water conservation, healthy eating, and overall well-being. The project will encourage nutrition and positive change through the implementation of a school garden, as well as awareness campaigns and workshops focused on physical and mental health, fitness, and sustainability. Water-saving fixtures will be installed to reduce water consumption by 40%.

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 Read more Beijing No. 35 High School Students at Beijing No. 35 High School have developed a novel way to produce solar cells with a lifespan of 30–35 years using zero water and oxygen. Their innovative solar cells offer thermal and sound insulation while generating electricity, and can be applied to buildings' facades to provide electricity and also insulate heat. This project aims to replace the windows in their school building with these transparent solar cells, which are expected to save the school 600,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity per year, and reduce coal usage by 73.5 tonnes annually. 

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The Americas

| Colegio De Alto Students at Colegio De Alto Rendimiento De La Libertad have proposed a project to improve the irrigation channel "La Mochica" through phytoremediation (a process that uses plants to clean water), which will benefit 35,000 inhabitants of the district of Laredo. The project will train 30 students and 6 teachers in environmental management, phytoremediation, and leadership.

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Europe & Central Asia

| Northfleet Technology Students at Northfleet Technology College have proposed a project to establish an Ethical Entrepreneurship Program that will oversee the management of a bee farm which will produce honey and wax for creating sustainable products. The sale of these will provide a source of income for the maintenance of the bee farm. The  surplus money will be used to develop smaller school sites to produce food crops, solar systems and environmental monitoring, to benefit 6,000 pupils across 10 schools. The remaining surplus will be donated to community groups involved in sustainability projects.

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Middle East & North Africa

| International School Students at International School have developed a project plan to improve the school's energy, water and food quality, and students' overall health, by converting seaweed and algae into edible food, organic fertiliser and biogas fuel. Students will build a plant where biogas is produced from algae waste that is transformed through a fermentation process to biopesticides. The algae would then be used in agriculture to prevent the evaporation of water after irrigation. The edible algae would be used to improve the nutritional quality of the meals given to students in the canteen.

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Sub-Saharan Africa

| Gwani Ibrahim Students at Gwani Ibrahim Dan Hajja Academy have proposed a project to construct a solar dryer for smallholder farmers to prevent post-harvest losses and increase their income. The project aims to train 300 students and 50 teachers as Solar Green Ambassadors. Students expect that 13,000 smallholder farmers and 200,000 community members will be directly impacted by the project. Farmers are expected to increase their income by 40%.

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South Asia

| KORT Education Students at KORT Education Complex have proposed a project to promote water conservation, healthy eating, and overall well-being. The project will encourage nutrition and positive change through the implementation of a school garden, as well as awareness campaigns and workshops focused on physical and mental health, fitness, and sustainability. Water-saving fixtures will be installed to reduce water consumption by 40%.

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East Asia & Pacific

| Beijing No 35 Students at Beijing No. 35 High School have developed a novel way to produce solar cells with a lifespan of 30–35 years using zero water and oxygen. Their innovative solar cells offer thermal and sound insulation while generating electricity, and can be applied to buildings' facades to provide electricity and also insulate heat. This project aims to replace the windows in their school building with these transparent solar cells, which are expected to save the school 600,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity per year, and reduce coal usage by 73.5 tonnes annually. 

Colegio De Alto Rendimiento De La Libertad

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Northfleet Technology College

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International School

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Gwani Ibrahim Dan Hajja Academy

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KORT Education Complex

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Beijing No. 35 High School

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