By Michelle Crean

Their projects were all about raising environmental awareness so it was no surprise when students were awarded for their hard work.

SAVE THE BEES: Senior Eco Art and Design winners at the ECO UNESCO finals were Abbie O'Sullivan Eabha Rudden Anna Moynihan and Lauren O'Mahony for their project 'Save the Bees'.

BUTTERFLIES: Sarah Pigott Ava O'Mahony and Juliet Copper were Highly Commended in the senior section of the ECO UNESCO finals for their project 'Beauty and the Butterfly'.

LESSER LITTER: Aoife O'Donoghue Saoirse O'Brien Emma Horan Jessica Flynn and Molly O'Donoghue pictured with their project 'Lesser Litter'.

LOCAL TO GLOBAL: Senior Local to Global winners at the ECO UNESCO finals were Ali O'Donoghue and Eilis Mullane with their project titled 'Where is our food sourced?'.

Girls from the Transition Year class in St Brigid's Secondary took part in the ECO UNESCO finals winning three senior category awards and two Highly Commended awards.

ECO-UNESCO’s Young Environmentalist Awards (YEA) is an all-Ireland environmental programme that recognises and rewards young people who raise environmental awareness and improve the environment.

Usually the finals take place in Dublin but this year they were held online.

The five successful groups included Senior Eco Art and Design winners Abbie O'Sullivan, Eabha Rudden, Anna Moynihan and Lauren O'Mahony with their project "Save the Bees'. Senior Waste winners were Aoife O'Donoghue, Emma Horan, Molly O'Donoghue, Saoirse O'Brien and Jessica Flynn with their project title 'Lesser Litter'.

Senior Local to Global Winners were Eilis Mullane and Ali O'Donoghue with their project titled 'Where is our food sourced?'

"We also had two groups that were Highly Commended in the Senior Section of the competition and they were Ava O'Mahony, Juliet Copper and Sarah Pigott for their project 'Beauty and the Butterfly' and Jessica Fuller, Helen O'Connor and Meabh O'Sullivan Darcy for their project 'Save the Waves'," teacher Sheree Murphy said.