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March 30, 2026
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Guyana’s Queen’s College has secured first place in the secondary category of the 2024-25 Young Environmental Scientists (YES) Competition.
The competition, which celebrates the ingenuity of students across the Caribbean in tackling sustainability challenges, was inspired by Sustainable Development Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities. It encourages young minds to develop practical solutions to address environmental issues in their communities.
This year’s competition featured top-ranking students from Guyana, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago.
In the secondary category, where students were tasked with designing and testing an idea for a sustainable town, Queen’s College Environmental Guardians emerged as the winners. Their project featured a lampshade model that illuminates roads while minimising light pollution, thereby reducing its impact on bats and surrounding ecosystems.
Second place went to Ravens Builders from St. Jago High School, Jamaica. Their experiment explored the potential of recycled CDs and DVDs to generate solar energy as an alternative power source.
Competition judge Dr. Aldrin E. Sweeney from Barbados praised the students’ efforts, commending their inventive approach to problem-solving.
“I was quite impressed with the ingenuity and creativity of many of these projects. Several could be developed into prototypes for serious consideration by various Caribbean countries,” he noted.
Meanwhile, in the primary category, TML Super Planters from TML Primary School in Trinidad and Tobago claimed first place. Their invention was a self-watering planter made from repurposed wood, plastic bottles, and a bucket to grow Chocolate Mint.
Anchovy Innovators from Anchovy Primary, Jamaica, secured second place with a flood debris collection device designed using an old fan cover, mesh, and wheels.
Now in its second year, the YES competition continues to foster a culture of innovation and environmental awareness among Caribbean students.
