Amplify Your Voice with Environmental Reporting
Contribute to raising environmental awareness, voicing solutions, and taking action.
What is YRE?
YRE Canada is a national environmental education program that offers youth the opportunity to amplify their voices, raise awareness and advocacy on local environmental/climate issues through critical thinking, creativity and reporting.
Participants (aged between 11-18) investigate and report on environmental issues, and propose solutions, by using video, photography or writing.
YRE Canada is part of Young Reporters for the Environment – an international program by the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE).
Embark on a journey of creativity and advocacy as we invite passionate youth to participate in the Young Reporters for the Environment Competition. This exciting opportunity calls for innovative solution-based reporting through the mediums of writing, photography, and videography, focusing on pressing environmental issues such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution. This year’s international competition theme is centred around Ecosystem Restoration.
Learn more about the Competition Rules.
New for the 2024-25 School Year!
- Video submissions: This year’s YRE competition video category consists exclusively of Short-form Video Campaigns, with a maximum duration of one (1) minute. The short-form video campaigns include TikToks, YouTube Shorts and Instagram Reels. For more details, see the Competition Rules section.
- This year, the Ontario Greenbelt is being spotlighted! If your YRE submission features the Ontario Greenbelt, you will be eligible to win up to $5,000 to go towards enhancing biodiversity on your school grounds! Click here for more details.
What are the benefits for students?
Participating in the Young Reporters for the Environment Competition offers numerous benefits for youths:
Inspire
Empower others to act collectively. By reporting on environmental issues, you have the power to raise awareness and ignite action, contributing to real-world solutions.
Change
Become a leader of change! Embrace creative thinking and propose innovative solutions, fostering creativity and innovation skills.
Grow
Develop critical skills as you delve into research on environmental issues, identify solutions, and effectively communicate your calls for action.
Connect
Speak about global challenges through your local lens. Link your reporting and perspective to global threats that are experienced in your region. Embrace storytelling and cultivate a sense of environmental responsibility.
Care
Connect environmental issues to deeper impacts on well-being. Amplify the voices of youth regarding the consequences and threats of climate change, biodiversity loss, and environmental pollution on health and well-being.
Are you a teacher looking for YRE resources?
Are you a student interested in entering the YRE competition?
Note: Please note that all Young Reporters for the Environment (YRE) materials are currently only available in English and submissions must also be in English. We are exploring funding opportunities to make this program accessible to the French-speaking community. Stay tuned!
For more information about the Young Reporters for the Environment Competition, please contact Frédérique Guay, YRE Canada Coordinator at programs@ecoschools.ca.
