Winners

Future generations deserve to pick flowers in the spring, not garbage. The world generates an average 35 million tons of garbage every day. That’s 10 times the amount it was a century ago. That equals around 2.01 billions tons of garbage every year. For example just by using a reusable water bottle the average person will save 1,400 water bottles a year. There are many more things we can do individually and as groups to help protect and save our planet for future generations.

We must stop it. Oil is used as fuel in transportation, heating, electricity and in every aspect of daily life in plastics, clothing, toiletries, and gum production. Tremendous amount of carbon dioxide emissions arises from the oil consumption. Because of this reason, our planet including Canada faces the greenhouse effect. Transformation from fossil fuel energy to renewable energy must be done immediately. Oil production and distribution makes our country very rich, but on the other hand, it kills every living creature due to the cruel oil poisoning and spillage. Oil spillage and global warming threaten our world. Alberta is a great example of our-days-disaster. It had over 28, 666 spills of oil so far.

Mindless littering is causing plastic to almost consume the earth because of human actions. The holes in the plastic represent the amount of hope we have and how we can rescue the earth through small lifestyle changes. Reducing, reusing, and recycling are all actions we can take to reduce plastic pollution. It is our duty as keepers of the land to carry our earth into a more sustainable future.

This picture represents the endless growth of climate change and its permanent impacts, such as declined human health as depicted by the lungs formed by branches.

Climate change is affecting the food we eat, the water we drink, the air we breathe, and the weather we experience. As a result, our health is in slow decline as pollution worsens.

This image is meant to have an impression on individuals who are irresponsible with their actions and contribute to our planet’s ever-increasing degradation. It’s intended to remind us that we are ruining not only our home, but also ourselves.

A little boy sitting by a small lake. He’s reflecting and enjoying the view before him. The only thing that is disappointing is the starless sky. Due to the increase of air pollution throughout the years, the sky has lost its stars. No longer showered by the brightness, the boy decides to play with the rocks that lay by the side of the river.

The plastic bags in the photograph are like the clouds in the sky, always there but only noticed when looking for them. Plastic bags are overproduced and usually thrown away in the trash or outside. Most plastic bags aren’t biodegradable and can damage ecosystems on top of the creation of plastic bags creating atmospheric pollution. Finally, our inability to properly recycle plastic bags means that they are abundantly found on the streets, in our waters and blowing through our skies