Members of the Otago Girls’ High School Enviroschools group (from left) Megan Threlfall (17), Brynn McBurney (18) and Lucy Davidson (17) have their fingers crossed that their school will win the $100,000 Zayed Sustainability Prize in Abu Dhabi next year. It is a valuable lesson that a group of Otago Girls' High School pupils learnt recently when they applied for the prestigious international Zayed Sustainability Prize, worth $US100,000 ($NZ155,000). Otago Girls' High SchoolEnviroschools representative Brynn McBurney said the school applied for one of the six $US100,000 prizes which are awarded in categories, including high schools, health and infrastructure. She was surprised when the school was recently selected as one of three finalists in the Global High Schools' category within the East Asia and Pacific region. If the school did win the $US100,000 prize, it would be put towards establishing a sustainability hub to educate pupils at Otago Girls' High School and other schools and community organisations, about sustainable practices.

Source: Otago Daily Times November 01, 2019 14:03 UTC