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Young Reporters for the Environment
Young Reporters for the Environment (YRE) is an environment-focused community journalism program offered to Schools, Youth Groups or Individuals aged 11-25.
The YRE programme allows students to use a variety of Media Tools to engage their audience about local environmental topics whilst building Constructive Journalism and Investigative skills.
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YRE Journalism Competition
Young Reporters for the Environment holds an annual International Competition for young people aged 11-25 involved in the programme. The purpose of the competition is for young people to investigate environmental issues, propose solutions, report it through various communication and journalistic ways to a local network and raise awareness by sharing it with an international community.
Any student in Bermuda between the ages of 11-25 can submit entries to the National Competition by April 16. The National Operator and professional journalist judges will determine the winners in each category- and the top scoring entries will be sent into the International Competition!
The 2026’s theme: Food Security & Climate Change
The YRE International competition takes place annually and each year has a different thematic focus. This edition 2025-2026 is centered around the theme of food security & climate change . Food systems are deeply impacted by climate change.
Addressing food security is essential for achieving:
SDG2 Zero Hunger,
SDG3 Food Health and Wellbeing,
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
SDG 13 Climate Action.
Food connects us all. This theme aims to inspire young reporters to explore the behind-the-scenes of food systems around the world.
The History of YRE
YRE gives young people aged 11-25 a platform to research environmental issues and promote solutions through investigative reporting, photography, and video journalism. The programme develops participants’ skills and knowledge about the environment, enhances communication and citizenship skills, individual initiative, teamwork, critical analysis, social responsibility, and leadership abilities.
Created by the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE), the YRE programme started when the depletion of the ozone layer was detected in the Polar Regions in 1985. In 1991 a scientific expeditions was launched to assess the extent of the problem and collect data. The first of these expeditions was to Kiruna in Sweden, Sodankyla and Utsjoki in Finland.
Philippe Saugier, founded the Ozone Project, which sent three youth missions to the north to follow, monitor, and report on the work of scientists. This series of field visits and expert interviews attempted to fully understand the ozone issue, and to report it to the widest possible audience in real time. Germany, Denmark, Finland, France, Latvia, Norway, Poland, and Switzerland were the first to send “youth envoys”.
Although this was 25-years ago, technology wasn’t as advanced and this task had proven difficult. In Denmark, the University of Copenhagen quickly became the focal point for the international communication between the youth envoys and the local teams.
When the project was taken over by FEE, then the Foundation for the Environmental Education in Europe (FEEE), the last step to create Young Reporters for the Environment had finally been taken. In 1994, Luxembourg would become the first country to officially implement the YRE programme. The program now operates in 44 different countries with 450,000+ students and that number is growing.