"What can you do for the Baltic Sea" - Comic competition winners
Aiming to involve young generation in tackling the problems of the Baltic Sea, the Ministry of Environment of Finland, the Committee for Nature Use, Environmental Protection and Ecological Safety of the City of St. Petersburg, City of Kotka, City of Turku, UBC Commission on Environment and VALONIA organized a Russian-Finnish comics competition for school students, "What can you do for the Baltic Sea". This is our joint contribution to the implementation of the Baltic Sea Action Plan.
International Comic Competition winners
More than 200 comics where submitted by Finnish and Russian school students for the competition. On February 3, 2011 the international jury made its decision.
1st Place, Olga Ostapenko
The 1 prize was awarded to the comic by Olga Ostapenko, school #466.
We want a clean Baltic Sea
2nd Place, Karolina Nieminen
The 2nd prize was awarded to the comic by Karolina Nieminen, Kaarina High school.
Even once is too much
3rd Place, Polina Frolova
The 3rd prize was awarded to the comic by Polina Frolova, Centre for environmental education of Kirovsky district, lyceum #389.
Save the Baltic Sea
Finnish Comic Competition winners
1st Place, Karolina Nieminen
The 1st place was awarded to the comic by Karolina Nieminen, Kaarina High school.
Same as international 2nd place above, "Even once is too much".
2nd Place, Janina Nummela
The 2nd place, Janina Nummela, Kaarina High school
Sinä päätät!
3rd Place, Ilona Haavisto
The 3rd place, Ilona Haavisto, Yläneen yhtenäiskoulu
Pelastakaa Itämeri
Russian Comic Competition winners
Winners are collected in a downloadable PDF file:
Comic Competition Background
The Baltic Sea is a unique water body. Its environmental problems are closely linked to many aspects of economic activities of people, such as energy production and consumption, industry, forestry, agriculture, fisheries, tourism and transport.
It was long ago that the residents of the Baltic Sea region realized the dimensions of the environmental challenges they face. These challenges can be solved only with combined efforts of all countries. That is why an international Baltic Sea Action Plan was developed as a comprehensive programme to restore the environment of the Baltic Sea region. The Plan envisages reduction of nutrient inputs into the Baltic Sea, biodiversity conservation, reduction of pollutant inputs from ships and many other targets.
