TV3, the abertis foundation and the Catalan government’s education department today presented the “Paisatge i Entorn” (Landscape and Environment) prizes to the winners in the first year of these awards. The award-winning pupils were Guillem Maneja from Manlleu for his sixth-form project on “Les fonts de Manlleu” (The springs of Manlleu), and Laura Puyo, Laura Arias, Tecla Legasa and Helena Cristobal of Tarragona for their ESO project on “Els contenidors i residus especials” (Containers and special waste) at the Santa Teresa de Jesús school.

The winners received a commemorative diploma from the members of the presiding committee Salvador Alemany, chairman of abertis, Mònica Terribas, director of Televisió de Catalunya and Ernest Maragall, the education minister in the Catalan government. The director of the “Espai Terra” programme, Tomàs Molina, chaired the occasion, which featured speeches by members of the committee, who encouraged the pupils to carry on working and researching to do their best for the future of society and the environment. The parents, teachers, head teachers and classmates of the winners were also present at the occasion.

The Televisió de Catalunya programme “Espai Terra”, sponsored by abertis and the abertis foundation, organised these awards, aimed at secondary school pupils. The prize consists of a trip to Ireland to do English courses lasting three and two weeks respectively for the two categories.