1st place Environment: ParabolKraftwerk (Kevin Flottmann, Michael Krcmar, Matti Möller, Mathias Schulze, Noah Schulze)

With the “parabolic power plant”, the five pupils from year 12 at BBS Holzminden I won with their upcycling of discarded satellite dishes. In class, they developed an innovative prototype of a parabolic power plant to generate energy at home and are “tinkering” with the expansion of the system and other uses.

1st place Social: HandicAPP (Mila and Max Dorka)

Siblings Mila and Max Dorka from Werner-von-Siemens-Gymnasium Bad Harzburg are in the process of developing the “HandicAPP”, a pioneering app designed to make it easier for people with disabilities to book concert and event tickets for themselves and a companion. The siblings came up with the idea because fourteen-year-old Max is in a wheelchair himself and knows the problems from his own experience.

2nd place Social: Food truck (Alfeld student cooperative)

The 28 students from the one-year vocational school for business and the entry-level vocational school for home economics/catering would like to purchase and expand a food truck to prepare healthy meals as part of their lessons and sell them at external events.

Special prize “Young commitment”: Streuobstkids (blattgold nature school)

One of the special environmental prizes went to the “Streuobstkids” from Eichsfeld. The 14 children aged between 7 and 12 cultivate a meadow orchard under the guidance of nature educator Michaela Nolte, promoting biodiversity, self-efficacy and manual skills.

Special prize “Sustainable networks”: Roswitha Gymnasium Bad Gandersheim school garden

The school garden project at Roswitha-Gymnasium in Bad Gandersheim also received a special environmental award for its particularly strong local networking activities.