St Vincent de Paul Catholic Primary School – A Foundation in Faith and A Competition Winner 26

SVP School’s Landsec Art Winner

My name is John; I am the winner of the 2021 Landsec sustainability competition. In my design, which is displayed on 80 Victoria Street, I aimed for a message showing that we need to act fast and take care of our planet, since there is no Planet B. I think we all need to be more responsible and think of more possible ways on how we can stop climate change.

I heard that I won in the morning school assembly, I was so surprised and proud of my hard work when the announcement was made. My parents too, were very happy and told nearly all our relatives! Thinking about this, I felt I wasn’t doing as much to save the earth as I could, so I promised myself to be more responsible for what I do, starting with growing more plants. I have encouraged my sister to keep growing her radish seeds that she received from school. Instead of just recycling plastic I like to create new things, like rockets.

As the winner of the competition which three schools participated in, my design was displayed at the world famous Piccadilly lights advertisement board at Piccadilly Circus, one of the most iconic places in London. I was so surprised to find that this was part of the prize for coming first in the competition. The sustainability director of Landsec, praised me and took some photographs of me. This was a huge privilege for me, as I could tell many secondary school Headteachers about what I achieved and what it meant. My picture’s aim is to inform people in the world about climate change and think deeply about pollution, endangered animals and trees being cut down.

Imagine having an earth with no life and air that could poison us? A number of creatures are severely endangered and are on the brink of extinction. ‘Ghost gear’ has been killing sea creatures and we must be fishing ghost gear instead of fish. Do you know what this is? Please research it, so that you can help to fight this battle.

The Sustainability Director at Landsec informed me and the other highly commended pupils from St Vincent de Paul Primary School, that our work has been shown all around the world! I was speechless when I discovered this news. I hope that my image makes you stop and think. What can you do to stop climate change? Let’s work together to save God’s wonderful planet.