In 2016-2017 environmental awareness was announced as the annual campaign, an issue of utmost importance which should concerns all of us. Within this context, it announced the National artistic competition under the subject: “The environment in our hands”, which was under the auspices of the Ministry of Education and Culture

Young people from 15 to 20 years old were asked to participate with paintings, photography pictures, graffiti and short films (3-5 minutes). The competition’s artistic projects have been printed on paintings and have been exposed in several schools, municipalities, actions and festivals related to the environment. By now, there has been an exhibition at the Children’s and Environment’s Day event of the Municipality of Agios Athanasios, at the NGO Festival organised by the Youth Board of Cyprus at the Acropolis Park in Nicosia and at the Recycling Festival of Limassol and at an environmental exhibition organised at the Gymnasium of Zakaki.

After the end of the competition, a tree planting was organised at Pelendri village, where children from the Academies of AEL participated aiming at the expression of the utmost importance of trees in our life.