The story “Air pollution in Macedonia takes 5,000 lives a year as if we were at war” won the first prize in the competition for the best journalistic stories and photography on the topic “Facts and disinformation about climate change”, published in the period May 2024/April 2025, awarded by the Media Ethics Council of Macedonia.
Can the creativity of our youth change our environment, can the youth be the creators of the world they want to grow in?
Better access to information on water quality in the Prespa Lake, cleaning of small illegal landfills and dumpsites in Struga, solving the problem with construction waste in the Demir Kapija gorge, implementation of good agricultural practices in the Tikvesh and Strumica region and encouraging eco-activism among young people in Bitola are the six initiatives within which the Institute for Communication Studies and a group of civil society organizations will implement a series of activities in the course of this year in order to improve the state of the environment.
The Institute of Communication Studies (ICS) in partnership with the Macedonian Ecological Society (MES) selected the six civil society organizations that in partnership with high schools from the regions that include protected areas (Pelagonia, Ohrid, Strumica, Tikvesh, Demir Kapija and Prespa) will be implementing initiatives for solving the local environmental problems.