At the end of 2021, Shetland Islands Council’s Climate Change Strategy and Developing the Young Workforce teams, in partnership with local schools and Art Machine, held a competition to design a logo and mascot for the new Climate Conversation.

The Shetland Climate Conversation aims to find out what people think about Climate Change, understand their concerns, encourage partnerships, spark creative solutions, and work towards reducing and reversing our impact on the environment.

Miss Irvine gave pupils  the opportunity to design logos and enter the competition during Graphic Communication lessons. Dozens of entries were entered from pupils across the isles, which were narrowed down by the judging panel to two winners: our S4 pupil, Ella Kay and a pupil from Anderson High School.

Ella’s entry has become the logo for the Shetland Climate Conversation and the AHS pupil’s has become the mascot. The new logos will be used on Climate Conversation materials, including leaflets, posters and digital surveys, reports and web content.

Ella has since had the opportunity for some work experience with local design company Art Machine to turn the original designs into the finished graphics. She said that she really enjoyed this placement and felt it was a beneficial experience for her future career aspirations.

Very well done Ella!