To mark Earth Day, which falls on 22 April this year, we asked kids to ‘Go Wild’ and create eye-catching designs for a magazine cover with an environmental theme. The youngsters of Britain did not let us down.
We received hundreds of submissions and the imagination, dedication and talent on display was a thrill to behold. Our chief judge was naturalist, broadcaster and Big Issue ambassador Chris Packham, who was given a hand by Darren Barker, design lead at giffgaff. After much deliberation, Ashton Whitaker, aged 10 from Hull, was selected as our winner with his marvellous menagerie of endangered animals.
Ashton’s mum Siegann says he was “buzzing” after being told the news. Ashton said: “I was surprised when I was told I won but it feels good.
“I wanted to draw animals that are nearly extinct to inspire people to save them. These are some of the ones I really like. Hammerhead sharks are hunted for their fins, so I wanted to show that the hammerhead has been injured from humans fishing.”
Inside this week’s mag, we talk all things Earth Day. From the community energy revolution to the future of North Sea oil – buy a copy from your local vendor.
Community energy is changing Britain. Who benefits and what are the costs?
Keir Starmer’s Labour government is going big on community energy. Solar panels and wind farms are allowing communities to build pots of money to fight problems. But barriers remain, from subsidies cut off to an inability for communities to actually use the energy they have generated.
