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Thousands of students live an environmental experience at the Sustainable Uruguay Expo
06/13/2026
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More than three thousand schoolchildren and high school students from all over the country participated in workshops on water, biodiversity, energy and climate change; They experimented in the environmental laboratory at the Ministry of the Environment stand; They worked the land in a garden installed in the Antel Arena, and toured Montevideo in an electric bus.
During the activities carried out, the Minister of the Environment, Edgardo Ortuño, took a tour of the neighborhood with a group of schoolchildren in the Cutcsa Montevideo tourist bus, a two-story electric and accessible unit with capacity for almost 60 people.
Environmental education had a central place at the Environment Expo, with the presentation of prizes to the winners of the national contest “El Agua Juega”, promoted by the National Water Directorate (Dinagua) of the MA. The initiative called on girls, boys and adolescents to design educational games linked to water.
The Minister of the Environment, Edgardo Ortuño, thanked the winners: "in this year of the World Cup, congratulations for having worn the shirt of caring for the environment and a resource as fundamental as water. The Expo welcomes all students with great pleasure. This is a place to meet, to share and become aware of the importance of taking care of our nature, ecosystems, natural resources, and having a careful bond with them, because it is a way to have a better life and a better future."
The contest had a record participation, with projects from 15 departments of the country and nearly 100 proposals. Among the initiatives presented there were board games, collective proposals and digital developments that address the importance of water and its relationship with the hydrographic basins of each territory.
The evaluation process included the participation of technicians from the National Administration of Public Education (ANEP), Dinagua and the Environmental Education Division of the Ministry of the Environment.
The winners were “Gotilandia”, from the Andalusian Comprehensive Education Center (Canelones), in Category A; and “Expedition through the Basin, a tour promoting adventure and travel through our environment”, from School No. 19 of San José, in Category B. Special mentions were also awarded to educational centers in Paysandú and Soriano for the quality of their proposals.
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