There’s a new logo and mascot for the Shetland Climate Conversation, following a schools’ competition.
At the end of 2021, dozens of entries from school pupils across the isles were narrowed down by the judging panel to two winners: Ella Kay from Whalsay Junior High, and Athea Blance from Anderson High School. Ella’s entry has become the logo for the Shetland Climate Conversation and Athea’s has become the mascot.
Both Ella and Athea have since had some work experience with local design company Art Machine to turn their original designs into the finished graphics.
The schools’ competition was run by Shetland Islands Council’s Climate Change Strategy and Developing the Young Workforce teams, in partnership with local schools and Art Machine.
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. The new logos will be used on Climate Conversation materials, including leaflets, posters and digital surveys, reports and web content.
Claire Ferguson, Climate Change Strategy Team Leader, said, “We were delighted with the number of entries to the schools logo competition and we’re over the moon with the new Shetland Climate Conversation logo and mascot. The bairns really engaged with the brief and Art Machine have done an excellent job in guiding the winners through developing their work.”
The logo and mascot will feature on materials for local events around Scotland’s Climate Week, which begins with Shetland Energy Showcase in Lerwick Town Hall on Saturday 24 September and runs through to Monday 3 October.More details, including the full schedule, will be published over the coming weeks with all details being available of the Council’s Climate Change webpage: www.shetland.gov.uk/climate-change.