FEE Education Awards 2024-2025
The FEE Education Awards Ceremony was held as an online event on Tuesday 3 June 2025 honouring outstanding achievements in Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) across our network. The ceremony showcased innovative teaching, impactful lesson planning, and alignment with UNESCO’s Greening Curriculum Guidance and FEE’s GAIA framework. It also featured the premiere of “What is an Eco-School?”—a global collaboration highlighting the voices and actions of seven schools from seven countries in our vibrant network.
Scroll down to see Awarded Educators and Lesson Plans of the 2024-2025 edition of the FEE Education Awards
More than just an award ceremony, it was a celebration of best practices and a unique opportunity to connect with passionate educators from around the world.
Watch the recording of the ceremony
Awarded teachers 2024-2025
The FEE Teacher Award 2024/2025 received 50 applications from 16 countries. We proudly awarded 19 outstanding educators:
Hafize Karaçam & Duygu Güney, Türkiye
Adele Botha, South Africa
Alexandra Sousa Rodrigues, Portugal
Christina Lephalala, South Africa
Emine Öztürk, Türkiye
Kimberly Catalina Becerra González, México
Cheah Gaik Imm, Malaysia
Maria Cristina Jimenez Fernandez, Cyprus
Mark Lavery, Northern Ireland
Nor Hadijah Binti Omar, Malaysia
Norazlina Binti Muhammad, Malaysia
Norhaliza Binti Ibrahim, Malaysia
Pritimah Rathoa Bhageerutty, Mauritius
Şerife Bozdağ, Türkiye
Gurpreet Kaur Bhupinderjeet Singh, Malaysia
Georgia Mouselimi, Greece
Özlem Kipel, Türkiye
Siti Nurul Hidayah Binti Daud, Malaysia
Awarded Lesson Plans 2024-2025
The FEE Lesson Plan Competition (2024/2025) received an incredible 106 submissions from 21 countries. Find the winners, runner-ups and special recognition below
Winners:
1st Prize: Grace Balthazar Simeo (Tanzania)
2nd prize: Debdyuti Chattopadhyay (India)
Runner ups:
Marcio Henrique Bertazi (Brazil)
Margarida Cristina Magalhães Seixas (Portugal)
Aslıhan Öz (Türkiye)
Special recognition
Maria Scheffer – Argentina
"Pollution just around the corner"Ms. Manjari Pandey – India
"Mindful Consumption: Making Sustainable Choices for a Better Future"Belmira Baptista, Elisabete Costa, Isabel Martins – Portugal
"Science and Poetry: Cultivating Ideas for a Sustainable Future"Margarida Cristina Magalhães Seixas – Portugal
"Pollinator Power: Protecting the Tiny Heros of Nature"Kingi Thomas Kigongo – Tanzania
"Waste Management/Circular economy"Laura Garcia – Spain
"Rain Gardens: Natural Solutions for Flood Management"Zerrin ERYILDIRIM – Türkiye
"Bees and Climate Change: You Have a Message! Let's Be the Voice of Our Little Heroes, Protect Our Future"Dr. Aspa D. Chatziefthimiou, Ruba Hinnawi – Qatar
"Qatar marine eco-system"Claudia Daniela Santiago Castro – Mexico
"California Wildfires"