Agnethe B. Salvesen and Havmonsteret at Farsund secondary school are winners of the Kaperprisen 2024
The winner of this year's Kaperpris radiates enthusiasm, shines with commitment and is creative to the max. In addition to being idealistic and capable of implementation, knowledge and professional weight form the starting point for all activity. The communication skills are formidable.
Agnethe B. Salvesen and Havmonsteret at Farsund secondary school are winners of the Kaperprisen 2024
Sparebanken Sør also contributed with a check for NOK 5,000 to Havmonsteret.
Here is the rationale from the Kaperpriskomitee:
In the picture: Anne Karin Sunde from Sparebanken sør, Agnethe B. Salvesen, Mayor Ingrid Williamsen and member of the Kaperpriskomiteen Jan Christian Hvistendahl
It's about the world around us, it's about the environment - and most of all it's about the sea. The sea which is so important to us, both locally, nationally and globally. It all started in 2017, somewhere in Western Norway, where a half-dead whale washed ashore. It turned out that the whale had over 40 plastic bags in its stomach! In the wake of this incident, then climate and environment minister Vidar Helgesen said: "The real sea monster is made of plastic". This became the starting point for the Sea Monster Project, a school project which aims to give students knowledge about how we manage waste in our own municipality, where rubbish and plastic in the sea come from, how ecosystems are affected and how this affects important resources for Farsund municipality. Working practically, getting out into nature and meeting people who work with these issues, being in a boat, fishing and dissecting fish, researching and getting to know the local environment better has created great commitment and interest among students at Farsund secondary school, where the prize winner has his daily seem. Farsund depends on a clean sea, marine industries and tourism are major sources of income locally, and it is extra important that we focus on the challenges that come with plastic in the sea. What can we do to keep the coast and sea clean? The students go out to see, experience, study and investigate both on land and on water. They show off what they have learned, both to each other, to partners, to parents, to students in second grade and to kindergarten children. For the enormously important work with the Havmonster project, Agnethe Birkeland Salvesen is awarded this year's Kaperpris. The inspiring project is motivating for many, and is noticed far beyond the municipality's borders. The motto is: "We can all do a little to make the sea a better place". Agnethe does a lot.
Thank you very much for your efforts, good luck in the future - and CONGRATULATIONS on the well-deserved prize.