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Watch a Sask. grade schooler's stop-animation plea to halt rising sea levels

A Grade 7 girl from a farm near Delisle, Sask., has taken a runner-up prize in a worldwide video contest highlighting human population growth.

Kate Wright of Delisle Composite School gets 2nd prize in worldwide climate change video contest

Kate Wright of Delisle Composite School used wrapping paper and other props to warn people about rising sea levels. (Kate Wright)

A Grade 7 girl from a farm near Delisle, Sask. has won a runner-up prize in a worldwide video contest highlighting human population growth.

Kate Wright's video, titled "Rising Sea Levels," highlights how rapid climate change has caused sea levels to rise. It took a middle-school runner-up prize in the "World of 7 Billion" video contest held by Population Education.  

The contest called on students to explore the issue of climate change, ocean health or rapid urbanization.

Wright's minute-long video employs stop-animation, features a voiceover by Wright and makes creative use of a whiteboard, wrapping paper, toy letters and other artfully-incorporated props.


Wright's teacher at Delisle Composite School used the contest as an assignment in class.

For her efforts, Wright, who lives on a farm near Delisle, also won a $250 cash prize.

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