Youth Innovation Challenge/Global Environmental Education Partnership(GEEP)
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Deadline: 25 October 2021
The Youth Innovation Challenge (YIC) invites applicants from 15 to 30 years of age to propose a solution to address climate change, marine litter, or both issues, using environmental education as a key strategy. We are looking for solutions that are innovative, feasible, and informed by research. Your solution could win you a $1000 USD prize!
An innovative solution could include applying an existing tool or approach in a new context, such as adapting an existing approach to a new environmental issue, audience, or scale. Or, a solution could involve something completely new! We encourage you to think creatively about the problem you want to solve, the steps you propose to take, and who you will work with to achieve your goal.
Proposed solutions should also be feasible and address an unmet community need at any scale. Your target community could be geographic, such as your city or country, or tied to shared interests, such as a school or a professional community.
Your solution should consider the needs and characteristics of your community.
Finally, proposed solutions should consider the complex social, economic, and/or environmental dynamics of climate change and marine litter through informed research and evidence from credible sources. This background research should demonstrate how your solution is relevant to the audience you are hoping to reach and will help us understand your knowledge of the issue(s).
You can also apply for Leonard H. Sandler Fellowship in the USA/career opportunity/HRW
Benefits
All eligible proposals will be evaluated by a panel of experts in relevant fields. A total of 15 YIC finalists will be selected
and will receive the following benefits:
• An official YIC finalist certificate
• Recognition through GEEP, NAAEE, and other global partners’ websites and social media pages
• Additional exposure for their solution to environmental education leaders and influencers at the
2021 Asia Pacific Virtual EE Forum
We will select 3 YIC winners from the 15 YIC finalists. Each winner will receive a $1,000 USD grant, in addition to all the
benefits listed above.
Finalists will be notified by mid-November 2021. At the end of the challenge, all applicants are welcome to request feedback about submissions.
Eligibility
The Youth Innovation Challenge is intended for young leaders and innovators aged 15–30. Your innovative solutions must:
• address climate change or marine litter, or both (since these issues are connected)
• include an environmental education component (see important guidance in Selection criteria below)
• be submitted online through Submittable (only one proposal per person will be accepted)
Read details and apply HERE
About Global Environmental Education Partnership
Our Commitment to Inclusion and Accessibility
GEEP is committed to creating an equitable, inclusive, and welcoming environment for all. We believe that diversity, including race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, ethnicity, national origin, age, and the many characteristics that make us different, are also what will lead us to more innovative and creative solutions.
If you are an individual with a disability, you may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to apply for this challenge on this site as a result of your disability. You can request reasonable accommodations by contacting us at GEEP@naaee.org.
Berinyuy Cajetan is the founder and publisher of Human Rights and Legal Research Centre (HRLRC) since 2017. He has intensive experience in strategic communications for Civil Society Organizations, campaign and advocacy, and social issues. He has an intensive experiencing in human rights monitoring, documentation and reporting.
