Application Invited for Transforming Systems for Climate & Biodiversity

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About the Organization

Youth4Nature is a youth-led, international non-profit organization that educates, empowers, and mobilises young people to lead on solutions for the ecological and climate crises that are rooted in science, aligned with traditional, local and Indigenous knowledge, and grounded in climate and intergenerational justice. Our mission is three-fold:

About the Event

As climate and social justice work has come centre stage over the last decade, we have seen increased calls for systems change across activist movements and from leading institutions. People are learning about, implementing and calling for the application of system thinking and system approaches to the challenges we face as humanity. Even at Y4N, system thinking is one of our guiding values!

As this narrative continues to become mainstream, it is important that we remain focused on what systems need to change and how. Key systems that support basic human needs, including food, water, energy, shelter, and clothing, need our attention urgently. And of course, we must consider how these systems are part of the problem and of the solutions to the climate and biodiversity crises.

We are looking for personal climate-nature narratives that engage in food, water, energy, shelter, and/or clothing topics such as just transition, livelihoods, food security/sovereignty, water security, energy security, sustainable fashion, green/blue built infrastructure, etc. Especially welcomed are stories that centre consumer, worker, and/or producer perspectives on these issues, as well as stories with innovative solutions and critical insights into the urgency for systemic change.

Eligibility

In terms of criteria and requirements, participants must, first of all, adhere to our general Storytelling Campaign Submission Guidelines. The guidelines are also available in Español, Français, Kiswahili, Português and العربية. We strongly advise you read through the guidelines & PDF form carefully, as you risk being asked to re-submit the story until it meets our criteria. Only approved stories by the deadline set will be considered for the competition.

In addition, to qualify for one of the available prizes stories must follow the special call-out's rules, including:

Stories can be in a variety of formats, including text, audio, image and/or video submissions.

Stories can be in any approved language (check the guidelines to know more) and from any region and country across the world.

Stories must include actions, reflections or art on biodiversity which are FOCUSED or / and (preferably) led by individuals and communities with lived or advocate experience on theme topics.

Stories must be submitted between September 15 and October 17, 2021 at 23:59 PST, and approved by October 24, 2021. Approval is based on a review process to ensure the submission meets our guidelines.

Only one story per individual/group will be accepted for this competition.

Stories must be original and personal, authored by either:

A young individual between 18 and 30 years old*. For those under 18 years old, parental consent is required for the submission to be approved.

OR

A group initiative that is led by youth, or that it is made up of at least 50% youth.

Deadline

October 17, 2021

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