Your idea can help save the Environment|Country|Region|Planet !
The University of the West Indies is dedicated to environmental sustainability and climate action, and aims to empower young people across the Region to contribute to address the issue of climate change.
"Climate change is real. It is happening right now, it is the most urgent threat facing our entire species and we need to work collectively together and stop procrastinating."
-- Leonardo Di Caprio
How to Enter the Competition.
Whats needed:
First up, Eligibility Requirements:
- At least half of Student teams must be active students from The UWI. Teams can also be comprised of members from regional universities. The number of members in a team should be between two and six (2-6).
- Be over 18 years of age at the time of registration.
- Have new ideas, startups and initiatives offering or likely to offer services, indigenous and/or innovative technological solutions to improve the Caribbean’s reslience to the challenges of global climate change.
- Each student team must have a mentor. This mentor can be a faculty member of any of the UWI’s campuses or, an individual external to the University. Please note that external mentors will be evaluated by the Climate Change Competition Comittee.
- All competition documents should be submitted in English.
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- Upload the necessary files. A Google account is required to upload files.
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- 90-second pitch video
- 3-5 page proposal