Opportunities For Youth

EARTH VISION-A VISUAL FORUM TO THINK ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT THROUGH MOVING IMAGES AND THE OLDEST INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAl FILM FESTIVAL IN ASIA . EARTH VISION – Tokyo Global Environmental Film Festival- has been held annually in Tokyo since 1992 to understand our environment better through moving images. Each year, nominated films from all over the world are screened in Tokyo during the festival. Filmmakers should reside in Asia, Oceania or Polynesia (however, any nationality is eligible).  Amateur films are also invited.  No limits on the year of film completion.
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http://cambodiajobs.blogspot.com/2010/08/earth-vision-awards.html

Youth Service America is accepting applications for the second year of STEMester of Service. Funded by Learn and Serve America, a program of the Corporation for National and Community Service, STEMester of Service incorporates YSA’s semester-long service-learning framework to engage educators and students in addressing critical environmental needs and connecting them to STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) curricula. YSA is seeking 10 middle schools with large populations of disadvantaged youth to join 20 returning STEMester of Service grantees. STEM schools must be located in one of the 12 states with highest dropout rates (Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, and Washington). The $5,000 grant (that includes travel and training at YSA’s Youth Service Institute in Detroit in October) supports teachers as they engage local partners and guide students in addressing local needs through planning and implementing sustainable service projects that launch on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service (January 17, 2011) and culminate on Global Youth Service Day (April 15-17, 2011). www.YSA.org/grants/stem

Disney, together with YSA, is gearing up for this year’s second round of applications for the Disney Friends for Change Grants. Friends for Change funds youth-led fall service projects that focus on making environmentally friendly changes and engaging youth, ages 5-18, as leaders in their community.

On behalf of Friends for Change, YSA will award 75 $500 grants to youth-led service initiatives around the world that demonstrate youth leadership and the commitment to making a positive impact on the environment. Eligible applicants will be asked to implement their projects between September and November and to connect their projects to International Coastal Cleanup Day, National Public Lands Day (both September 25), or other environmentally-focused days of service.

Disney Friends for Change Grants are open to schools, organizations, and individuals planning service projects. Applications submitted by younger children aged 5-14 are especially welcome. The goal of the grant is to inspire children to join their friends and families, schools, and communities to address critical environmental needs as “friends for change” at the local, national, and/or global levels. Disney’s Friends for Change grants encourage kids everywhere to take steps together with their friends to help the planet.

Grant applications are due Thursday, July 15, 2010. YSA will host webinars on June 29 and July 6 for interested applicants to learn more about the application process.
Visit www.ysa.org/grants/announcements/disneys-friends-change-grants-deadline-july-15

[17/05/10] The Poverty and Environment Initiative (PEI) is a global joint UNDP–UNEP initiative supporting country-level efforts to mainstream environmental management into national and sub-national development planning processes through financial and technical assistance and capacity development. The main objective of the consultancy is to initiate the PEI technical assistance work in Armenia by providing guidance for the creation of the Poverty Environment Group within the Armenian National Council for Sustainable Development and the elaboration of the PEI Technical Assistance proposal. The consultant is expected to have: at least 12 years experience in the areas of environmental and poverty issues, strategic planning, environmental policies and management; Strategic Environmental Assessment, integrated assessment or other environmental assessment techniques and experience in rapidly assessing information and developing recommendations; proven experience with assisting governments in setting-up inter-ministerial and/or interdisciplinary bodies (committees, working groups, etc.); and at least 5 years experience in programme/project design and management. Deadline: 28 May 2010. Apply to: Interested candidates are requested to submit their applications through the UNDP jobs website. Applications should include a cover letter, CV, P11 form, and 2 extracts demonstrating the consultant’s previous experience in analyzing countries’ development planning and budgeting processes, addressing environment and poverty in such planning, and in assisting the setting up of inter-ministerial / inter-disciplinary body. more…

The Ministry of the Environment of Japan will hold the “International Youth Conference on Biodiversity in Aichi 2010″ to promote communication among young people from around the world and to improve their mutual awareness of biodiversity. The conference is associated with the 10th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP10) that will be held in Aichi in October 2010.

Young people between the ages 15-24 (as of 1 April 2010) who are able to speak and discuss issues in English are eligible to apply.

For more information, please visit: http://www.biodic.go.jp/biodiversity/youth/call_e.html

Deadline: 20/06/2010
Region: Worldwide

Young designers, e-content creators, writers and bloggers (up to 30 years old) from around the world are invited to submit digital content to the World Summit Youth Award (WSYA) competition. Deadline to apply: June 20.

The WSYA will select and promote the best works that demonstrate young people’s potential to create outstanding, creative digital content. Nominations include: Fight Poverty, Hunger and Disease; Education for All; Power 2 Women; Create Your Culture; Go Green; and Pursue Truth!

WSYA serves as a platform for people from all UN member states to work together in efforts to reduce poverty and hunger, and to tackle ill-health, gender inequality, lack of education, lack of access to clean water and environmental degradation.

An international jury of 12 experts will evaluate the projects in two rounds of online judging, and three winners in each category will be selected.

To get more information, visit http://www.youthaward.org

BBC World News and Newsweek in association with Shell have launched the sixth annual World Challenge competition to identify and honor projects or small businesses from around the world that have shown enterprise and innovation at a grassroots level.

The 2010 Challenge invites nominations for innovative projects or ideas that demonstrate an entrepreneurial spirit working for the benefit of the community while adopting a responsible approach. Nominated projects should demonstrate the innovative use of technology or an invention; should increase investment in the local community; and should take a responsible approach toward the environment. Nominations may be submitted in the categories of community welfare and enterprise, health and education, sustainable farming, energy, water and environment.

The first place winner of the challenge will receive a grant of $20,000, and the second and third place finalists will each receive a grant of $10,000.

GO TO: http://www.theworldchallenge.co.uk/

Deadline: July 7, 2010