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Climate blogging contest - for all journalists:
http://www.thinkaboutit.eu/
Includes launch event in Copenhagen in September.
More awards in journalism:
check this:
http://awards.earthjournalism.org/
Big competition hosted by Internews.org
sent via IFEJ:
Jefferson Fellowships
The Jefferson Fellowships program was launched in 1967 to enhance public understanding through the news media of cultures, issues and trends in the Asia Pacific region, broadly defined as Asia, the Pacific Islands and the United States. The Fellowships provide U.S. and Asia Pacific journalists with an opportunity to broaden their understanding of Asia Pacific issues and build a professional network through one week of dialogue with professional colleagues and experts at the East-West Center, followed by a two-week study tour to cities in Asia or the U.S.
Fall 2009 Jefferson Fellowships
Theme: The Right Climate for Confronting Climate Change?
The new United States presidential administration of Barack Obama has increased attention to climate change in advance of the upcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference to be held in December 2009. With this backdrop, the Fall 2009 Jefferson Fellowships program will explore the ability of U.S. domestic and foreign policy to confront the important economic challenges and opportunities involved in addressing climate change and its consequences. While near-term costs may affect the livelihoods of Americans already struggling in the current U.S. recession, addressing climate change also presents opportunities to strengthen important parts of the economy and create jobs. In addition, the Fall 2009 program will examine how the issue of climate change may serve as a way for the United States to rebuild partnerships and alliances around the world and to bolster national security.
The program will begin in Honolulu with one week of discussions, field visits and participant presentations that explore the challenge of climate change throughout the Asia Pacific-U.S. region. Participants will share impacts, responses and policy challenges from the perspectives of their own countries. The study tour will focus on policy challenges and opportunities for the United States through visits to key destinations on the U.S. mainland.
Program Dates: October 25 - November 14, 2009
Study Tour Destinations: Monterey and Palo Alto, California; Boulder, Colorado; Washington, DC
Who Can Apply: Working print, broadcast, and online journalists in the United States, the Pacific Islands, and Asia with a minimum of five years of professional experience. Applicants must have the ability to communicate in English in a professional, multi-cultural environment.
Application Deadline: Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Funding: The Jefferson Fellowships are supported from a grant from The Freeman Foundation. The grant funds economy class, roundtrip airfare to and from Honolulu, Hawaii as well as program-related air and ground transportation, lodging, and meals for participating journalists. A modest per diem is also provided. Participants are responsible for all applicable visa fees and any additional visa-related expenses.
News organizations are also asked to support their employees’ participation by cost-sharing whenever possible. An “Employers Statement of Support” is a required part of the application. While financial assistance from the employer is not required, employers are encouraged to provide support to their Jefferson Fellows as a demonstration of their commitment to the program.
For a document with all program information please download the Program Announcement
HOW TO APPLY
Applicants must submit the Jefferson Fellowships application form and
A letter outlining your issues of interest, a brief description of your news organization, and what you expect to accomplish if an award is granted. Please suggest topics you propose to address in your paper and presentation at the East-West Center (3 page maximum).
A letter of recommendation on official letterhead from your supervisor describing your suitability for the Fellowship and the benefit the organization hopes to derive from your participation in the program.
Names, addresses, phone/fax numbers and e-mail of three people who may be contacted by the Center as references. Two of these references should be people outside your news organization.
The “Employer’s Statement of Support” form completed by your employer (form is included in the 3-page application).
NOTE: Samples of your work are not required. If you wish to include samples, please do so via web links to articles.
Program and Application Downloads:
Application Instructions (1 page)
Fillable Adobe PDF version of application form (3 pages)
Fillable MS Word version of application form (3 pages)
Application deadline is Wednesday, June 17, 2009. Incomplete or late applicants will not be considered.
Applications may be sent by e-mail, fax or post as follows:
Email: jefferson@eastwestcenter.org
Fax: 1-808-944-7600 (ATTN: Jefferson Fellowships)
Post:
East-West Seminars
ATTN: Jefferson Fellowships
East-West Center
1601 East-West Road
Honolulu, Hawai‘i 96848-1601, U.S.A.
If you have questions about the application process, please contact: 1-808-944-7682
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Ann Hartman
1601 East-West Road
Honolulu, Hawaii 96848-1601
Phone: (808) 944-7619; Fax: (808) 944-7600
Email: jefferson@eastwestcenter.org
Internews Announces Earth Journalism Awards on Opening Day of G8
Environment Ministers’ Meeting
Internews today announced the creation of the Earth Journalism Awards
for climate change reporting at a round table on communication at the
G8 Environment Ministers’ Meeting in Siracusa, Italy. Designed
to increase and improve media coverage of climate change around the
world, the competition will culminate with a ceremony at the pivotal
United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP15) in Copenhagen this
December.
http://getinvolved.internews.org/site/R?i=wOqRLFylyGbAOrF98IsLpA
Nordic Climate Day
http://www.norden.org/webb/news/news.asp?lang=6&id=8412
The Nordic Ministers of Education have decided to establish a Nordic Climate Day 2009. The Nordic Climate Day will be launched on 11 November and will create greater awareness and knowledge about the climate, as well as active involvement of pupils, apprentices, teachers and trainers in climate matters in the light of the UN’s climate summit in Copenhagen. Initiatives attached to the Nordic Climate Day may be included in applications for the Nordplus Framework Programme.
An “advert” from: NATIONAL TROPICAL BOTANICAL GARDEN
ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALISM FELLOWSHIP
Program Operation: May 18-23, 2009
Deadline to Apply: March 2, 2009
Notification of Acceptance: March 9, 2009
COURSE DESCRIPTION
The Environmental Journalism Fellowship provides working
journalists in broadcast, print and online media much-needed
information about tropical ecosystems, providing deep
background in tropical ecology to enhance the accuracy of
reporting on environmental issues. Including a historic estate,
ancient Hawaiian cultural sites, and botanical collections
extending back to the period of Hawaiian royalty in the late
1800s, the National Tropical Botanical Garden offers a rich living
classroom in which to teach basic concepts in tropical biology,
indigenous use of plants for medicine, as well as the ecology of tropical fauna—the Garden is a nesting
site for both threatened green sea turtles and endangered water birds.
The focus of the fellowship is immersion and not advocacy; the intent is to increase the depth of the
overall reporting and not only to provide source material for current news stories. Upon completion of
the course, fellows will not only have gained authority to better cover environmental issues in general but
will also have contributed to an annually accumulating handbook for reporting on tropical ecological
issues.
Lodging, airport transfer, ground transportation, and continental breakfast and
lunch on program days are provided. Journalists are responsible for their own
airfare to Līhu‘e, Kaua‘i, Hawai‘i. Please accompany your application with two
samples of your most recently published work in print, audio, or video clip or
indicate a news website showing your current work.
Requests about the NTBG Environmental Journalism Fellowship must be
directed to:
Namulau`ulu G. Tavana, Ph.D.
Director of Education
National Tropical Botanical Garden
3530 Papalina Road
Kalaheo, HI 96741 USA
Tel: (808) 332-7324, ext. 225 or 226 Fax: (808) 332-9765
Email: tavana@ntbg.org
Website: courses.ntbg.org (select link to Environmental Journalism Fellowship)
The mission of the National Tropical Botanical Garden is to enrich life through discovery, scientific
research, conservation, and education by perpetuating the survival of plants, ecosystems, and cultural
knowledge of tropical regions. http://www.ntbg.org
The World Bank Essay Competition 2009
(Just a commercial from World Bank…)
WANTED: The Next Generation of ‘Green’ Entrepreneurs
Climate change has been identified as one of the biggest global threats of our time. Scientists agree that global warming and extreme climate phenomena can be increasingly attributed to human activity - in particular, heavy emission of greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide, resulting from industrial processes.
Solutions to those pressing problems could lie in the rapidly growing ‘green economy’: environmentally sustainable enterprises, technological innovations (new sources of clean, renewable energy), energy efficiency measures, economic incentives for low-carbon choices, etc. How can youth contribute?
The Essay Competition 2009 invites youth to share ideas on:
How does climate change affect you?
How can you tackle climate change through youth-led solutions?
Please answer both questions:
1. How does climate change affect you, your country, town or local community? How do you think it will affect you in the future? Think about the consequences for employment, health, security and other areas of your life.
2. What can you do, working together with your peers, to address the problem of climate change in your country, town or local community? Think specifically about the role of youth-led initiatives in the ‘green economy’.
Who can participate?
The International Essay Competition is open to all young people, students and non-students alike, between the ages of 18 and 25, from all countries of the world.
If you are at least 18 and not older than 25 on June 15, 2009, you are eligible to participate.
Length and format
General
All work must be submitted by individuals, group work is not allowed.
One participant may only submit one work per category. However, one participant may (but doesn’t have to, of course) submit work in all three categories, that is: one essay, one video and one photo.
All submissions must be made online via the Essay Competition website. Videos are submitted via YouTube.
Submissions can be made in English, French or Spanish.
Essay
Your essay may not be longer than 4000 words (about 10 pages of standard text).
Essays are accepted in the following formats: .doc or .pdf.
You are also required to provide a summary of no more than 250 words. The summary will be used by the jury to make a pre-selection.
Video
Your video may not be longer than 2 minutes.
To submit a video, you must create a YouTube account and upload your work on the YouTube website. Additionally, you are required to submit a form via the Essay Competition website, which will allow us to identify your work. Details of the submission process
Photo
Photos are accepted in the .jpg format.
A photo must be accompanied by a short description or commentary explaining what the photo presents and how it is relevant to the topic of the Competition. The description must be of no more than 150 words.
The maximum size for the photos is 2.5 MB.
How to submit?
The submission process for the Essay Competition is entirely Internet-based.
You are asked to fill in a submission form and attach your essay or photo.
To submit a video, you must first create a YouTube account and upload your work on the YouTube website. Additionally, you are required to submit a form via the Essay Competition website, which will allow us to identify your work. Details of the video submisison process
Work submitted by email or post will not be accepted.
Rules
• Submissions will be accepted until February 22, 2009.
• Each participant may submit entries in more than one category, but only one submission per category is allowed. This means that you may submit one essay, one video and one photo (although, of course, you can choose to submit, for example, only an essay), but you may not submit, for example, two essays.
• Participants must be between 18 and 25 years of age on June 15, 2009.
• Essays must not be longer than 4,000 words. Videos must not be longer than 2 minutes. There is no minimum length.
• Submissions can only be made online, in English, French, or Spanish. Essays and photos are submitted via the Essay Competition website and videos are submitted via YouTube. Each participant must fill in a submission form on the Essay Competition website.
• Each essay must be accompanied by a summary (max. 250 words). The summary will be used by the jury to make a pre-selection. Each photo must be accompanied by a description of no more than 150 words.
‚Ä¢ All submissions will be blind reviewed. References to specific individuals, firms, or schools, which might reveal the author’s identity, are discouraged. It is not allowed to indicate your name anywhere on your work.
• Quotes and references must be clearly marked throughout the essay and properly cited.
• All submissions must be original. No previously published material will be accepted. Any form of plagiarism will result in automatic disqualification. Please note that
all essays will be screened with specialized software to verify plagiarism.
• Essays are accepted in the .doc or .pdf format, while photos can only be submitted as .jpg files of maximum 2.5 MB.
• The World Bank reserves the right to publish and/or to make available to the public the winning submissions. The World Bank reserves the right to modify the format and content of the submissions for publication purposes.
• The decision of the Jury is final and is not subject to an appeal.
• Participants of the previous editions of the Essay Competition are also encouraged to apply.
• Active (between the time of essay submission and the Final Jury in June 2009), paid staff (term or open-ended) of partner organizations (see list) of Essay Competition 2009 are not eligible to participate.
Awards
1. Essay
Eight finalists will participate in the Final Jury in Seoul, South Korea, in June 2009, and attend the Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics
Money awards:
1st prize: 3,000 USD
2nd prize: 2,000 USD
3rd prize: 1,000 USD
2. Video
Author of the winning video will be invited for a screening at the occasion of the Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics held in Seoul, South Korea, in June 2009.
Money awards:
1st prize: 2,000 USD
2nd prize: 1,000 USD
3rd prize: 500 USD
3. Photo
Money awards:
1st prize: 500 USD
2nd prize: 300 USD
3rd prize: 200 USD
Winners of the photo competition do not travel to the Conference in South Korea, but will have their photos featured in the Essay Competition Summary Report, on the website of the Essay Competition and partner organizations’.
The jury reserves the right to modify the allocation depending on the number of winning essays.
Contact deatail email to info@essaycompetition.org or akuznicka@worldbank.org
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