Deadline: 30-Jul-2025
The Nature Based Solutions for Atlantic Regional Climate Resilience is inviting young people from 18 to 29 years old to share a transformative story of how people can live and thrive together with Nature.
Submit your story supported by your photo or handmade art — something you’ve created by hand using pencils, crayons, paintbrushes and similar tools.
The Gathering Voices of the Youth: Transformative Storytelling Contest is an NBRACER initiative that aims to understand and give a voice to the values and perceptions of young people to support more inclusive and collaborative approaches to current social-ecological challenges.
Topics
- Share a personal experience in your region that is important to you or had an impact on you related to one or several of the following topics:
- Being climate resilient,
- Applying solutions that work with nature,
- Finding ways of restoring relationships with nature,
- Reconnecting to (human and non-human) communities around.
Benefits
- The winning submissions as well as awarded submissions will be invited to publish an illustrated e-book with the organization.
Evaluation Criteria
- The stories and accompanying artworks and photos will be evaluated by an international jury composed of experienced researchers and practitioners in the fields of sustainability, climate resilience, Nature-based Solutions and design. Particular attention will be paid to:
- The ability to communicate a personal experience, a feeling or a practice through a story;
- The originality, visual impact, technique, and ability to communicate a message through an illustration or photo;
- The adherence to the topics climate resilience, solutions that work with nature, and connection to human and non-human communities.
Application Requirements
- The short personal story (max 300 words) should be accompanied by a photo or hand-made art (created by hand using pencils, crayons, paintbrushes, and/or other similar tools) related to the story. The story and hand drawing, painting or photo should be of the applicant’s authorship.
- AI submissions will not be considered.
For more information, visit NBRACER.