The 13th Eco-generation Environmental

Essay Competition: Time for Nature

 

 

                                                                 

 

Samsung Engineering jointly with United Nations Environment Programme would like to launch “The 13th Eco-generation Environmental Essay Competition” inviting youth all over the world to raise awareness on the theme of the upcoming World Environment Day – Time for Nature.       

 

As many of you know, World Environment Day is the United Nations flagship day for encouraging worldwide awareness and action to protect our environment. Since it began in 1974, the event has grown to become a global platform for public outreach that is widely celebrated in over 100 countries.

 

Biodiversity may be seen as an intricate web, in which each part is interdependent. When one component is changed–or removed–the entire system is affected, and this can produce positive–or negative–consequences.    In 2020, the theme is biodiversity–a concern that is both urgent and existential. Recent events, from bushfires in Brazil, the United States and Australia to locust infestations across East Africa–and now, a global disease pandemic–demonstrate the interdependence of humans and the webs of life in which they exist. Nature is sending us a message.   With our increasing demands, humans have pushed nature beyond its limit. In the last 50 years, the human population has doubled; the global economy has almost quadrupled and global trade has increased by about ten times. It would take 1.6 Earths to meet the demands that humans make of nature each year.   Living in harmony with nature can only be achieved if we reverse negative impact of biodiversity loss and pursue full implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. World Environment Day celebrations will help build momentum and unite the global community in actions for positive change.   <Source: World Environment Day Website>

 

To commemorate WED and its annual theme, Eco-generation would like to celebrate the bigger and better WED than ever and to call on Tunza Eco-generation members around the world to show their will to act for #Nature for our future generations by writing an essay.

 

It also aims to collect inspiring and creative ideas about the ways to reverse biodiversity loss by requiring us to think about various reasons why maintaining a healthy biodiversity is important for us and our future generations.  

 

Competition Details

 

• Eligibility: Tunza Eco-generation members aged between 14 to 24

 

• Theme: Inspiring and creative stories on why we should reverse biodiversity loss with regards to its causes, effects, and consequences.

 

• Schedule

- Submission deadline: 2nd September, 2020

- Result announcement: November, 2020 (TBD)

 

• Submission: Tunza Eco-generation Website/Egen Event/Monthly Event/

Click the Application form tab and write about ‘your motivation to join the competition’ (50 words max) in the ‘Content’ box and attach your essay file in the attachments column and then click ‘Submit.’

 
• Prize details

 

Prizes	Persons	Prize Includes
UN Environment Programme Prize	1	e-Certificate & Samsung Tab S
Samsung Engineering Prize	2	e-Certificate & Samsung Tab A
Eco-generation Prize	3	e-Certificate & Eco-generation Souvenirs & Books
Honorable Mentions	20	e-Certificate

                 

- No offline or online ceremonies will be held.

- In order to reduce carbon footprint, E-certificates will be issued.

- Electronic goods can only be delivered to regions with DHL coverability.

 

 

Guideline                                          

• No entry fee is required.

• All entries must be original works, in English.

• Each entrant may submit only one essay.

• All entries are final. No revisions are accepted.

• Plagiarism and off topic will result in disqualification.

• Entries should not have been previously published in other professional media.

• Entries must be from 800 to 1000 words in length. This does not include referencing such as footnotes and bibliography.

• Entrants must first register at Tunza.eco-generation.org in order to submit their essay online.

• All entries must be double spaced in Times New Roman 12pt, with numbered pages in one of the following formats. All other formats will be disqualified.

- MS Word

- Word Perfect

• The personal information in the entry must be correct. If the competition winner is not reachable due to wrong information (contact number, address and etc.) the prize will be canceled and be automatically given to the next runner-up.

• The decisions of the judges are final and are entirely their own and in no part represents the opinion of Samsung Engineering.

• At the discretion of the judges, all well-written essays may be published on the relevant Websites.

• Samsung Engineering and UN Environment Programme reserve First Serial Rights on all submissions. All other rights to the essay remain in the property of the author.

 

 

Appendix 1. Introduction to host organizations

 

About Eco-generation
Samsung Engineering established Eco-generation in 1996 as one of the largest environmental education programs for children and youth in Korea. In 2006, Samsung Engineering expanded the program to the Asia-Pacific region by launching an English Eco-generation (www.eco-generation.org) website in partnership with the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP). www.eco-generation.org is a children’s educational environmental website that emphasizes learning and sharing knowledge about the environment.
On September 27, 2011 Samsung Engineering and UNEP made steps to reach an international audience by launching tunza.eco-generation.org, a new environmental networking platform for children and youth. Tunza.eco-generation.org is an interactive environmental website that will serve as a platform to educate the community about the environment and create eco-friendly initiatives.
With more than 20 years of history, Eco-generation is Samsung Engineering’s largest running CSR program, which has been supported by Samsung Engineering’s expertise in the environmental business. This will continue to be one of the company’s core initiatives to support and contribute the new generation via environmental education.

 

About Tunza Eco-generation website (tunza.eco-generation.org)
Tunza Eco-generation is the social networking platform to be an interactive and vibrant site presenting various possibilities to engage children, youth, and environmental organizations from around the world. Its primary purpose is to serve as a global platform for environmental education and networking for young people. To facilitate this goal, environmental awareness ambassadors from around the world are nominated twice a year. As well as other various programs (such as Monthly Events, Eco-generation Environmental Competition, Junior Engineering Academy, Hidden Eco-hero Awards) are run at the website on a regular basis in order to heighten the engagement of visitors with expectation to further spread the importance of environmental awareness and conservation.

 

About Samsung Engineering Co., Ltd
Samsung Engineering is one of the world’s leading engineering, procurement, construction and project management (EPC&PM) companies. With experience in over 40 countries, the company provides total project management from planning and financing to construction and commissioning and has built some of the world’s largest and most complex hydrocarbon plants. For more information, please visit www.samsungengineering.com

 

Appendix 2. Introduction to supporting organization

 

About United Nations Environment Programme
The UN Environment Programme is the leading environmental authority in the United Nations system. It was founded as a result of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in June 1972 and has its headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya. UN Environment Programme uses its expertise to strengthen environmental standards and practices while helping implement environmental obligations at the country, regional and global levels. UN Environment Programme has six regional offices and various country programmes. In order to ensure full participation of global communities, UN Environment works in an inclusive fashion that brings on board different societal cohorts.
UN Environment Programme mandate is to coordinate the development of environmental policy consensus by keeping the global environment under review and bringing emerging issues to the attention of governments and the international community for action.
Its activities cover a wide range of thematic areas: climate change, disasters and conflicts, ecosystem management, environmental governance, chemicals and waste, resource efficiency, and environment under review. It has played a significant role in developing international environmental conventions, promoting environmental science and information and illustrating the way those can work in conjunction with policy, working on the development and implementation of policy with national governments and regional institution and working in conjunction with environmental Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs). UN Environment Programme has also been active in funding and implementing environmentally related development projects.