The World Around Young Climate Prize & Mentor Program Submissions Now Open! It’s your turn, your voice!
Applications close 31st July 2024 for The Young Climate Prize award and mentorship program for 25 winners from aged 13- 25, of designers and activists who were born into the climate crises.
Nominations and applications for the 2025 cycle are free to all to apply- closing 31 July 2024! NY Timezone!
The prize was conceived by the New York-based nonprofit organisation The World Around to support the generation of designers and activists who were born into the climate crisis and uniquely positioned to address it.
Simply upload a two-minute video explaining your self-initiated, climate-focused project and add your info.
It’s your turn, your voice!
The World Around created the Young Climate Prize in 2022 to amplify and accelerate the ambitious projects, bold ideas and inspiring solutions created by a generation who were handed a broken world in desperate need of fixing. We set out to transfer resources from those who have them to those who need them the most by pairing 25 trailblazing young people under 25 with leading international designers and providing access to skills, community resources and an ever-expanding global network.
Checkout the World Around Us archive of commissioned films, talks and presentations sharing the work and ideas of the world’s best thinkers and makers on their YouTube channel.
The prize pairs young change-makers with mentors in the international design community who can accelerate the impact of their work and connect them with a global network of like-minded people. 25 finalists will win a life-changing mentorship, and three winners will be flown to New York City to share their work and ideas at The World Around’s prestigious Annual Summit in 2025.
Anyone aged 13-25 can submit their work and we encourage young people from anywhere in the world to share their climate projects. Applications and programs are free for all. Simply upload a two-minute video explaining your self-initiated, climate-focused project and add your info. It’s your turn, your voice!
The selected 25 individuals under 25 years of age will be paired and mentored by one of our Design Champions, a group of world-renowned architects, urbanists and designers. Each mentee will have at least three hour-long sessions with their mentor to amplify their projects, come up with new ideas and get inspiration from a caring professional. In addition to the 1:1 mentorships, the cohort will also embark on weekly ‘Design Academy’ masterclasses that take place during the weekends.
The prize was conceived by the New York-based nonprofit organisation The World Around to support the generation of designers and activists who were born into the climate crisis and uniquely positioned to address it.
The prize pairs young change-makers with mentors in the international design community who can accelerate the impact of their work and connect them with a global network of like-minded people. 25 finalists will win a life-changing mentorship, and three winners will be flown to New York City to share their work and ideas at The World Around’s prestigious Annual Summit in 2025.
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The World Around is a global nonprofit platform with a clear but ambitious mission: to make the best new ideas in architecture accessible to all. The World Around’s critically acclaimed global public programs and events share the now, near and next of contemporary architecture and design culture with a focus on interdisciplinary, progressive, actionable ideas and climate justice. Our archive of commissioned films, talks and presentations sharing the work and ideas of the world’s best thinkers and makers are all freely accessible below and on our YouTube channel.
With our eyes on the biggest issue of our time – climate change.
More info on the competition HERE+
The World Around is a 501c3 registered non-profit institution dedicated to championing global architecture and design that addresses the issues of our time. Through a robust series of international events and broadcasts and the Young Climate Prize, the platform seeks to connect and create a diverse and global network of thinkers and makers today. www.youngclimateprize.com
