STEM contest for pupils, Years 6-10, with high UK challenge grant of £5,000
London, UK (2 February 2023) – Phillippe Cousteau Jr’s EarthEcho Worldwide is launching the inaugural OurEcho Challenge competitors in the UK, difficult groups of scholars, years 6-10, to assist deal with the worldwide decline in biodiversity. Groups are invited to get hands-on by figuring out threats to pure sources in their very own communities, then develop revolutionary options to fight these threats. UK challenge grants from £1,000 to £5,000 can be awarded to the highest three scoring groups.
OurEcho Problem Biodiversity
EarthEcho Worldwide is a world nonprofit based on the assumption that younger folks have the facility to vary our planet. The OurEcho Problem is a STEM competitors designed to interact younger downside solvers in understanding and defending the superb range of species and ecosystems important for the way forward for our planet. The OurEcho Problem can be open in america for its third profitable 12 months.
Philippe Cousteau Jr, founding father of EarthEcho Worldwide, mentioned: “We’re calling for younger folks in the UK to hitch their friends in america and switch their ardour for the surroundings and science into motion plans for their very own communities. We’re supporting their efforts to guard and restore the various species and habitats that make life on earth attainable. They encourage all of us to take motion for a wholesome and affluent planet.”
OurEcho Problem entries
Pupil groups, working with a mentor or instructor, are invited to submit entries that:
- Discover pure sources of their group with the assistance of the free on-line classroom supplies at www.ourechochallenge.org;
- Determine threats to native ecosystems and biodiversity of their communities;
- Suggest an answer by way of a story entry at www.ourechochallenge.org.
The OurEcho Problem entry deadline is on or earlier than 3 March 2023.
OurEcho Problem last and grants
Finalist groups can be requested to current their entry on the digital finalist occasion on the finish of Might 2023.
There are three UK group grants: first place will win a £5,000 money grant, second place will win a £2,500 money grant, and third place will win a £1,000 money grant.
The OurEcho Problem competitors in america is supported by Aramco Americas, and the competitors launched in the UK is supported by Aramco Europe.
The Significance of Biodiversity
Native animal and plant species are declining at an alarming price. The way forward for our planet and our communities will depend on wholesome ecosystems with thriving, numerous wildlife populations. Latest research underscore the necessity for revolutionary options and motion now:
- 1 million animal and plant species are vulnerable to extinction.
- 75 % of the land surroundings and a few 66 % of the marine surroundings have been “considerably altered by human actions.”
- As much as $577 billion in annual international crops are in danger from pollinator loss.
- Since 1970, 50 % of the world’s wildlife has vanished.
- Latest analysis means that insect populations have declined by 40 % globally, and one third are endangered.
*Sources: 2019 United Nations Intergovernmental Science-Coverage Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Providers (IPBES) International Evaluation, 2016 World Wildlife Fund Dwelling Planet Report, April 2019 Organic Conservation and 2019 AAAS Report led by Cornell Lab of Ornithology
For extra info and updates in regards to the OurEcho Problem, go to www.OurEchoChallenge.org, or comply with us on Fb: www.facebook.com/earthecho, Twitter: www.twitter.com/earthecho and Instagram: www.instagram.com/earthecho/.
Extra photographs out there at – OurEcho Challenge UK Media Pack
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For extra details about EarthEcho Worldwide, go to www.earthecho.org.
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