Published Date: September 13, 2024
Application Deadline: March 5, 2025
Overview
The World of 8 Billion Challenge invites participants to create a one-minute video addressing one of this year’s global topics. Share your sustainable solution and explain how human population growth impacts the chosen topic.
Topics & Themes
Choose one of the following themes to focus on:
- Child Wellbeing: Focus on subtopics such as Education Access, Child Labor, Environmental Justice, Wealth Inequality, Healthy Children, or Teen Pregnancy and Marriage.
- Rainforest Ecosystems: Focus on subtopics such as Biodiversity, Deforestation, Zoonotic Disease, Indigenous Communities, Ecosystem Services, or Globalization.
- Sanitation: Focus on subtopics such as Sanitation Access, Sewage Treatment Infrastructure, Water Contamination, Urbanization, Public Health, or Economic Impacts.
Prize Information
Prizes are awarded by topic in the following categories:
- High School (9th-12th Grade):
- First Place: $1,200
- Second Place: $600
- Two Honorable Mentions: $300 each
- Middle School (6th-8th Grade):
- First Place: $600
- Second Place: $300
- Global Finalists:
- High School: $80
- Middle School: $50
- International by Region Honor: Seven prizes awarded to the best video from each world region.
- State Honor: 50 prizes awarded to the best video in each U.S. state.
How to Apply
For more information and to submit your video, visit the World of 8 Billion Challenge application page.
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