World Student Community for Sustainable Development

Do you have the solutions? Do you want to be part of history in Copenhagen?

Submit your project at ebook@wscsd.org! Deadline 7th November, 2009.

Do you want to be seen by thousands of change-makers with your successful student-run project to fight climate change? Submit your story and photos no later than 7^th November!

The WSC-SD is currently actively collecting stories of successful student-led initiatives that are successfully addressing or tackling climate change. The best projects will be published in an e-book and will be displayed during a COP15 exhibit and side event in Copenhagen, December 2009.

The WSC-SD is publishing an e-book at the COP15 climate conference in Copenhagen, in December this year, to showcase successful student initiatives related to climate change around the world.

Goal of this e-book:

• To showcase successful student-led projects & innovations (current, or as an idea in development) on a local, regional or global level that have a meaningful positive impact on climate change and reducing CO₂ emissions, and thereby inspire potential supporters and potentially active students.
• To gain support for these projects, from companies, universities & NGOs for further development of the projects.

The projects and innovations should comply with the following criteria:

1. The project is student-led
2. The project has a meaningful positive impact on tackling climate change and has tangible results (e.g. reducing CO₂ emissions)
3. The project inspires other people in the direct community to take action on climate change themselves, or to be involved in the project.

Student theses or essays will not be eligible.

Who can participate?

The call is open to all students, from all countries of the world.

Format of the cases:

Each submission should be approx. 500 words and should at least include the following aspects:

1. Title of the project
2. Short summary of the project (50 words)
3. Main actors, organisations or persons involved
4. Explanation of the project (ca 500 words)
5. Preferably one quote, inspiring sentence or motto.
6. At least one photo (300 dpi, jpg or pdf format)

Categories

Submissions can fall under one or more of the following categories:

• Campus
• Education on climate change
• Building & construction
• Energy
• International climate negotiations & policy
• Economics of Climate Change
• Agriculture
• Mobility
• Biodiversity
• Waste
• Clean Technology
• Other

A panel of independent professional jury members will review the submissions.

COP15

The student e-book on climate change will serve as a source of inspiration for young student leaders and wants to show the abundance of successful existing initiatives run by students around the world. We don’t want to sit still and see climate change happening before our eyes – we want to inspire and call to action, by showcasing successful initiatives.

The e-book will be in continuous development in the course of the year 2010. A first version will be showcased during the COP15 Climate Conference in Copenhagen, in December 2009.

Student Summit for Sustainability

The e-book will also serve as inspiration and input for the next Student Summit on Sustainability 2010 in Cartagena, Colombia. This conference will be organized by the WSC-SD and by the Colombian Student Community Corporacion Grupo Tayrona. It will be a unique event, bridging gaps in climate mitigation and adaptation between developed and developing countries; the conference will be a truly sustainable experience, bridging thinking and action, and having a positive impact on the direct environment.

Conditions

• Quotes and references must be clearly marked throughout the essay and properly cited. Any form of plagiarism will result in automatic disqualification.
• WSC-SD reserves the right to publish and/or to make available to the public the winning submissions. WSC-SD reserves the right to modify the format and content of the submissions for publication purposes.
• The decision of the jury is final and is not subject to an appeal

Deadline

The deadline for submissions is 7^th November, 2009; Work submitted after the deadline will not be considered. Please send your submission to ebook@wscsd.org with the subject ‘Student e-book on climate change’, and mention the category your submission falls under. Please take into account the criteria mentioned above.

More information:

If you have any questions regarding the e-book, or if you would like to help out with the production, please send an email to ebook@wscsd.org