The 6th Global Youth Environmental Essay Competition 2022

 

According to Secretary-General of the United Nations António Guterres, carbon neutrality by 2050 is the most urgent mission that the world should accomplish. Carbon neutrality, which is essential to respond to climate change, is not an assignment to a certain country or a certain person.

In this respect, the Educational Association of Software Empowerment (EASE), the host of the 6th Global Youth Environmental Essay Competition, has chosen "Climate Change and Carbon Neutrality” as this year’s essay topic. We hope that the competition provides a special opportunity for youth to study climate change by themselves and motivate them to further engage in various climate actions to achieve this goal in democratic way.

 

You, a teenager and a future leader, can make meaningful contributions by your writing.

 

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○ Hosted and Organized by : Education Association for Software Empowerment (EASE)

○ Operated by : HOBY Korea 

○ Supported by : Korea’s Ministry of Education, Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT, Korea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Korea’s Ministry of Environment,  Korea’s Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, Gyeonggi-do Provincial Government, Daegu Metropolitan City Government, Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education, Gyeonggi-do Office of Education, Busan Metropolitan Office of Education, Incheon Metropolitan City Office of Education, Sejong City Office of Education,Jeju Special Self-Governing Provincial Office of Education, Gyeongnam Provincial Office of Education, Seoul Metropolitan Council, Seoul Metropolitan Government, Paju Office of Education in Gyeonggi-do, Korea Environmental Corporation, HOBY Youth Leadership Foundation (HOBY), Green Environmental Practice Headquarters, HOBY Korea

○ Entry Fee : No entry fee

○ Eligibilities : Middle and high school students from any country

    - Grades between 7th and 12th in the U.S. education system or equivalent on July 30, 2022 (Last year, students from 42 countries participated in.)

○ Deadline : July 30, 2022 in Korea  

○ Announcement of Winners : August 31, 2022 in Korea  (to be noticed individually)

○ Awards Ceremony : Virtual (ZOOM) ceremony in Mid- September (subject to change)

○ Essay Topic : Climate Change and Carbon Neutrality - Any ideas related to the topic

○ Languages:  English or Korean (Choose one language.)

○ Word limit:  Your essay must be shorter than 800 words in English or 2,000 characters or less in Korean (excluding title, footnotes, bibliography or references)

○ Awards: 

Awarded by	Number of Awardee(s)
The Minister of Education of the Republic of Korea	1
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea	1
The Minister of Environment of the Republic of Korea	1
Governor of Gyeonggi-do Province	1
Mayor of Daegu City (awarded only to one residing in Daegu)	1
Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman	2
Mayor Pro Tem Alison Alter (Texas Austin)	2
Council Member Leslie Pool (Texas Austin)	2
Foreign Embassies in the Republic of Korea	3
HOBY Foundation	1
Superintendent of the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education  (awarded only to one middle school student residing in Seoul)	1
Superintendent of Gyeonggi-do Office of Education	4
Superintendent of the Busan Metropolitan City Office of Education	2
Superintendent of the Incheon Metropolitan City Office of Education	2
Superintendent of the Sejong City Office of Education	1
Superintendent of Jeju Special Self-Governing Provincial Office of Education	2
Superintendent of Gyeongsangnam-do Province Office of Education	1
Seoul Metropolitan Council Chairman	2
Gyeonggi-do Assembly Chairman	2
Head of Paju Office of Education in Gyeonggi-do	4
CEO of Korea Environment Corporation	2
President of Green Youth Environmental Practice Headquarters	3
President of Korean Educational Association for Empowerment of Software	4
HOBY Korea	4

 

○ How to Apply : Submit your essay using the form.    [Download form - PDF version]     [Download form - MS Word version]

 

          

 

○ Judging Criteria : 

   - Relevance to the topic : 30

   - Logic and coherence : 50

   - Organization, language use and conventions :20

      Total : 100

 

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※ Submitted essays will not be returned.
※ Education Association for Software Empowerment (EASE) will obtain the copyright for submitted essays.
※ Plagiarized essays will be rejected. (Essays must be original.)
※ Essays must be written by one person.
※ Essays submitted without using the designated form will not be reviewed. 

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   ※ Submitted essays are checked for plagiarism (content similarity) by turnitin. 

 

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