Deadline: 30 April 2025
In celebration of this years World Environment Day, the Hivos is inviting submissions from photographers and sketch artists with original work that capture environmental degradation and climate change in Zambia.
The aim of the competition is to promote grassroots picture storytelling on issues affecting our environment and everyday life.
The submissions will be used to invoke discussions with Members and Parliament on what they need to do differently to mitigate and prevent further damage to our environment. They hope that this will be a way to excite and encourage communities to participate in debates on how the impacts of environmental degradation and climate change affect our wellbeing.
Themes
- The sketches and photographs under each theme should capture the following:
- Climate change: Drought, floods, water scarcity, energy use, health impacts like disease outbreaks etc.
- Biodiversity loss: Deforestation, loss of animal and water species, overexploitation, sustainable agriculture, sustainable fishing and forest management, urban gardening, pollination etc.
- Mining: Water pollution, air pollution, human displacements, tailing dams, community livelihoods vs environmental degradation, illnesses related to mining etc.
- Environmental degradation and pollution: Waste management, plastic pollution, improper use of herbicide and pesticides, mitigating measures to the foregoing, etc.
Eligibility Criteria
- Photographers and Sketch artists are eligible to apply.
Selection Criteria
- A panel of technical judges will be constituted to shortlist 16 entries (4 from each category) whose work will be published on Hivos and partner websites and social media page(s) and in a picture story book on ‘The state of climate change and environment in Zambia” to be presented and distributed at COP 30.
- The shortlisted candidates will receive recognition as climate champions.
- On World Environment Day (5th June, 2025), the 16 finalists will be invited to a final ceremony graced by the Ministry of Green Economy and Environment as well as Members of Parliament.
- Winners from the shortlisted entries will be selected and presented with a monetary prize.
Application Requirements
- Each participant will be required to fill out a short entry. Submit a short writeup of not more than 200 words accompanied with 3 to 4 photos that tell a story on any of our 4 thematic areas.
- Participants should clearly indicate under which thematic area they are applying. The entries can either capture the devastating effects as the current state or the mitigation efforts as the aspired future.
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