Bayer Young Environmental Envoy 2012 Competition

Deadline: 31th  July, 2012
Open to: aspiring environmentalists (aged 18 – 24)
Prize: a trip to Germany from 04 to 09 November 2012

Description

The Bayer Young Environmental Envoy (BYEE) Programme is a global project which is a partnership between Bayer and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in the area of youth and environment. It creates a unique opportunity for aspiring environmentalists (aged 18 – 24) to share ideas and exchange experience with youth from 18 countries during a weeklong study trip to Germany that will take place from 4 to 9 November 2012. Join now! The theme is ” Youth and the environment.”

Eligibility

The theme encourages young aspiring environmentalist (aged 18 – 24)  to share ideas and exchange experiences with youth from 19 countries during a weeklong study trip to Germany that will take place from 04 to 09 November 2012, plus R5 000 awarded towards the winners’ environmental projects. The candidates might be:

  • Undergraduate level
  • Graduate level
  • Non-students
  • High School Students

Application

How to apply:

  • In no more than 1,000 words, write a comprehensive summary of an achievable environmental project that is being carried out in your community.
  • Include key objectives of the project and the crucial resource requirements that will aid eventual success.
  • Consider some of the practical solutions that various sectors of society are already doing.
  • Incorporate how your project proposal adds value to existing environmental efforts in your community.

All completed entries must be accompanied by a valid address and day time mobile contacts. Project proposals must be typewritten in English and double-spaced. Hand written entries will not be accepted. Project proposals which are adaptations/upgrades of already existing projects are acceptable, but the entry will be judged solely on the basis of new elements introduced and their added value.  While the project proposal should be the applicant’s own concept, the project itself may be carried out by any number of people, with the applicant taking a significant role in its implementation.
All applications should be submitted by July 31st, 2012. Entries should be submitted through e-mail at zabyee@bayer.com. Hard copies can be hand delivered to Bayer (Pty) Ltd, 27 Wrench Road, Isando, Johannesburg. Block A, Corporate Communications division. Or post to BYEE, PO Box 143, Isando, 1600.

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2 thoughts on “Bayer Young Environmental Envoy 2012 Competition

  1. Hola, quicieramos mandarles las fotos del reinado ecológico que se realizo el sábado 01 de Diciembre, nuestra reina embajadora ambiental se esta preparando para unirse con las organizaciones a nivel mundial con el fin de defender el planeta y en procura de llevar el agua potable a las regiones la cual no cuentan con este precioso liquido, ademas la generación de empleo que son las dos normas fundamentales y vitales para el ser humano, nos pueden contactar en el E- MAIL fesmundial@hotmail.com Tel. (57) 1 3188520624 – 2600603 nosotros los Colombianos cuidamos el medio Ambiente. Un fuerte abraso desde Colombia.

  2. Felicitaciones a quienes cuidan el medio ambiente, por la vida, el empleo, la salud, la Educación, la vivienda, por los derechos humanos, por el derecho al alimento de primera calidad, cuidemos el medio ambiente. Un fuerte abrazo desde Colombia.

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