Mentorship initiative for 25 under 25s
Application deadline: October 31, 2022, 11:59pm
Global nonprofit The World Around is accepting applications and nominations for its inaugural Young Climate Prize.
The prize will be awarded to an international cohort of 25 talented under-25s who have realized their own projects that address, draw attention to or mitigate climate change in their community. These 25 winners will be each assigned their own mentor, and will join a bespoke online design academy of talks and workshops by The World Around’s invited Design Champions.
The prestigious interdisciplinary group of Design Champions sharing their time are contributors to The World Around’s annual summit and public programmes, as well as globally recognized leaders in their fields. They include:
Wael Al Awar (waiwawi), Noura Al-Sayeh Holtrop (Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities), Paola Antonelli & Alice Rawsthorn (Design Emergency), Nelly Ben Hayoun (Nelly Ben Hayoun Studios), Tatiana Bilbao (Tatiana Bilbao Estudio), Vishaan Chakrabarti (PAU), Carson Chan (MoMA), Aric Chen (Het Nieuwe Instituut), Elizabeth Diller (Diller Scofidio + Renfro), Frida Escobedo, José Esparza Chong Cuy (Storefront for Art and Architecture), Max Fraser, Antón Garcia-Abril & Débora Mesa (Ensamble), Joseph Grima (Design Academy Eindhoven), Sandra Jackson-Dumont (Lucas Museum of Narrative Art), Kabage Karanja & Stella Mutegi (Cave Bureau), Alder Keleman Saxena (Feral Atlas), Dominic Leong (Leong Leong), Cyra Levenson (Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum), Jing Liu (SO–IL), Etta Madete (BuildX), Bruce Mau, Sandhya Naidu Janardhan (Community Design Agency), Joar Nango, Julian Oliver, Emma Osore & Daphne Lundi (BlackSpace), David OReilly, Tosin Oshinowo (CM Design Atelier), Henk Ovink (Rebuild By Design), Mariana Pestana, Susan Sellers (2x4), Xu Tiantian (DnA) and Sumayya Vally (Counterspace).
Eligibility criteria
–Applicants must be aged 25 or under at the time of application.
–Groups of a maximum of three may enter.
–Applicants can be located anywhere in the world.
–Applicants must be able to demonstrate an existing, functioning project of their own creation that successfully addresses or mitigates climate change in their community.
–Eligible projects could include but are not limited to: leadership and activism, innovation and invention, farming, conservation, energy access and equity, clean water initiatives, sustainable construction, engineering, journalism, film, art and digital design.
Submission requirements
–The prize is free to enter.
–Applicants must share a short video introducing their project and accompanying written or visual materials that show evidence of their work and its impact.
–Submissions are accepted in English or Spanish.
–Deadline for applications is October 31,, 2022 at 11:59pm EST.
To nominate a candidate for the prize, to submit your application and for further information visit here.
The Young Climate Prize is presented in partnership with The World Around’s Global Partner Meta Open Arts. The award is accompanied by a public programme in collaboration with the Solomon R Guggenheim Museum. To find out how individuals or organizations can support or amplify the prize, and for any questions, please contact us: youngclimateprize [at] theworldaround.com.
About The World Around
The World Around is a nonprofit platform with a simple but ambitious mission: to make the best new ideas in global architecture accessible to all. Founded by Diego Marroquin and Beatrice Galilee, The World Around’s critically acclaimed public programs share the now, near and next of contemporary architecture and design culture with a focus on progressive, actionable ideas and climate justice. Its archive of commissioned films, talks and presentations sharing the work and ideas of the world’s best thinkers and makers are all freely accessible on its website and YouTube channel thanks to the generosity of its partners and supporters. Learn more at theworldaround.com and @theworldaround on Instagram.
About Meta Open Arts
Meta Open Arts empowers artists and builds community through creativity. Founded in 2010, Meta Open Arts partners with cultural organizations and collaborates with artists and designers around the world, providing resources to maximize creativity and bring people closer together in an increasingly tech-driven and digitally based world. Meta Open Arts believes that art has the ability to offer new ways of thinking about ourselves, our communities and the world at large. Learn more at fb.com/metaopenarts and @MetaOpenArts on Instagram.
