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SUMMARY:Little Purple Magazine: Competitions
DESCRIPTION:Little Purple are deeply committed to sustainability\, creativity and educational empowerment. \nThey are hosting a various competitions promoting sustainability\, namely the Purple Upcycle STEAM competition\, Purple SustyBate competition and the Purple Sustainability Writing competition. In addition to this\, all provincial winners and runner-ups will receive honorary prizes\, with the grand prizes awarded during their October Winners Sustainability Conference. \nCompetition Information:  \n🔥 Purple Upcycle STEAM Competition\n♻️ Transform Starbucks packaging into creative\, sustainable projects!\n🏆 Win R12\,000 + R6\,000 for your school per category.\n📚 Open to Grade 4-7 (Cat 1) & 8-12(Cat 2)\n💰 R50 per student \n💡 Purple SustyBate Competition\n🗣️ Debate sustainability topics and make your voice heard!\n🏆 Win Honorary recognition for yourself & school per province\n🌍 National winners get R20\,000 + R15\,000 for their school\n📚 Open to Grade 4-12\n💰 R50 per student \n✍️ Purple Sustainability Writing Competition\n📖 Write powerful fiction or non-fiction essays about sustainability!\n🏆 Win up to R5\,000 + R7\,000 for your school (poetry)\n🏆 Win up to R10\,000 + R12\,000 for your school (fiction or Non-fiction essay)\n📚 Open to Grade 7-12\n💰 R70 per student \n🌟 This is your chance to make a difference\, win amazing prizes\, and gain national recognition! Gather your team\, register\, and let’s build a greener future together! \nFor more information & sponsorships: \nEmail:Thelangafamilycompany@gmail.com  \nContact: +27(0)61 404 1807 \nVisit: https://thelangafamily.company.site \n   \n 
URL:https://sustainableschools.natureconnect.earth/event/little-purple-magazine-competitions/
CATEGORIES:competition,Education
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SUMMARY:SAEP Presents: Essay Competition 2025
DESCRIPTION:Theme: “Our Environment\, Our Responsibility: Addressing Local Environmental Challenges” \nCalling All Young Changemakers! Do you see pollution\, waste\, water shortages\, or other environmental issues in your area? Do you have solutions? Your voice matters! \nWrite an Essay: \n✅ Identify an environmental problem in your community \n✅ Explain its causes and effects \n✅ Suggest practical solutions \n✅ Show how YOU can make a difference! \nWord Count: 300–500 words (Please attach picture of the environmental issues you are tackling as well as a mind map of how you planned the structure of your essay.) \nPrizes to be Won! \n1st Place – R1000 + Certificate \n2nd Place – R700 + Certificate \n3rd Place – R500 + Certificate \nTop 10 entries will be published in our Youth Environmental Voices booklet! \nDeadline: 5 September 2025 \nSubmit your essay to: govan@saep.org
URL:https://sustainableschools.natureconnect.earth/event/saep-presents-essay-competition-2025/
CATEGORIES:competition,Education,Event
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250801
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SUMMARY:Join the Create Change Plastic Free July Challenge
DESCRIPTION:SHARE HOW YOU ARE GOING PLASTIC FREE — AND STAND A CHANCE TO WIN!\n\nHere’s an exciting opportunity to get your learners involved in sustainability and stand a chance to win cash prizes! The Create Change campaign is encouraging South Africans to take simple\, positive steps towards a plastic-free life this July.\n\nStart small:\n✅ Carry your reusable bag or bottle\n✅ Skip the straw\n✅ Pick up litter in your area\nBecause big or small\, our actions add up.\nHOW TO ENTER\n🎥 Share how you’re reducing plastic use – whether it’s carrying a reusable bottle\, skipping the straw\, or picking up litter!\n\nPost a short video or photos showing how you’re going plastic free\nTag and follow @createchange_sa on Instagram\nTag and nominate 2 people to take up the challenge too!\n\nWHAT YOU’LL WIN\n💰 Win your share of R4000 in cash prizes\n🏆 A winner will be selected each week in July — R1000 per winner!\n📩 Winners will be contacted via Instagram direct message\n📅 Competition closes 31 July 2025.\nLet’s inspire change\, one small action at a time.\n👉 Click here for full Ts & Cs\n#PlasticFreeJuly #CreateChangeSA #SustainableSchools
URL:https://sustainableschools.natureconnect.earth/event/join-the-create-change-plastic-free-july-challenge/
CATEGORIES:competition
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250515
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250801
DTSTAMP:20260423T221253
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SUMMARY:The Big Biodiversity Challenge 2025
DESCRIPTION:Theme: Harmony with Nature and Sustainable Development  \nThe Big Biodiversity Challenge returns for 2025 with a call to action: how can we live in harmony with nature while meeting the needs of people and communities? This year’s theme asks Grade 6–9 learners across the Western Cape to explore the balance between ecological health and human development\, from food systems to energy use\, waste\, water and urban living.  \nOrganised by the Western Cape Environmental Education Friends (WCEEF) in partnership with CapeNature\, SANBI\, SANParks\, Nature Connect\, Working on Fire (WoF)\, Two Oceans Aquarium\, the Western Cape Government’s DEA&DP\, and the Western Cape Education Department\, the challenge encourages learners to think critically and creatively about real-world environmental issues.  \nWhat to Submit:  \nLearners may enter as individuals or in groups and are invited to submit projects in any of the following formats:  \n\nEssays (up to 1\,000 words) \n\n\nPresentations (Google Slides\, PowerPoint\, etc.) \n\n\nEco app or tech concepts (mock-ups\, feature lists or demo videos) \n\n\nSocial action projects (e.g. a recycling drive\, school garden\, or clean-up campaign\, documented in photos\, reports or video) \n\n\nCreative works (poetry\, performance\, visual art\, or music\, with an explanation of how it links to the theme) \n\nAll submissions should clearly link back to this year’s focus: how can we design solutions that respect biodiversity while supporting the wellbeing of people and planet alike?  \nParticipants may enter here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSctcCstU8vOBzTLCViJPtif7pNazvxjGLooOYFbFqv61BJVMg/viewform  \n  \n \nPast Inspiration  \n  \nLast year\, learners impressed judges with innovative and heartfelt entries. Grade 6 learners Benjamin Banda and Polite Masango from Orangekloof Primary used a powerful combination of visual art\, poetry\, and live performance to raise awareness about water pollution and the human behaviours driving it. Their entry called for change through both emotional storytelling and practical action.  \nInstagram video of Benjamin and Polite: https://youtu.be/QeSqSPRuuRw \nBenjamin Draper from Pinelands North Primary earned second place with his ecosystem restoration concept for the Elsies River canal. His plan to rewild the urban waterway  (using reeds to reduce pollution and restore habitat)\, captured the essence of sustainable development by offering a nature-based solution within a human-altered space.  \nInstagram video of Benjamin: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DBGeCo1qL5Y/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==   \nFrom the tech side\, Yameen Jeebhay of Westerford High developed an idea for a Conservationist Badge App\, a tool that rewards users for taking part in real-world environmental activities. His idea showed how technology can support behavioural change and build a culture of sustainability.  \n Instagram video of Yameen: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DBGyBPZKPgZ/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==  
URL:https://sustainableschools.natureconnect.earth/event/the-big-biodiversity-challenge-2025/
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SUMMARY:#GiveThemaCrown School Competition
DESCRIPTION:#GiveHerACrown is a female empowerment platform that exists to change the narrative for women in South Africa\, and the world. They do this through the power of storytelling and the arts. \nThey are inviting your school to participate in their #GiveThemACrown School Competition\, an exciting initiative aimed at promoting gender equality and fostering creativity in classrooms across South Africa! \nAbout the Competition\nThe #GiveThemACrown School Competition\, in collaboration with the innovative art and creativity organisation Lalela\, provides an incredible opportunity for your school to engage students in meaningful conversations about gender equality. This initiative not only empowers teachers with dynamic resources but also inspires students to explore their identities and celebrate diversity through the art of crown-making. \nWhy Participate?\n\nEmpower Your Learners: Equip learners with the knowledge and tools to champion gender equality.\nDynamic Resources: Access a comprehensive Curriculum Guide\, CAPS-Aligned lesson plans\, instructional videos\, and more.\nExciting Prizes: Stand a chance to win R10\,000 for your school by submitting your students’ creative crown projects.\nCelebrate Women’s Month: Join us in celebrating Women’s Month from August to the end of September with this impactful campaign.\n\nHow to Participate\n\nDownload the Schoolkit: Access the free #GiveThemACrown Schoolkit from giveheracrown.co.za/schoolkit-ghac.\nEngage Your Learners: Encourage your students to create their unique crowns and capture the creative process.\nSubmit Your Entries: Share images of your students’ crown creations via email to hello@giveheracrown.co.za and on social media using the hashtag #giveheracrown.\n\nCompetition Timeline\nThe competition runs from Women’s Month in August until 5:00 pm on 30 September 2024. \nwww.giveheracrown.co.za \n#GiveThemACrown School Competition – Terms & Conditions\n\nEligibility: Open to all primary and secondary schools in South Africa.\nEntry: Schools must register and download the Schoolkit from this link.\nParticipation: Schools must create crowns with their students\, submit photos via email\, and share them on social media using the campaign hashtag and tagging #GiveHerACrown.\nSubmission Deadline: All entries must be submitted by 30th September.\nPrize: One winning school will receive R10\,000.\nWinner Selection: The winner will be selected based on creativity and engagement.\nNotification: The winning school will be notified via email by 15th October.\nPublicity: By entering\, schools consent to the use of their submissions and school name in campaign publicity.\nContact Information: For any queries\, please contact us at [email address].\n\nBy participating\, schools agree to these terms and conditions.”
URL:https://sustainableschools.natureconnect.earth/event/25183/
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20240522T080000
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SUMMARY:The Big Biodiversity Challenge 2024 (Western Cape)
DESCRIPTION:The Western Cape Environmental Education Friends (WCEEF)\, together with members CapeNature\, SANBI\, Nature Connect\, SANParks and the Two Oceans Aquarium\, is thrilled to announce a new competition for children in grades 6 – 9. \nThe competition calls on students to submit projects that offer solutions to any of the many threats facing biodiversity. These solutions can take the form of a scientific project\, creative arts project\, or social project. The goal is to encourage critical thinking and creativity in addressing issues such as the unsustainable use of natural resources\, habitat destruction\, uncontrolled fires\, and climate change\, which all contribute to the decline of biodiversity. \nThe competition is open to all schools in the Western Cape and submissions can be made individually or in pairs. Participants will have the chance to win exciting prizes. \nAll students in grade 6 – 9 are encouraged to participate\, and it is recommended that teachers motivate their students to enter this competition and become part of the movement to protect biodiversity. For more information email munzhedzi.muhanelwa@sanparks.org \nSTAND A CHANCE TO WIN COOL PRIZES FOR YOU OR YOUR SCHOOL! \nHow to enter:  \n Step 1: Think you have the solutions to the threats facing the Biodiversity of the Western Cape? \nStep 2: Share your ideas and projects with us and stand a chance to win cool prizes for you or your school. \nStep 3: Submit your solutions in writing before the closing date (you may include photographs or a video attachment to your write up) to The Big Biodiversity Challenge Competition entry form. Remember to add your name\, age\, school name and contact teacher/ principal (telephone & cell phone number). \nStep 4: Competition finalists will be invited to attend the prize giving ceremony during the commemoration of International Day of Biological diversity event in October 2024. \nCompetition Rules & Guidelines  \n\nCompetition opened on 22 May 2024\nCompetition closes on 11 September 2024\n\nPlease make sure to read the T&C’s below and check out the posters to share with your school network! \nThe Big Biodiversity Challenge- TC’s
URL:https://sustainableschools.natureconnect.earth/event/the-big-biodiversity-challenge-2024-western-cape/
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