A new online green community has been launched focusing on linking young individuals directly with the world’s top experts in order to talk about pressing issues such as climate change and renewable energy.
Connect2earth.org allows youth to upload photos, videos, and comments about environmental issues. The site contains a discussion board that features questions like: how the future is being impacted by energy availability; what political and business leaders should do to help the environment; and what solutions for energy could be seen in local environments.
The site is also hosting a new competition to win a trip to the UN Climate Change Conference (COP15) in Copenhagen scheduled for December. Every six months, a jury of green experts will select a grand prize winner from the top 10 contributors to the site. At the end of the first six-month period, the grand prize winner elected will win the chance to attend the COP15 as part of an official delegation from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) or WWF (formerly known as the World Wildlife Fund). The next grand prize winner elected at the end of the second period will win a trip to a WWF or IUCN environmental project.
To participate, visit the website (www.connect2earth.org) and register.