UPG Sustainability Leadership is a movement that mobilises individuals and organisations to support positive citizen leadership in sustainability. It is a movement that encourages and empowers citizens at all levels to take positive action. A movement inspired by UPG's commitment to doing what you can with what you have, rather than waiting for someone else to act. It's a movement that embodies the notion that everyone can do something to make the world more sustainable.
UPG believes that sustainability includes BOTH the usual "green" issues such as planting trees, recycling waste, managing energy and protecting the oceans AND other issues that have long been central to societies, such as education, health, jobs, gender equality, sustainable consumption, sustainable production and much more. For those who are familiar, UPG uses the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a guide. The main activity is the #UPGSustainability leadership training programme for 500+ young adults from all over the world every year.
Eligibility
Open to:
- People who are passionate about a specific area (e.g. jobs or education or oceans), there is no need to be passionate about all areas.
- People who have already taken action on sustainability AND people who have NEVER taken action.
- People from all over the world.
- People aged 18 to 35 between 1st March and 31st July 2024.
- People with different levels of education.
- People who have a strong motivation to be UPG Sustainability Leaders.
- People willing and able to act in favour of sustainability.
- People who believe in UPG's mission to empower people to make the world a better place through positive action.
Benefits
- Participation in UPG Sustainability Leadership is FREE for selected participants. All 500 participants will receive free online training and all will be certified as UPG Sustainability Leaders upon completion of the course.
- Participants selected for the 1-week immersive excursion will have the costs of the programme covered - training material, accommodation, subsistence, local transport and international flights (one return flight from the participant's home city to the USA).
Evaluation
The assessment is made by analysing the following four sections of your application:
- Profile - who are you? This helps them fight for diversity.
- Motivation - why do you want to be a UPG Sustainability Leader?
- Capacity - how capable are you of doing what you want to do?
- Impact Potential - what is the potential of your first ideas?
Application
As part of this application, we strongly recommend that you send a short video (maximum 2 minutes) to answer any of the questions in any section above or to tell them more about yourself. Among other things, the video helps to assess your English language skills. You can submit this video by including a link to the video in the application now (there's a section in the application for this). Or you can complete the application first and mention that you'll make the video later. Then send a link to your video here. For your video to be considered, it must be uploaded by the deadline.
Deadline: 31 December 2023
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