Are you working to support, enhance, or further protected areas around the world? We want to showcase your work!

The Pushing Boundaries Challenge is asking the question: How are you creating a protected planet? and is inviting young people from around the world to share their work! The Challenge is designed to provide an outlet for passion and creativity that highlights how young people are using inspiring and innovative solutions to keep our world wild and protected.

Until 21 September 2014, the Pushing Boundaries Challenge is accepting entries that range from local to global in scope, encompassing diverse forms of protected areas, and will be evaluated by an international team of judges on impact, creativity, innovation and its ability to be replicated. Participants must be under 35 years of age at time of entry, but submissions can be in the form of documents, videos, arts, stories, songs...anything that inspires creativity and successfully represents the participant’s project!

If you haven't entered your project yet, what are you waiting for? We have a lot of amazing prizes!

Two (2) winners will be chosen to receive:

1. Mentorship, support, and direction to create a 2-3 minute professional video highlighting their work to be shown at the World Parks Congress in Sydney, Australia in November 2014,
2. A featured profile on the CoalitionWILD website and Challenge website
3. A feature in the CoalitionWILD newsletter and WCPA newsletter
4. Become a CoalitionWILD Ambassador

Thanks to generous support from the IUCN WCPA, Global Environment Facility (GEF) and UNDP, two (2) Challenge participants from GEF eligible countries with projects selected by the International Judging Panel will receive sponsorship to attend the World Parks Congress to present their work on-site in Sydney.

Top 10 winners will receive international exposure via the CoalitionWILD, IUCN, WCPA and World Parks Congress websites and on site at the World Parks Congress via posters and/or multimedia display, including in a dedicated session under Stream 8 - Inspiring a New Generation.

Two “People’s Choice” winners will also be chosen via a public voting process, and will receive a prize of either a one year subscription to Vimeo Plus, or a one year Dropbox Premium account.

That's a total of 16 prizes we have to give away! Be sure to get your submission in to the Pushing Boundaries Challenge before 21 September 2014 to be eligible. Email crista@coalitionwild.org with any questions.

We look forward to showcasing the incredible work young people are doing around the world.