Starts on
16 Mar
2024
The HUCEG Sustainability Leaders Challenge
Kick start your sustainability journey with mentors from Harvard HUCEG.Eligibility
Grades 8th -12th
Duration
4 Weeks
Early Application Date
15 January, 2024
[Regular Date: 31 Jan, 2024]
Program Fee for Early Applicants
USD 80
[Regular Fee: USD 120]
Application deadline
31 January, 2024
Program Delivery
Zoom Led
There is a keen awareness and concern amongst the teenagers for the need to move towards more sustainable practices for our planet. A report by a leading strategy consulting firm highlighted the desire amongst today’s teenagers to be change agents from an early age.
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The HUCEG Sustainability Leaders Challenge focuses on mentoring young changemakers as they kick-start their sustainability journeys. They will get guidance from Ivy League mentors and global leaders on how they can start their Sustainability changemaker journey, come up with solutions to problems, participate in a competition and get Ivy league mentorship as they move to the final stages of the competition.
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Selection Process
Apply, Interact, and join the program
We are looking for a cohort group of students from across the world. Interested high school students should submit an application. Shortlisted students will be going through an interview round before selection.
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Why Join?
Learn more about sustainable practices and develop solution-oriented projects
Meet The Mentors
Get Inspired by the Best Minds in the Field
Awards & Recognitions
Showcase your achievements to the world
‘Neighbourhood Sustainability’ Challenge
Identify a challenge to the environment posed by your immediate surroundings- your house, residential colonies, etc., and create a campaign to change the behaviors of the people involved, so that they adopt more sustainable alternatives to the given problem.
‘Sustainability at School’ Challenge
Identify how your school can adopt more sustainable practices or how sustainability can be incorporated into the school curriculum. Sustainable practices at school can be focused on one dimension, such as water, waste, plastic, food, etc., or can be multi-dimensional.
‘Learn with Nature’ Challenge
Biomimicry is innovation inspired by nature. In a society accustomed to dominating or 'improving' nature, this respectful imitation is a radically new approach, a revolution really. Creating a prototype of a new object/product which mimics elements of nature to solve problems of environmental change and destruction.
About Harvard Undergraduate Clean Energy Group
Established in 2019 Mission
Schedule
Time are in EST Time Zone
Date
March 16, 2024 -Saturday
Time
9:00 am - 12:00 pm-ET
Sustainability Webinars
During the two days, listen and interact with experts and HUCEG mentors as they cover topics like:
-The Energy Internet
-LEED certification
-Clean energy transition in developing world -SDGs & global cooperation
-Climate activism and lobbying as a high school student
-Climate mitigation and climate adaptation
-Sustainable agriculture
Date
March 23, 2024 -Saturday
Time
9:00 am - 12:00 pm-ET
Sustainability Webinars
During the two days, listen and interact with experts and HUCEG mentors as they cover topics like:
-The Energy Internet
-LEED certification
-Clean energy transition in developing world -SDGs & global cooperation
-Climate activism and lobbying as a high school student
-Climate mitigation and climate adaptation
-Sustainable agriculture
Date
March 25, 2024 -Monday
Submission of Solutions for Challenge
During this week, participants will be required to submit their business idea/solution (as individuals or in teams of up to 4 participants).
Date
April 1, 2024 -Monday
Up to 25 teams will be selected for the semi-finals.
Date
April 3, 2024 -Wednesday
Time
9:00 am - 10:00 am-ET
All semi-finalist teams get one mentorship to refine their semi-final pitch.
Date
April 7, 2024 -Sunday
Time
9:00 am - 12:00 pm-ET
Date
April 10, 2024 -Wednesday
Finalists can choose to get another round of mentoring.
Date
April 15, 2024 -Monday
Time
9:00 am - 10:30 am-ET
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