What if the youths and children will be allowed to promote their advocacies for the environment? How will they be heard?

The Children, youths, and older people have been watching online videos on different websites and applications to learn information, strategies or to share their ideas. The person who watches these videos often wants to create videos to learn about videography or improve their creative video-making skills. This will also be a chance for the young people to share their visions towards the environment and how they would help conserve for the future.

The Palawan Council for Sustainable Development Staff (PCSDS) launched a Vlogging Competition for youths and children. The PCSDS recognizes their ability to demonstrate and create a change to conserve the environment with a theme: “Be Better and Consistent: Sustainable Development for Young Audiences”.

These are the Guidelines:
1. The vlogging contest is free of charge. No entry fees shall be collected from the contestants.
2. All submitted work must be original work and between 5-7 minutes in length, including credits. The selection committee will accept only one entry per participant.
3. Each entry must focus on the theme “Be Better and Consistent: Sustainable Development for Young Audiences.” The vlog entry should highlight at least one of the following environmental advocacies:
a. Promoting environmental education among the youth and children (e.g., responsible
water consumption, global challenges of climate change, responsible waste
management practices)
b. Wildlife conservation
c. Personal stories of environmental conservation advocacy
4. The video must possess the following specifications:
a. The vlogs should be in landscape orientation and the highest quality possible. Either 1080p (1920 x 1080) or 720p (1280 x 720).
b. The content’s language must be appropriate for an audience of all ages. Entries
containing foul and offensive language will be immediately disqualified.
c. When using images, sounds, or music in the entry, references of information and other
related sources used in the video must be cited, crediting the original owner.
5. All entries must begin with a 5-second full-screen title page that follows the format
below:
Name of contestant:
School name:
Contestant’s Address (Barangay, Municipality/City):
Title of the video:
Total runtime:
6. All entries must be submitted in digital format. Entries may be submitted to
[email protected] starting April 12, 2021. The deadline for submissions is 5:00 PM
(Philippine Standard Time) on Monday, April 30, 2021. Winners will be announced no later than May 7, 2021.
7. All entries must be submitted in digital format. No professional assistance is allowed.
Adults may assist as cameramen or actors but not as content contributors.
8. The only compensation for submitting a video is the opportunity to be awarded a prize if the
entry wins. PCSDS will pay filmmakers no additional compensation nor be liable to the
filmmaker under any circumstances
9. Participants should keep at least one (1) copy of their video. PCSDS is not accountable for any
Films that lost, damaged, or do not upload correctly.
10. Intellectual property ownership of the project remains the participant’s, with the following
exceptions:

1. The participant grants PCSDS the right to use reproduce, reprint, distribute, perform, and/or display the participant’s project video without further recompense or notification to the participant;
2. PCSDS maintains the right to reproduce, reprint, distribute, perform, display, or exhibit the project for advertising, publicity, and promotional purposes on their website, at conferences, or at any other venues; and
3. Participants agree to be bound by the official contest rules and decisions of the judges.

Entry Requirements and Guidelines are:

The vlogging contest is open to all Grades 4-6 students, Junior High School Students, and Senior High School Students who qualify the following requirements:
a. Must be a valid resident of Palawan; and
b. Must be enrolled in SY 2020 – 2021 in any of the public or private schools in
Palawan.