Stories to Action Environmental Video Competition
This is a video competition with a difference – it’s a platform for inspiring young people’s voices and connecting them meaningfully with impact organisations to amplify their story.
Important Dates
Competition opens
29th February 2024
You can submit your videos from this date
Competition closes
29th May 2024 5 p.m. Melbourne Time (AEST)
All videos must be submitted by this date. Applications received after the closing time cannot be considered.
Prizes winner notified
June 2024
Non-prize winners will also receive a certificate of participation by this date.
Competition Theme
We won’t save the world by recycling more or buying green products. ‘Business as usual’ is killing our planet. Genuine sustainability calls for bold ideas and courageous actions, not little tweaks on how we’re already doing things.
Your video should respond to this theme through either:
- Showing one bold idea or action that can help create genuine sustainability, and how others can be inspired to take up these actions.
- Showing what a truly environmentally sustainable future for your community would look like.
You may focus on individual-level, community-level or structural level actions, and are encouraged to show the connections between these. Feel free to contact us if you want feedback on your idea before making your video.
Prizes
Cash Prizes
We are still adding to the total prize pool which is $2000+ in cash and other prizes!
Age categories
Submissions will be split into three categories based on the following age groups:
11-14
15-18
19-29
Region category winners
Rural Vic (entrants from rural Vic)
- First Prize: $150
- Second Prize: $100
- Third Prize: $50
Open (entrants outside Vic)
- First Prize: $150
- Second Prize: $60
- Third Prize: $30
Overall category winners
Best Impact: $100
Best Production: $100
Most Original: $100
Funniest: $100
Other Prizes
Prize
2x Family visit passes
Organisation
Discovery Centre
Description
With over 100 fascinating exhibits to explore, Discovery is sure to have something to capture every imagination!
Prize
3x Subscriptions
Organisation
Renew Magazine
Description
Renew magazine is the nation's premier magazine devoted to practical, cost-effective technologies for environmentally sustainable homes and lifestyles.
Prize
YMCA Sustainability Kit
Organisation
YMCA (The Y)
Description
The YMCA Sustainability Kit that include a brand new backpack, a journal, a hat and a set of re-usable cutlery.
Prize
10x Nature Journals
Organisation
Greater Shepparton City Council
Description
Portable materials designed to encourage observation, documentation, and creative expression of the natural world through writing, drawing, and collecting samples.
Eligibility
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This competition is open to people aged 11-29 residing anywhere on earth
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Some additional prizes are allocated for the ‘Regional Vic’ category, which entrants are eligible if they live in postcodes outside metropolitan Melbourne. Check your eligibility here.
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Only one entry may be submitted by an individual or a group with a maximum of 5 persons.
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For group entries, all members must meet the eligibility criteria, and the age of the group will be the average ages of the participants
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Age of entry is determined on the date that the video is submitted
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There is no entry fee for the competition.
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The submission period is from 29 February 2024 to 29 May 2024.
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All videos must be submitted on the official online form by May 29th, 2024, 5 pm Australia (AEST) to be eligible for the competition.
Video Specifications
Your video must be from 30 seconds to 3 minutes long. This duration does NOT include credit roll (optional).
Each video must have a title of not more than 20 words and a synopsis of not more than 50 words.
The video is not required to be in English. However, the video requires English subtitles if it is in another language.
Your video should be based on the following theme: Genuine sustainability calls for bold ideas and actions, not little tweaks on how we’re already doing things: Either
1) Show one bold sustainable idea or action and how others can be inspired to adopt this,
2) How can you create a truly environmentally sustainable future for your community?
Your video should include a ‘call to action’ for the viewer to take environmental action themselves – this can be presented in whatever creative way.
Please upload your video to YouTube, as you will need to share your video as a YouTube link when filling in the entry form. It must be set to public view. See instructions here
Video ownership, permissions and sharing
You must ensure your video is original work, complies with copyright and intellectual property laws, and that you have the consent of everyone in the video for entering it in this competition.
Plagiarism is not accepted under any circumstances. All videos suspected of plagiarism shall be disqualified. The video must have been specifically made for this Competition.
Credit should be provided for any work used, including music.
By entering your video in the competition each participant grants the Bendigo Sustainability Group and partner organisations, free of charge, permission to use any of the entry material (including, without limitation, modifying and adapting it for operational and editorial reasons) in any media for purposes of promoting environmental sustainability, with acknowledgement of your authorship.
The Bendigo Sustainability Group reserves all rights to disqualify or refuse to accept an entry if its content is deemed unsuitable or inappropriate and contrary to the spirit or intention of the competition.
Prizes and selection of winning entries
The entries will be judged by a panel of judges appointed by Bendigo Sustainability Group.
The judges’ decision is final and binding. The winner shall be notified as soon as practicable after the decision.
No correspondence will be entered into with the unsuccessful participants.
The Bendigo Sustainability Group reserves the right to substitute the prize with another of equivalent value without giving notice.