Young NZers to Showcase Talent, Save Planet

June 22, 2007

A Call for All Young New Zealanders to Showcase Their Talent and Help the Planet

A sustainability film challenge - THE OUTLOOK FOR SOMEDAY - launches today for New Zealanders up to 20 years of age.

The project involves both TVNZ and Maori Television and is a partnership between Connected Media, The Enviroschools Foundation and the Global Education Centre.

On the project website at www.theoutlookforsomeday.net young New Zealanders are encouraged to "make a short film about how you see the future unfolding. Look at your world through a lens of sustainability. Give your personal take on what matters to you, focused on the future."

Anyone born in 1987 or later can enter a film, which can be made individually or by a team. It can be a drama, documentary, animation, music video, advertisement for the planet - any genre at all. It must be no longer than 5 minutes and it must be submitted by 21 September 2007.

"We want young people to take the initiative. It's about letting them take a leadership role and communicate the sustainability issues we all need to address," said David Jacobs, Director of Connected Media, a charitable trust whose mission is to promote sustainability through media.

"We urgently need to have a national conversation around issues of sustainability and our approach to the planet. This film challenge is an opportunity for young people to participate in that conversation."

All films entered in THE OUTLOOK FOR SOMEDAY will be screened at www.theoutlookforsomeday.net and on the Just Focus youth website at How fantastic to have a chance to see sustainability through the eyes of young people. With the world searching for answers to sustainability issues there has never been a more appropriate time for such a project."
Heidi Mardon, National Director of The Enviroschools Foundation

"The Sustainable Business Network is delighted to be supporting this project. Visions of what a sustainable future could look like are vital to inspire us all to take action now. I cannot think of anyone better to do this than our young people."
Rachel Brown, Chief Executive of the Sustainable Business Network

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