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The American Geosciences Institute (AGI) announces Earth Science Week 2016 Contests
In celebration of Earth Science Week 2016, the American Geosciences Institute (AGI) is sponsoring four contests honoring this year’s theme, “Our Shared Geoheritage.”
Since October 1998, the American Geosciences Institute has organized this national and international event to help the public gain a better understanding and appreciation for the Earth Sciences and to encourage stewardship of the Earth.
This year's Earth Science Week will be held from October 9-16, 2016 and will celebrate the theme "Our Shared Geoheritage."
Geoheritage is the collection of natural wonders, landforms, and resources that have formed over eons and come to this generation to manage, use, and conserve effectively. Geoheritage locations are valued for many reasons, including scientific, economic, ecological, educational, cultural, aesthetic, artistic, and recreational purposes.
In celebration of Earth Science Week 2016, the American Geosciences Institute (AGI) is sponsoring four contests honoring this year's theme, "Our Shared Geoheritage." This year's competitions will feature the traditional photography contest, visual arts contest, and essay contest — as well as a new video contest.
Leading up to Earth Science Week 2016, The American Geosciences Institute invites educators and their students from across the globe to form teams to enter the video contest. Teams will work together to submit a brief, 30- to 90-second original video that tells viewers about an outdoor place that is special to them, including relating the place to elements of geoheritage and geoscience as they relate to their “one shared place” of significance.
More details of the contest are available at http://www.earthsciweek.org/one-shared-place/about
The American Geosciences Institute is also running photography, visual arts and essay competitions to commemorate the Earth Science Week. Details of these competitions can be found here.
About AGI:The American Geosciences Institute is a nonprofit federation of geoscientific and professionalassociations that represents more than 250,000 geologists, geophysicists and other earth scientists.
Founded in 1948, AGI provides information services to geoscientists, serves as a voice of shared interestsin the profession, plays a major role in strengthening geoscience education, and strives to increasepublic awareness of the vital role the geosciences play in society’s use of resources, resiliency to naturalhazards, and interaction with the environment.
Images, video and content source: The American Geosciences Institute