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LUT University, in cooperation with the Marjatta and Eino Kolli Foundation, is organising a competition for middle school students (grades 7-9) which encourages young people to get to know the forests, their significance and potential and to come up with solutions for the future.
You can participate in the competition as individuals, in small groups or as a class.
Instructions for participation
The participating classes, small groups or individual students are set the task of producing a video no longer than 5 minutes that relates to action, art, science, or emotions – or, at best, a combination of all these dimensions. The video should highlight ideas for finding more value added in forests. What is it about the forest that you yourself find important?
In order to participate in the competition, the group or student must have a teacher or other instructor as their contact person.
Please note that participants must still be in grades 7 to 9 in the autumn of 2024 when the competition winner is selected.
The video entries are uploaded to YouTube and you can enter the competition by filling in an online form.
Participate in Instagram
You can also participate in the competition on Instagram by following the steps below: share the video on Instagram using the hashtag #Metsä360kilpailu and add the information about your school or scout troop in the text field. Make sure that your Instagram account is an open account.
Winner selection and prizes
The winner of the competition and other prize winners are selected by LUT University's evaluation team together with the Marjatta and Eino Kolli Foundation.
When selecting the winning job, the team pays attention to the following criteria:
- highlighting the value of forests
- innovativeness
- opening up new perspectives: value being found where it has not been seen before
- visuality
- video’s illustrative quality and the strength of mental imagery
- speaking to young people
- strength of insight
The deadline for entries for the 2024 competition will end on September 30, 2024. The best entries will be announced later in the autumn of 2024 and the award ceremony is being held in Lahti on November 18, 2024.
The best video will be awarded a prize of €3,000, the second will receive €2,000 and the third €1,000.
