Green Genesis 2026

THE WAIT IS OVER!! 🌿Youth for a Green Earth (YGE), in collaboration with the Outreach Team of BRAC University, proudly presents GREEN GENESIS 2026.More than just a competition, Green Genesis 2026 is a national event where creativity meets sustainability, innovation meets action & young minds come together to shape a greener future. Designed to inspire environmental awareness, scientific curiosity, creative expression, and climate leadership; this two-day festival will bring together students from schools, colleges & universities across Bangladesh.The challenges of tomorrow demand the changemakers of today. Whether you're a scientist, photographer, artist, innovator, storyteller, researcher, speaker, or environmental enthusiast; Green Genesis 2026 offers you the opportunity to showcase your talent, share your ideas and become part of a movement dedicated to building a sustainable future.Don't let this opportunity slip away. Dive in to learn, create & leave your own stamp on Bangladesh's climate story!!━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━📅 Date: 21-22 August 2026📍 Venue: BRAC University, Dhaka🏆 Total Prize Pool: BDT 1,83,000━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🎯 ELIGIBILITY:• Junior Category: Grade VI–VIII• Intermediate Category: Grade IX–XII• Senior Category: University Undergraduate━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🌱 SEGMENTS:Green Genesis 2026 features 12 exciting segments across science, creativity, innovation, media & environmental impact:🔬 Environmental Project Display - Present innovative environmental solutions and sustainability; focused projects before judges and visitors.Eligibility:• School -- Grade VI-X• College -- Grade XI-XIIRegistration Fee: 500 BDT (per team)Total Prize Pool: 50,000 BDT 🧠 Climate Science Olympiad -Test your knowledge of climate science, Earth systems, environmental issues, and global sustainability challenges.Eligibility:• Junior Category -- Grade VI-VIII• Intermediate Category -- Grade IX-XII• Senior Category -- University UndergraduateRegistration Fee: 100 BDT (per person)Total Prize Pool: 13,500 BDT ♻️ Eco Decode: Problem-Solving Challenge -Collaborate with your team to develop practical solutions to real world environmental problems.Eligibility:• School -- Grade IX-X• College -- Grade XI-XIIRegistration Fee: 500 BDT (per team)Total Prize Pool: 20,000 BDT ✍️ Climate Essay / Opinion Writing -Express your thoughts on pressing environmental issues through analytical and persuasive writing.Eligibility:• School -- Grade VI-XRegistration Fee: FREE 📰 Green Journalism -Investigate, document and report environmental stories that deserve attention & action.Eligibility:• College -- Grade XI-XIIRegistration Fee: FREE 🎨 AI Art: Climate Futures -Use artificial intelligence to visualize future climate realities and environmental challenges.Eligibility:• College -- Grade XI-XIIRegistration Fee: FREE 🎥 Environmental Reel -Create impactful short-form video content that inspires environmental awareness and climate action.Eligibility:• School -- Grade VI-X• College -- Grade XI-XII• University -- UndergraduateRegistration Fee: • Initial Submission is FREE• If selected for final: 500 BDT (per team)Total Prize Pool: 30,000 BDT 📸 Nature & Climate Photography -Capture powerful stories of nature, biodiversity, climate change, and environmental conservation through your lens.Eligibility:• School -- Grade VI-X• College -- Grade XI-XII• University -- Undergraduate & GraduateRegistration Fee: • Initial Submission is FREE• If selected for exhibition: 500 BDT Total Prize Pool: 40,000 BDT 🖌️ Poster Design -Transform ideas into compelling visual campaigns that advocate for climate awareness and sustainability.Eligibility:• School -- Grade VI-X• College -- Grade XI-XIIRegistration Fee: FREE📰 Wall Magazine Exhibition -Combine creativity, research, design, and storytelling in a large-scale environmental publication.Eligibility:• School -- Grade VI-X• College -- Grade XI-XIIRegistration Fee: 500 BDT (per team)Total Prize Pool: 20,000 BDT 🎤 Climate Oratory -Take the stage and deliver powerful speeches that inspire environmental responsibility and action.Eligibility:• College -- Grade XI-XII• University -- UndergraduateRegistration Fee: FREE✉️ A Letter to Nature -Express your connection with nature through heartfelt and meaningful writing.Eligibility:• School -- Grade VI-XRegistration Fee: FREE━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🌟 PARTICIPATION BENEFITS: • Participation Certificates• Crests & National-Level Recognition for Winners• Cash Prizes Worth BDT 1,83,000 in total• Gifts & Souvenirs for Paid Participants• Exhibition & Showcase Opportunities• Networking with Students from Across Bangladesh━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━®️ REGISTRATION:Registration for every segment can be done through our official website.🌐: https://green-genesis.netlify.app/Detailed segment descriptions, registration procedures, rules, guidelines & tutorials are available on our website. Please note that registration operates on a first-come, first-served basis and will close once slots are filled. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━💳 PAYMENT INFORMATION:Some segments are FREE, some are PAID, and some operate under a HYBRID system.• Paid Segments require registration fees during registration.• Hybrid Segments (such as Nature & Climate Photography and Environmental Reel) allow free initial submission, while only selected participants/teams will be required to pay a confirmation fee for final participation.• Payment instructions and tutorials are available on the official website.⚠️ IMPORTANT PAYMENT NOTE:Participants must complete payments following the official instructions on our website. Providing the "Reference ID" field in bKash is mandatory; failure to provide the required reference may result in registration rejection. Also, all registration fees are strictly non-refundable.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━⚠️ IMPORTANT NOTES:• Limited slots available across multiple segments.• Registration operates on a first-come, first-served basis.• Institutional ID Cards are mandatory during the event.• Detailed rules, schedules & guidelines available on the official website.• Any form of plagiarism, AI misuse (where prohibited), misconduct, or violation of segment rules may result in immediate disqualification.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━This is not just an event. It is a celebration of ideas, innovation, creativity, and environmental responsibility. A platform where the next generation of climate leaders, storytellers, researchers, artists, photographers, and changemakers come together to create impact.Compete. Create. Inspire. Be part of the movement. #Green_Genesis_2026For further information:Afsan Junain PurnoDirector of Strategic Partnerships & External OutreachContact No. 01723484183Yousha Bin AhasanExecutiveContact No. 01686052498━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━NB: Youth for a Green Earth (YGE) and the Outreach Team, BRAC University reserve the right to make final decisions regarding all event-related matters. All participants are expected to respect and abide by these decisions accordingly.