A Brief Overview Of The Themes

The themes for the earthian awards:
The earthian program invites papers on suggestions, thoughts, approaches and possible solutions on nine key challenges/themes:

1. Climate Change.
2. Cities and Communities.
3. Our Home.
4. Water.
5. Production and Consumption.
6. Biodiversity.
7. Agriculture.
8. Role of Information and Communication Technology.
9. Role of Policies, Regulations.

Selection of themes for a paper
You can apply across any of the themes. Each application can be related to one core theme and up to two additional themes.
Schools (standards 9-12): You can apply across any of the themes. Each application can also be related to 1 core theme and up to 2 additional themes. The 5 best entries will be selected across all themes.
College (all levels above standard 12, including Diploma, Graduate, Post Graduate programs etc.): You can apply across any of the themes. Each application can also be related to 1 core theme and up to 2 additional themes. The 5 best entries will be selected across all themes.

What are we looking for?
The themes are diverse and wide ranging. The awards program is a first step in this long journey. For details, check the Rules and Registration/Submission sections. We would be interested to understand how your approach and solution covers the following aspects:

1. How wide ranging and deep will the impact of the solution be?
2. How innovative is the idea, especially in the Indian context where contextualizing is important (low cost, social barriers, cultural nuances for example) ?
3. How complete is the understanding of the problem? Since sustainability is multi-dimensional, are the contours of the problem understood and defined in their entirety?
4. How practical and easy will it to be implement the recommendations?
5. How can we use the medium of arts (literature, drama, music etc) and culture to influence public behavior?

We believe the program will increase awareness of these issues and help catalyze sustainability thinking in our education institutions. Wipro will connect able, capable and willing institutions to a wider ecosystem of like minded organizations and initiatives in India and abroad to implement some of the ideas.