[bioundgrd] FW: Submit your science today to the Citizen Science Paper Competition!

[MacKenzie Outlund]

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> From: Katelyn Keefe <citizenscience at gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 22:50:27 -0500
> To: <citizenscience at sustainus.org>
> Subject: Submit your science today to the Citizen Science Paper Competition!
> 
> Wanted: Citizen Scientists
> 
> Youth ages 13-26 are invited to submit original scientific research or
> position papers to the Citizen Science Technical Board for the 2008
> CitizenScience paper competition! Winners will, in addition to
> publication, have the chance to present their work at the United
> Nations Commission on Sustainable Development in NYC. For more
> information, visit www.sustainus.org/citizenscience.
> 
> "The ability to speak before some of the most influential people in the
> world was indeed an honor and something that I will remember for years to
> come."
> ­ Lee Blaney, 2005 Citizen Scientist
> 
> **Please forward widely and pardon cross-postings**
> 
> TOP FIVE reasons to submit your work:
> 
> 1. Share your passion for addressing the world's toughest challenges
> through sound science
> 2. Join the SustainUS delegation to the 16th UN Commission on
> Sustainable Development in New York
> 3. Present your work and communicate the importance of youth
> involvement to international leaders
> 5. Get published in Citizen Science
> 6. Start a relationship with the premier youth-run network for
> sustainable development, SustainUS!
> 
> CitizenScience, the technical branch of SustainUS, is hosting our
> annual paper competition. The winning work will be published in
> Citizen Science, an online journal that honors young people in the
> United States who are interested in enriching public dialogue with
> innovative, scientific approaches to sustainable development. Authors
> of winning papers will also present their work at the UN Commission on
> Sustainable Development's 16th Session in New York City in May 2008,
> where SustainUS will be joined by the US State Department in
> recognizing your initiative, leadership and insight.
> 
> Please submit your work to the Citizen Science Technical Board. Papers
> should be written for a non-scientific audience on natural or social
> science topics related to the economic, social, technological or
> environmental dimensions of sustainable development addressed by the
> United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development. This year's
> topics are: agriculture, rural development, land, drought,
> desertification and Africa. Papers need not describe original
> research, though original research is welcome and encouraged.
> 
> Papers will be accepted on a rolling basis until January 1, 2008.
> Please send all paper submissions and questions about the competition
> to CitizenScience at SustainUS.org. For more information, competition
> entry rules, and winning papers from prior years, please visit
> www.sustainus.org/citizenscience.
> 
> Good luck!
> 
> -- 
> Katelyn Keefe
> Citizen Science Coordinator
> SustainUS
> www.sustainus.org/citizenscience

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