? CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: Up to $125K in Grants for Climate Storytelling ??

Storytellers, filmmakers, and media innovators—this is your moment. The DOC SOCIETY Climate Story Fund is now accepting applications for 2025, supporting powerful narratives that illuminate the interconnectedness of all life and inspire global climate action.

They need stories that spark emotion, challenge norms, and drive action—whether through documentary, fiction, or impact campaigns. From environmental restoration to social justice, ethical migration, and responsible technology use, these stories must help audiences envision and demand a better future.

? WHAT DOES THE FUND SUPPORT?
? Up to $125,000 in funding for:
✅ Completion of nonfiction projects
✅ Impact pilots for completed nonfiction & fiction projects

? WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR
? Diverse storytelling—Romance, comedy, thrillers, and everything in between
? Perspectives from underrepresented communities
? Narratives that shift beliefs and catalyze real-world climate action
? Stories that reach critical audiences via film, digital platforms, streaming, and more

Since 2021, the Doc Society Climate Story Fund has awarded over $4M to 50+ projects, spanning Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Southeast Asia—with projects landing on Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, Spotify, BBC, and more.

? KEY DATES
? Feb 26, 2025 – Info webinar
? Mar 10, 2025 – Applications close at 7 AM PT
? July 25, 2025 – Grantees announced

? APPLY NOW & bring your climate story to the world!

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Happy Valentine's Day everyone! Let's turn up the heat with Solar Hot Water Design & Installation -- this online course is being offered online for free, and in just 60 hours of coursework you can learn how to use solar power efficiently, as well as safely and legally.

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The UN and higher education networks, via the Higher Education Sustainability Initiative (HESI), hosted a global online meeting on ‘Future-Proofing Accreditation, Standards and Education’. The event reviewed the international trend of green and sustainability skills and knowledge becoming an integral part of learning. This University World News article summarizes the meeting, explains the trend to include sustainability standards in criteria for curricular quality and accreditation, and provides resources for organizations to update their standards.

Please share this insightful article with your networks and use the information in your actions .

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This University World News article describes the need for curricula updates due to the growth of green and sustainability jobs. Please read, use the information in your actions and share with your networks. The article is relevant to understand the trends in higher education, the changing criteria and norms for curricula, and the importance of equipping students and the future workforce with the skills needed for a better and more sustainable society.

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While the United States has again been withdrawn from the Paris Agreement, Bloomberg Philanthropies and other U.S. climate funders are stepping up to ensure the United States meets its global climate obligations. This includes covering the funding gap left by the United States to UN Climate Change (UNFCCC) and upholding the country’s reporting commitments. Some hope we should all share!

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You may be interested in attending Green Bonds: A resource for African cities" which will feature insights from Cape Town, South Africa, and the Tanga City Bonds, Tanzania. Discover strategies to overcome barriers and drive climate resilience and sustainable development.
This webinar is part of a series on "Green Finance Innovation" which you can learn more about, watch past recordings, and register for the upcoming webinar at this ICLEI/TAP site.

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LinkedIn has compiled reports and resources that can help you develop regulations, programs, and policies to foster green skill development and create worker transition pathways. This is especially important now as LinkedIn has compiled a Global Green Skills Report 2024 that reveals that global workforce development is not on track to realize all the sustainability targets, commitments, and mandates the world has made to tackle the climate crisis. Read the report to review key findings and insights.

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