Call for Applications - The Sustainable Cup Challenge

Do you have creative ideas on how to tackle environmental problems with sustainable products and campaigns? Do you want to turn them into reality?

Are you an emerging social entrepreneur between 21 and 28 years old who wants to start your own venture?

Do you work in sustainable product design, campaigning and branding, environmental activism, or recycling or waste management and want to develop a sustainable to-go cup system for New York City?

Then APPLY NOW for the DO School program and the Sustainable Cup Challenge on our pop-up campus in New York City!

Application Deadline: September 15, 2013 [23:59 CET]

Find out more: http://thedoschool.org/challenges/sustainable-cup-challenge/

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THE DO SCHOOL

The DO School is an innovative educational institution. We offer training, mentoring, and education to outstanding emerging social entrepreneurs to kickstart their own ventures all around the world.

THE DO SCHOOL PROGRAM

The DO School offers a unique one-year educational program enabling talented emerging social entrepreneurs to launch their own innovative and sustainable ventures. The program allows its participants - our Fellows - to learn from passionate peers, engage with current leaders and experts, and create change by implementing their social start-ups in their home countries. The year long program takes place in two phases, the ten-week Incubation Phase on campus and the ten-month Implementation Phase in the Fellows' home countries. During the Incubation Phase Fellows solve a group Challenge in order to learn hands-on how to act entrepreneurially and successfully take action.

THE CHALLENGE

The DO School is challenging a group of international participants to develop and present a sustainable to-go cup, as well as a related infrastructure and campaign, for New York City.

RELEVANCE

Every day in New York City, millions of plastic and paper drink cups are used and thrown away - posing a serious problem to the environment and waste management alike.

PARTICIPANTS

The DO School invites applications from emerging social entrepreneurs aged 21 to 28 from around the world, with relevant interest and skills to respond to this Challenge and a venture idea they want to start in their home country. A maximum of 20 Fellows from fields including product design, campaigning and branding, as well as environmental activism, recycling and waste management will be selected for the DO School Sustainable Cup Challenge.

DATES

• Incubation Phase, on the DO School pop-up campus in New York City USA: mid February 2014 to early May 2014
• Implementation Phase, in the Fellows' home countries: May 2014 to mid February 2015

APPLICATION PERIOD

Applications for the DO School Sustainable Cup Challenge can be submitted between June 28th, 2013 and September 15th, 2013.

To apply for the DO School program visit our website and submit your application online: www.thedoschool.org