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5.3. ECCSR 02-19-2020 x., d ENERGY VIDEO COMPETITION CALL FOR VIDEOS - 2020 Climate-Smart Municipalities(CSM),a partnership between the State of Minnesota, United States and North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, pairs municipalities to accelerate progress toward a cleaner and more efficient energy footprint. Since 2015, selected municipalities have sent delegation members to their partner communities to collaborate on the energy transition and climate-smart actions. As a part of their work, CSM partners agree that community education is required for a clean energy transition. Therefore, the partnership is hosting an Energy Video Competition for students in each community. MINNESOTA,UNITED STATES NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA,GERMANY s W rren 1 SaerbeckR. � Munster Duluth P ryp � lahur Arena se'g , errs • LSdetsc# Y White h�d1� .: ,Eltc Rivee __ a e"11_ ea er•Rochester —_.. ts` CLIMATE-SMART MUNICIPALITIES Goal To educate students about energy savings, energy waste, and energy behavior and to use their knowledge to share their knowledge with family, friends, and the community. Video Climate Change and/or Renewable Energies Eligibility • 1 or more schools in each community selected by the city • 1 or more classes (grades 9-12 or ages 13-18) selected by the city • No more than 4 videos may be produced by students at the same school • The teacher and/or school must agree to participate Content r Student Group • 1 video produced (youtube standards: MOV/MPEG4/MP4/AVI/WMV/MPEGPS/FLV/3GPP) • 3 minutes maximum, 2 min minimum • Video produced by cell phone or similar(no professional equipment required) • Students should use what is already available to them. Spend no money to produce the video (no professional filmmaker, software purchase, props or other materials purchased, paid actors, etc.) • Language: English or German (please translate the script into the other language so that the text can be included in the video description) • Videos can be produced by a group of students or by a single student • Content must comply with the YouTube Community Guidelines and Terms of Service (YouTube is not a sponsor of this contest. Users must release YouTube from any and all liability related to this contest) 4y, 4 ,3 A 311,6. a < m ar!Nniuw:. Privacy Notice Any personal data by competition applicants will only be used for competition communication purposes. No personal data will be collected from voters. Lesson Plan (optional) Teachers may wish to reach out to their city staff to coordinate a joint lesson. City staff can provide an overview to students about Climate Smart Municipalities and their climate action and renewable energy work. Submissions • Videos must be submitted by using the form at https://forms.gle/FhSQPKTm rASJYV9 • Submit the video by March 13, 2020 inners Winners will be announced on April 20, 2020. Winners will be selected based on number of views on their YouTube video and a CSM jury made of delegates that are not associated with a participating city will review the content quality, creativeness, student performance, student ages, and quality of production. Prizes will be awarded to the winners during the spring and summer months of 2020 by the CSM delegation members. • 1s1 prize—A class trophy for the school and T-shirts for all student participants and teacher • 2nd prize—A class trophy for the school • 3rd prize—A class trophy for the school Timeline Action �(�✓f Ems, *♦ (� ar �((. i Q �� i lid 911IIp� .�, N( " Paf��Ili a >d�� L��I '"a ��i�i ��Ni 'hv,.�7W.iP�,'krt �iI�I�I� � 1�� Class participation School agrees to patriciate Starting November 8, 2019 Video created and posted using submission form March 13, 2020 Video production Video to be posted online by CSM March 23, 2020 Promote your video online with friends, family, and the March 23—April 3, 2020 Voting community Voting ends April 3, 2020 Winners announced April 20, 2020 Winners Deliver Prizes April 20—June 30, 2020 Contact ct for Question Kristin Mroz Max SchOssler State of Minnesota Universitat Siegen Kristin.mroz-rissestate.mn.us max.schuessler(a?uni-siegen.de +1 651-757-2793 +49 (0)271 740-4664 A ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS CSM has a number of partners and supporters Project Lead Sabine Engel, Institute on the Environment, University of Minnesota Cities Warren—Arnsberg Duluth—Siegen Morris—Saerbeck Elk River—Iserlohn Rochester—Munster White Bear Lake- Ludenscheid Partners Bundesministerium fur Wirtschaft and Energie Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Ministerium fur Umwelt, Landwirtschaft, Natur- Minnesota Environmental Quality Board and Verbraucherschutz des Landes Nordrhein- Minnesota Department of Commerce Westfalen Great Plains Institute University of Minnesota Natural Resources Research Institute Ever-Green Energy Minnesota Department of Administration Minnesota Credit Union Network Minnesota Department of Agriculture Donation r Volksbank Volksbank in Sudwestfalen eG in SUdwestfalen eG Volksbank im Markischen Kreis I Volksbank Siegedand I Volksbank Marienheide Learn r aboutClimate-Smart ici itw Websites http://environment.umn.edu/grant/climate-smart-municipalities/ https://www.enerieagentur.nrw/klimaschutz/internationale klimaschutzprojekte/climate smart municipalities Facebook @climatesmartmunicipalities Watch a video to learn more about the partnership:httias.1/www..tot.orci/climate-smart-cities-workincploqp,figit �4 � y " i alb p ��