This video competition showcases the ideas of the next generation of environmental stewards by inviting the youth to explore and showcase nature-based solutions in the coyote volley region. Through creative storytelling, youth will discover how protecting and restoring natural lands from Coyote Valley's vital greenbelt to the wildlife corridors connecting the Santa Cruz Mountains and Diablo Range provides essential benefits to communities including flood protection, clean water, carbon sequestration, and biodiversity preservation.
By engaging youth voices in conservation, we're building awareness about critical landscapes that need protection while fostering the environmental leaders of tomorrow. This competition empowers students and helps share their perspectives on why protecting these lands matters for our region's future resilience and well-being.
Young people will inherit the environmental challenges we face today, and their voices are essential in shaping conservation priorities. This competition provides a platform for students to communicate their understanding of nature-based solutions.
Coyote Valley represents one of the most critical conservation opportunities in Silicon Valley a vital greenbelt between San José and Morgan Hill that provides wildlife corridors, natural flood protection, groundwater recharge, and space for local agriculture.
Many residents don't realize how protected open spaces provide clean water, reduce flooding, sequester carbon, and support threatened species. By creating videos about these benefits, students become educators themselves.
This competition cultivates environmental stewardship by connecting youth with real conservation work happening in their backyard. Students gain hands-on experience researching ecological concepts, and think about climate solutions.
Youth-led organization dedicated to climate advocacy
Leading conservation efforts to protect and preserve open spaces in Santa Clara Valley
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