2025 Leofoo Sustainable Award: Junior Zookeeper
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In order to advocate SDG 15: Life on Lands and biodiversity as well as arouse students' awareness of global and Taiwan endangered/rare wildlife, Leofoo Tourism Group and Chuang Foo Foundation present "Leofoo Sustainable Award: Junior Zookeepers" to educate children and promote sustainability development.
Organizers
Leofoo Tourism Group, Chuang Foo Foundation
Co-Organizers
Taiwan Biodiversity Research Institute, Taiwan Association of Zoological Park and Aquarium(TAZA), Hsinchu Zoo, Shou Shan Zoo, National Taipei University of Education, Department of Language and Creative Writing
Who can Apply
Domestic and overseas students aged under 16 years old. (16 included)
Theme
Featured Animals
Rhino, Ring-tailed lemur, Formosan Pangolin(select one to introduce and click the link to know the animal)
What to Submit
Applicants record a video around 3 minutes (no less than 2.5 min or more than 3.5 min) to introduce one of featured animals: Rhino, Ring-tailed lemur or Formosan pangolin. The applicant(s) must appear and present personally in the video. We welcome various types of presentation and numbers of people are not limited. If your video has more than 1 applicant, the category you should apply is based on the eldest's age among applicants.
Video content (suggested)
(1)Habitat and behaviors
(2)How to recognize the featured animal or tell the differences
(3)The role of the featured animal and value in ecology
(4)Featured animal's crisis and how to conserve
(5)Response to featured animal's crisis and what supports we pay provide
*Other subjects and creative thinking are welcome
Category
- English: Grade 1-2 category, Grade 3-4 category, Grade 5-6 category, Junior high school category
- Chinese: Grade 1-2 category, Grade 3-4 category, Grade 5-6 category, Junior high school category
- *Note: Equivalent educational levels may apply for the competition.
Due Date
March 16(Sun.) 23:59, 2025 (Taiwan time)
Timeline (Announce changes if applicable)
- December, 2024 – March, 2025: Call for Entry
- April - May, 2025: Judging
- End of May, 2025: Winners Announcement & Award Ceremony
- May – June, 2025: Best Popularity Award(Vote online)
How to Submit
Application Form👉 (Chinese/English)
Video Format
- Duration: 3 minutes (no less than 2.5 min or more than 3.5 min)
- Resolution: 1920*1080 dpi; landscape(horizontal) format
- Apply: Provide YouTube link and set visibility "unlisted"
- Recommend to add English subtitles, or we'll request the script when announcing finalists
- Provide original avi/mov/mpg/wmv/mp4 file after announcing finalists
- YouTube note and file name: category_featured animal (e.g. Chinese Grade 3-4_Rhino)
Authorized Form
Each applicant must sign the authorized form (download) and email to leofook01@gmail.com. Group applicants also need to sign one copy of their own.
Evaluation
Two Rounds:
(1)First round: Select finalists moving into the second round evaluation
(2) Second round: Review and select top 3 winners ranked by their scores for each category
Judging Criteria:
(1)Content: Informative and Accuracy 40%
(2)Communication and Expression 30%
(3)Creativity 25%
(4)Fluency and Pace 5%
(5)Others: Juries' needs based.
Awards
Jury Committees select top 3 winners of each category and finalists, and they're all awarded the following prizes:
- Champion: Trophy*1, Leofoo Resort Guanshi accommodation voucher*1, Leofoo Village Rhino Bus free voucher*2, Leofoo Village Theme Park free voucher*4
- 2nd Prize: Certificate of merit*1, Courtyard by Marriott Taipei accommodation voucher*1, Leofoo Village Theme Park free voucher*4
- 3rd Prize: Certificate of merit*1, Leofoo Village Rhino Bus free voucher*2, Leofoo Village Theme Park free voucher*4
- Finalists: Certificate of merit*1, Leofoo Village Theme Park free voucher*2
*Other Rules:
1. Juries have the right to adjust winners' numbers in accordance with their performance.
2. Juries have the right to decide the finalists who may win merit awards (include unlisted works) apart from top 3 prizes in accordance with ranking.
Terms & Conditions
- Juries and organizer’s immediate family are ineligible for the competition. Applicants must save their videos and have no reason to require the organizer to provide the submitted video.
- The award ceremony will be presented at the end of May, 2025. (Date and Venue will be notified later). Winners’ list and videos will be announced on the official website, YouTube or other co-organizers’ media platforms.
- Applicants understand and authorize the video to the organizer for gratis use upon receiving the organizer’s notification, and also consents the organizer and its authorized third party to use the video. Applicants agree to sign the authorization form (download) and comply with the content in the form. If applicants do not consent the authorization, the eligibility will be terminated and applicants must not raise an objection.
- Applicants’ works cannot plagiarize, reproduce, impersonate, copy or violate a third party’s rights and interests. If the video is verified not created by the applicants themselves, or the video is authorized to other parties, applicant will be disqualified from the competition.
- Applicants’ works must meet the theme and unpublicized. Also, works submitted are not the ones already won other prizes or publicized in an event, or they have been shown on blogs, individual websites, social media, etc., and the content must agree to principles of morality.
- The organizer is irresponsible for any delay of notification and prize delivery caused by the incorrect contact information applicants provide, and applicants cannot request the organizer to undertake the fault.
- The organizer has the right to terminate winners’ eligibility and decide whether to replace with shortlisted candidates or not.
- The organizer has the right to modify competition rules, including but not limited to submission instructions and review process; they will be announced on the official website but not to notify applicants individually. Applicants agree to comply with all competition rules once participating in the competition. If applicants do not comply with the rules, the organizer has the right to terminate their eligibility.
- Certificate Delivery:
(1) Awardee’s information on the certificate is referenced from the submitted application. Please ensure all information filled in the application form is correct.
(2) If applicant’s name needs to rectify, please note the followinginstruction. After submission, applicant cannot be changed or add any new applicants. The organizer requires applicant’s school to provide an official letter for the request of the name change with reasons specified.
(3) Certificate claim: First, Second and Third prizes will be awarded on the day of ceremony. Finalists and winners who cannot attend the ceremony will receive their prizes by post after the ceremony.
- Note: Any relevant matter to the event will be announced on the event website, and important news will email to guardians and applicants directly. Should you have other queries, please email us first. Thanks for the cooperation.
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Contact
Event Web: https://reurl.cc/36L6eM
Chinese application: https://reurl.cc/4655DV
Email: leofook01@gmail.com
Phone: +886-2-6615-6559
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Organizers will announce the updates on the official web if there are revisions for above rules.