Eco-Champs Hackathon

Eco-Champs Hackathon is a contest that encourages young minds to think critically about environmental problems and find an actionable, sustainable solution to tackle them. This year’s competition focuses on some real-time environmental crises that all are facing!
  • One trillion single-use plastic bags are used annually across the globe. That’s nearly 2 million every minute. These are majorly used by small businesses like vegetable & food stalls vendors for carrying vegetables and packing food.  More Information
  • It’s estimated that around 70% of surface water in India is unfit for consumption. Every day, almost 40 million liters of wastewater enters rivers and other water bodies with only a tiny fraction adequately treated.   More Information
  • A recent study published in Environment International Science Journal found that 25% of children’s toys have harmful chemicals in them. They found that soft plastic toys are the most likely to contain harmful additives. Painted toys also pose a risk as they may contain traces of lead.  More Information
    • All these products mentioned above have toxic elements present in them. Which also degrade the health of humans in some way or the other. We are unwillingly dependent on these products as we have very limited sustainable solutions available in the market that are pocket-friendly.

    To solve these real-time problems we want our young problem solvers to come up with practical solutions to reduce the dependencies on these conventional and single-use resources and come up with product ideas that are environmentally friendly and healthy for human use.

    Wear your thinking hats and find a sustainable solution for these problems & win exciting prizes.

    Categories

    (each team can select only one category)

    Category 1 - Ecopreneurs

    (Business idea)
    Develop a business idea to replace one of the pollution-making products and create a prototype for your product.
    Problem Statements (each team can select only one problem statement)

  • Develop a sustainable alternative for replacing plastic carry bags for small vegetable/fruit vendors
  • Sanitation products – Make a sustainable alternative from organic materials eg. Shampoo, soap, etc.
  • Plastic toys – Make a toy from sustainable & organic material

    • Category 2 - Sociopreneur

    (Social Awareness Idea)
    Develop a platform to create awareness on products that are eco-friendly. Make a group or a conscious community of 500 people who you can influence for making a conscious switch for buying eco-friendly products.
    Problem Statements (each team can select only one problem statement)
  • Plastic bags – Create awareness about this issue & connect your audience to sustainable bags manufacturers.
  • Sanitation products – Create awareness about the issue & connect your audience to sustainable sanitation product businesses
  • Plastic toys- Create awareness about the issue & connect your audience to sustainable Toymakers

    • Registrations are closed.

    Frequently Asked Questions

    Hackathon is a competition organized by Eco-Champs for school students to solve environmental problems with on-ground impacts.

    You can register for Hackathon through google forms circulated or reach out to your city coordinator for more information.

    There are two Categories
    I) Ecopreneurs (Business idea) - Develop a business idea to replace one of the pollution-making products and create a prototype for your product.
    II) Social Entrepreneur (social awareness idea) - Develop a platform to create awareness on products that are eco-friendly. And the sources from where these products could be procured. Make a group or a conscious community of 500 people who you can influence for making a conscious switch for buying eco-friendly products

    No, the registration is free.

    The contest registration will begin from 14th Feb 2022.

    Only students of classes 5 to 9th can participate.

    • A student can participate individually or can form a group of 5 students maximum.
    • The group members can only be from the same school.

    • After completion of the registration form, you’ll receive a confirmation mail from the Eco-Champs team.
    • There will be an Induction happening on 2nd April 2022, post the session you'll receive the presentation template for your submission.
    • You have to work on your problem statements and solutions using the Template provided.
    • You’ll have to submit this template before the deadline.

    Yes, along with the prize depending on the category you participated in.

    Yes the deadline is 8th May 2022.

    There is no limit on the number of teams from the same school. 

    The students class/grade/standard while registration is considered till 31st March If you are in 9th grade and in April 3rd week you are 10th grade you are still be eligible, unless you have been promoted to the 11th grade. 

    Yes, the teachers can join the sessions as audience

    Contest Flow

    Contest Rewards

    Major Timelines

    14th Feb 2022
    The Hackathon Registration begins
    31st March 2022
    Registration last date
    2nd April 2022
    Induction

    (The Hackathon officially begins)

    8th May 2022
    Contest deadline
    22nd May 2022
    Announcing top 40 participants

    (20 from Ecopreneur and 20 from Sociopreneur)

    29th May 2022 Sub Label
    Announcing top 20 participants
    (10 from Ecopreneur and 10 from Sociopreneur)
    5th June 2022
    Finale, YouTube Live
    Top 20 participant's presentation in front a Jury panel.

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