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Lex Icons is an extensive, open-source collection of icons that help explain key terms and principles that define global food systems. You can view a selection of our icons here and on The Noun Project, the world’s largest repository for open-source icons.

All Lex Icons designers own their work but have granted the royalty-free, perpetual, non-exclusive, worldwide right of usage of their work to thelexicon.org under a Creative Commons 4.0 license. Licensees (you) are allowed to share (copy and redistribute Lex Icons in any medium or format) or adapt (remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially). The licensor (us) cannot revoke these freedoms as long as the licensee follows these license terms.

Attribution: You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to this web page, and indicate if any changes have been made to these Lex Icons. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.

Note: You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything this license permits.

Finally, these Lex Icons are cool, but the designers of each icon reserve the merchandising rights for their work. This means that merchandise that use these Lex Icons as designs (as opposed to describing some other product), must be negotiated with the icons’ designers. For example, t-shirts, hats, clothing, and other merchandise that only feature a Lex Icon, itself, cannot be sold without permission from the designers.

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Our panel of international experts explores how our global food systems have become overreliant on only three crops, and what we can do about it.

All Lex Icons designers own their work but have granted the royalty-free, perpetual, non-exclusive, worldwide right of usage of their work to thelexicon.org under a Creative Commons 4.0 license. Licensees (you) are allowed to share (copy and redistribute Lex Icons in any medium or format) or adapt (remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially). The licensor (us) cannot revoke these freedoms as long as the licensee follows these license terms.

Attribution: You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to this web page, and indicate if any changes have been made to these Lex Icons. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.

Note: You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything this license permits.

Finally, these Lex Icons are cool, but the designers of each icon reserve the merchandising rights for their work. This means that merchandise that use these Lex Icons as designs (as opposed to describing some other product), must be negotiated with the icons’ designers. For example, t-shirts, hats, clothing, and other merchandise that only feature a Lex Icon, itself, cannot be sold without permission from the designers.

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Access for Underrepresented Communities

Undeserved communities are groups that have limited or no access to resources or that are otherwise disenfranchised.

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Access for Underrepresented Communities

Adaptive Mechanism

Mechanisms allow for mutually-agreed upon changes in practices or methodologies by stewards and/or MRV actors to reflect new approaches or technologies that better serve the project objectives and stewards’ needs. Describe how they relate to each benefit.

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Adaptive Mechanism

Additionality

Additionality, in the context of EBF, refers to the concept of measuring the additional or incremental impact of a particular action or project beyond what would have occurred in the absence of that action or project. It assesses whether the outcomes achieved are truly additional and can be attributed to the specific intervention being evaluated.

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Additionality

Additionality Assessment

Assessing whether a carbon project’s emission reductions or removals are additional to what would have occurred in the absence of the project to establish eligibility in carbon markets.

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Additionality Assessment

Additionality Juli Panchani

Additionality, in the context of EBF, refers to the concept of measuring the additional or incremental impact of a particular action or project beyond what would have occurred in the absence of that action or project. It assesses whether the outcomes achieved are truly additional and can be attributed to the specific intervention being evaluated.

Juli Panchani

USA

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Additionality Juli Panchani

Affordability

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Affordability

Air Quality Modeling

Application of air quality models and simulation tools to estimate pollutant concentrations, predict dispersion patterns, and assess the impact of emissions on air quality.

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Italy

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Air Quality Modeling

Airborne Sampling

Collection of air samples using aircraft or drones equipped with sampling instruments to measure pollutant levels at various altitudes and locations.

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Italy

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Airborne Sampling

Ambient Air Monitoring

Measurement and monitoring of air pollutants in the ambient environment through monitoring stations or networks.

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Italy

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Appropriate Technology

Appropriate Technology refers to the calculated and appropriate use of machinery and technology, usually denoting a minimal use of mechanical devices and machinery that use energy and may create disturbances. This can also be exemplified by the use of only appropriate technologies for work.

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Aquatic Ecosystem Improvement

Aquatic (water-dwelling) plants and animals of a particular region, habitat, or geological period.

Giulio Satriani

Italy

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Aquatic Ecosystem Improvement

Article 6 NDCs

This refers to if a project’s impacts are recognized under Article, This article under the Paris Agreement allows countries to voluntarily cooperate with each other to achieve emission reduction targets set out in their NDCs (Nationally Determined Contribution).

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Italy

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Article 6 NDCs

Artificial Neural Networks

Utilize adaptive learning and pattern recognition techniques. Computer-based algorithms are designed to simulate the human brain’s capability for pattern recognition. This is debatably the most suited method for forecasting pollution due to its multi-dimensional approach.

Giulio Satriani

Italy

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Audio Recording

Audible documentation of wildlife and/or activities that record the presence of a particular or variety of species in a given place and time.

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Italy

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Audio Recording

Auditability

Auditability describes the ability of one (typically an auditor) to inspect the information to demonstrate adherence to operational and financial practices.

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Italy

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Auditability

Benefit-sharing Mechanism

Developing and implementing mechanisms that ensure the fair and equitable distribution of benefits derived from EBF activities. This may include revenue-sharing arrangements, community benefit funds, or participation in decision-making processes.

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Italy

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Biodiversity Boxes

Biodiversity boxes, also known as biodiversity kits or insect hotels, are structures designed to provide habitats and nesting spaces for a variety of beneficial insects and other small wildlife. They are typically made from materials such as wood, bamboo, or other natural elements and feature a range of different compartments or chambers.

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Italy

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Biodiversity Boxes

Biodiversity Credits

Biodiversity credit refers to economic instruments to fund activities that drive positive impact and gains on biodiversity. Contrast to biodiversity offsets in which payments made to compensate biodiversity ecosystem damage, the biodiversity credit enable companies to support positive biodiversity projects and provide long term funding.

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Biodiversity Credits

Biodiversity Monitoring

Establishing long-term monitoring programs to track changes in species populations, diversity, and ecosystem health over time

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Blockchain

Blockchain is an implementation of DLT that utilizes cryptographic techniques to create a chain of blocks that contain transactional data. Each block is linked to the previous block using a cryptographic hash, forming a chronological and tamper-resistant record of transactions. The decentralized nature of blockchain ensures that no single entity has control over the entire ledger, and changes to the blockchain require consensus among the network participants. This can increase the transparency, security, immutability, and efficiency of transactions.

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Blockchain

Blockchain Encryption

Usage of blockchain data that are verified, uploaded and secured by way of encryption to prevent information being misused or forged. Encryption is a process to convert information or data to a code to avoid unauthorized access.

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Blockchain Encryption

Blockchain-based Registry

Blockchain based registry is a log and account registry on what projects have developed credits, who has bought the credits, who retired the credit and according to what methodology that enhanced with blockchain technology to improves efficiency, trust and user experiences.

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Italy

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Blockchain-based Registry

Bore Holes

Boreholes, also known as water wells or groundwater wells, are cylindrical holes drilled into the ground to access and extract water from underground aquifers. They are typically used for various purposes, such as water supply for domestic, agricultural, or industrial use.

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Italy

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Broker

A broker is a person or firm who arranges transactions between a buyer and a seller for a commission when the deal is executed.

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Broker

Buffer Pool

Buffer pool is a reserve of carbon credits set aside to address any potential issues or uncertainties that may arise during the implementation of the project

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Camera Trapping

Deploying camera traps to capture images or videos of wildlife, providing insights into species presence, behavior, and community composition.

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Italy

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Camera Trapping

Carbon Capture

Carbon capture refers to the process of capturing and storing carbon dioxide emissions to mitigate climate change and reduce greenhouse gas concentrations.

Nilufer Sen

Turkey

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Carbon Capture

Carbon Negative

Carbon negative refers to a company, sector, or country that removes more CO2 from the atmosphere than it emits.

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Carbon Negative

Carbon Offset Exchange

Company or organization receives credit for funding an external projects that reduce emissions

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Carbon Offset Exchange

Carbon Removal

Carbon Removal refers to the process of sequestering carbon from the atmosphere and storing it or reusing it.

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Turkey

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All Lex Icons designers own their work but have granted the royalty-free, perpetual, non-exclusive, worldwide right of usage of their work to thelexicon.org under a Creative Commons 4.0 license. Licensees (you) are allowed to share (copy and redistribute Lex Icons in any medium or format) or adapt (remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially). The licensor (us) cannot revoke these freedoms as long as the licensee follows these license terms.

Attribution: You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to this web page, and indicate if any changes have been made to these Lex Icons. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.

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Finally, these Lex Icons are cool, but the designers of each icon reserve the merchandising rights for their work. This means that merchandise that use these Lex Icons as designs (as opposed to describing some other product), must be negotiated with the icons’ designers. For example, t-shirts, hats, clothing, and other merchandise that only feature a Lex Icon, itself, cannot be sold without permission from the designers.

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Water Quality

Providing best water quality conditions to ensure optimal living condition for growth, breeding and other physiological needs

Water quality is sourced from natural seawater with dependency on the tidal system. Water is treated to adjust pH and alkalinity before stocking.

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Smallholder Farmer

Producers that own and manages the farm operating under small-scale farming model with limited input, investment which leads to low to medium production yield

All 1,149 of our farmers in both regencies are smallholder farmers who operate with low stocking density, traditional ponds, and no use of any other intensification technology.

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Worker Safety

Safe working conditions — cleanliness, lighting, equipment, paid overtime, hazard safety, etc. — happen when businesses conduct workplace safety audits and invest in the wellbeing of their employees

Company ensure implementation of safe working conditions by applying representative of workers to health and safety and conduct regular health and safety training. The practices are proven by ASIC standards’ implementation

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Community Livelihood

Implementation of farming operations, management and trading that impact positively to community wellbeing and sustainable better way of living

The company works with local stakeholders and local governments to create support for farmers and the farming community in increasing resilience. Our farming community is empowered by local stakeholders continuously to maintain a long generation of farmers.

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Frozen at Peak Freshness

Freezing seafood rapidly when it is at peak freshness to ensure a higher quality and longer lasting product

Our harvests are immediately frozen with ice flakes in layers in cool boxes. Boxes are equipped with paper records and coding for traceability. We ensure that our harvests are processed with the utmost care at <-18 degrees Celsius.

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Deforestation Free

Sourcing plant based ingredients, like soy, from producers that do not destroy forests to increase their growing area and produce fish feed ingredients

With adjacent locations to mangroves and coastal areas, our farmers and company are committed to no deforestation at any scale. Mangrove rehabilitation and replantation are conducted every year in collaboration with local authorities. Our farms are not established in protected habitats and have not resulted from deforestation activity since the beginning of our establishment.

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Natural Feed

Implement only natural feeds grown in water for aquatic animal’s feed without use of commercial feed

Our black tiger shrimps are not fed using commercial feed. The system is zero input and depends fully on natural feed grown in the pond. Our farmers use organic fertilizer and probiotics to enhance the water quality.

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Increased Biodiversity

Enhance biodiversity through integration of nature conservation and food production without negative impact to surrounding ecosysytem

As our practices are natural, organic, and zero input, farms coexist with surrounding biodiversity which increases the volume of polyculture and mangrove coverage area. Farmers’ groups, along with the company, conduct regular benthic assessments, river cleaning, and mangrove planting.

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THE TERM “MOONSHOT” IS OFTEN USED TO DESCRIBE an initiative that goes beyond the confines of the present by transforming our greatest aspirations into reality, but the story of a moonshot isn’t that of a single rocket. In fact, the Apollo program that put Neil Armstrong on the moon was actually preceded by the Gemini program, which in a two-year span rapidly put ten rockets into space. This “accelerated” process — with a new mission nearly every 2-3 months — allowed NASA to rapidly iterate, validate their findings and learn from their mistakes. Telemetry. Propulsion. Re-entry. Each mission helped NASA build and test a new piece of the puzzle.

The program also had its fair share of creative challenges, especially at the outset, as the urgency of the task at hand required that the roadmap for getting to the moon be written in parallel with the rapid pace of Gemini missions. Through it all, the NASA teams never lost sight of their ultimate goal, and the teams finally aligned on their shared responsibilities. Within three years of Gemini’s conclusion, a man did walk on the moon.

FACT is a food systems solutions activator that assesses the current food landscape, engages with key influencers, identifies trends, surveys innovative work and creates greater visibility for ideas and practices with the potential to shift key food and agricultural paradigms.

Each activator focuses on a single moonshot; instead of producing white papers, policy briefs or peer-reviewed articles, these teams design and implement blueprints for action. At the end of each activator, their work is released to the public and open-sourced.

As with any rapid iteration process, many of our activators re-assess their initial plans and pivot to address new challenges along the way. Still, one thing has remained constant: their conviction that by working together and pooling their knowledge and resources, they can create a multiplier effect to more rapidly activate change.

Douglas Gayeton

Douglas Gayeton

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Michiel Bakker

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Global Workplace Programs
GOOGLE

Eligibility, Submission Terms and Conditions

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A Greener Blue Global Storytelling Initiative is sponsored by The Lexicon, a US based 501(c)(3) public charity.

Opportunity

Storytellers will join A Greener Blue Storytelling Collective to create stories for the International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture with the FAO and its partner organizations. Members of the Collective will take part in a private online “Total Storytelling Lab” led by The Lexicon’s Douglas Gayeton. Upon completion of this online certificate program, members of the Collective will join seafood experts from around the globe in creating A Greener Blue Storytelling initiative.

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Who can enter and how selections are made.

A Greener Blue is a global call to action that is open to individuals and teams from all over the world. Below is a non-exhaustive list of subjects the initiative targets.

  • Creatives and storytellers with a passion for food and the willingness to support small-scale fisherpeople and experts worldwide. This category includes, but is not exhausted in photographers, videomakers, illustrators, podcasters, and writers.
  • Food Activists working to change open sea fishing and aquaculture; 
  • Members of fishing and indigenous communities that support their communities, share their stories and protect their way of life;
  • Local and International NGOs work every day with actors across the whole value chain to create more sustainable seafood models.

To apply, prospective participants will need to fill out the form on the website, by filling out each part of it. Applications left incomplete or containing information that is not complete enough will receive a low score and have less chance of being admitted to the storytelling lab.

Nonprofit organizations, communities of fishers and fish farmers and companies that are seeking a closer partnership or special support can also apply by contacting hello@thelexicon.org and interacting with the members of our team.

Special attention will be given to the section of the form regarding the stories that the applicants want to tell and the reasons for participating. All proposals for stories regarding small-scale or artisanal fishers or aquaculturists, communities of artisanal fishers or aquaculturists, and workers in different steps of the seafood value chain will be considered.

Stories should show the important role that these figures play in building a more sustainable seafood system. To help with this narrative, the initiative has identified 10 principles that define a more sustainable seafood system. These can be viewed on the initiative’s website and they state:
Seafood is sustainable when:

  • it helps address climate change
  • it supports global ecosystems
  • it optimizes impact on resources and nutrient cycles.
  • it promotes a safe growing environment for safe food sources.
  • it advances animal welfare.
  • it enhances flavor and nutrition.
  • it builds resilience and self-sufficiency in local communities.
  • it prioritizes inclusion, equality, and fair treatment of workers.
  • it preserves legality and the quality and the story of the product throughout the value chain.
  • it creates opportunities along the whole value chain.

Proposed stories should show one or more of these principles in practice.

Applications are open from the 28th of June to the 15th of August 2022. There will be 50 selected applicants who will be granted access to The Lexicon’s Total Storytelling Lab. These 50 applicants will be asked to accept and sign a learning agreement and acceptance of participation document with which they agree to respect The Lexicon’s code of conduct.

The first part of the lab will take place online between August the 22nd and August the 26th and focus on training participants on the foundation of storytelling, supporting them to create a production plan, and aligning all of them around a shared vision.

Based on their motivation, quality of the story, geography, and participation in the online Lab, a selected group of participants will be gifted a GoPro camera offered to the program by GoPro For A Change. Participants who are selected to receive the GoPro camera will need to sign an acceptance and usage agreement.

The second part of the Storytelling Lab will consist of a production period in which each participant will be supported in the production of their own story. This period goes from August 26th to October 13th. Each participant will have the opportunity to access special mentorship from an international network of storytellers and seafood experts who will help them build their story. The Lexicon also provides editors, animators, and graphic designers to support participants with more technical skills.

The final deadline to submit the stories is the 14th of October. Participants will be able to both submit complete edited stories, or footage accompanied by a storyboard to be assembled by The Lexicon’s team.

All applicants who will exhibit conduct and behavior that is contrary to The Lexicon’s code of conduct will be automatically disqualified. This includes applicants proposing stories that openly discriminate against a social or ethnic group, advocate for a political group, incite violence against any group, or incite to commit crimes of any kind.

All submissions must be the entrant’s original work. Submissions must not infringe upon the trademark, copyright, moral rights, intellectual rights, or rights of privacy of any entity or person.

Participants will retain the copyrights to their work while also granting access to The Lexicon and the other partners of the initiative to share their contributions as part of A Greener Blue Global Storytelling Initiative.

If a potential selected applicant cannot be reached by the team of the Initiative within three (3) working days, using the contact information provided at the time of entry, or if the communication is returned as undeliverable, that potential participant shall forfeit.

Offering

Selected applicants will be granted access to an advanced Storytelling Lab taught and facilitated by Douglas Gayeton, award-winning storyteller and information architect, co-founder of The Lexicon. In this course, participants will learn new techniques that will improve their storytelling skills and be able to better communicate their work with a global audience. This skill includes (but is not limited to) how to build a production plan for a documentary, how to find and interact with subjects, and how to shoot a short documentary.

Twenty of the participants will receive a GoPro Hero 11 Digital Video and Audio Cameras by September 15, 2022. Additional participants may receive GoPro Digital Video and Audio Cameras to be announced at a later date. The recipients will be selected by advisors to the program and will be based on selection criteria (see below) on proposals by Storytelling Lab participants. The selections will keep in accordance with Lab criteria concerning geography, active participation in the Storytelling Lab and commitment to the creation of a story for the Initiative, a GoPro Camera to use to complete the storytelling lab and document their story. These recipients will be asked to sign an acceptance letter with terms of use and condition to receive the camera. 

The Lexicon provides video editors, graphic designers, and animators to support the participants to complete their stories.

The submitted stories will be showcased during international and local events, starting from the closing event of the International Year of Fisheries and Aquaculture 2022 in Rome, in January 2023. The authors of the stories will be credited and may be invited to join.

All selection criteria

Storytelling lab participation:

Applicants that will be granted access to the storytelling Lab will be evaluated based on the entries they provided in the online form, and in particular:

  • The completeness of their form
  • The relevance of their story (coherence with the main goal of the initiative and 10 principles)
  • Written motivation explained
  • Geography (the initiative aims at showcasing stories from all over the world so the mix of locations will be a factor that the selection committee will take into account)
 

Applications will be evaluated by a team of 4 judges from The Lexicon, GSSI and the team of IYAFA (Selection committee).

When selecting applications, the call promoters may request additional documentation or interviews both for the purpose of verifying compliance with eligibility requirements and to facilitate proposal evaluation.

Camera recipients:

Participants to the Storytelling Lab who will be given a GoPro camera will be selected based on:

  • Quality of the story (coherence with the initiative and the 10 principles)
  • Motivation demonstrated during the interaction in the online class
  • Participation in the online class (participants that will attend less than 4 classes will be automatically excluded)
 

The evaluation will be carried out by a team of 4 judges from The Lexicon, GSSI and the team of IYAFA (Selection committee).

Incidental expenses and all other costs and expenses which are not specifically listed in these Official Rules but which may be associated with the acceptance, receipt and use of the Storytelling Lab and the camera are solely the responsibility of the respective participants and are not covered by The Lexicon or any of the A Greener Blue partners.

All participants who receive a Camera are required to sign an agreement allowing GoPro for a Cause, The Lexicon and GSSI to utilize the films for A Greener Blue and their promotional purposes. All participants will be required to an agreement to upload their footage into the shared drive of The Lexicon and make the stories, films and images available for The Lexicon and the promoting partners of A Greener Blue.

Additional Limitations

Selection and distribution of the camera is non-transferable. No substitution or cash equivalent of the cameras is granted. The Lexicon and its respective partners and representatives are not responsible for any typographical or other errors in the offer or administration of the Initiative, including, but not limited to, errors in any printing or posting or the Official Rules, the selection and announcement of any selected participant, or the distribution of any equipment. Any attempt to damage the content or operation of this Initiative is unlawful and subject to possible legal action by The Lexicon. The Lexicon reserves the right to terminate, suspend or amend the Initiative, without notice, and for any reason, including, without limitation, if The Lexicon determines that the Lab cannot be conducted as planned or should a virus, bug, tampering or unauthorized intervention, technical failure or other cause beyond The Lexicon’s control corrupt the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper play of the Contest. In the event any tampering or unauthorized intervention may have occurred, The Lexicon reserves the right to void suspect entries at issue.

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