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Showcase your creativity as a photographer and depict our journey toward a sustainable future.
As photographers, you wield a powerful lens — one that can amplify hope, resilience and progress. We invite you to depict our journey toward a sustainable future, to celebrate the progress made and show the unprecedented challenges that shape the world we live in.
Choose the category or categories that inspire you the most and submit your entry before 30 May 2025 (23.59 PM). Don’t forget to be mindful of our Terms and Conditions before applying.
Photo competition categories
The names of the competition categories are based on colours; however, submitted photographs do not need to explicitly depict the named colour. Entries should align with the theme and description provided for each category. While incorporating the specified colour is allowed, it is not a requirement. The category names serve as thematic titles rather than strict visual guidelines.
Plamen Vasilev, Well with Nature /EEA
Blue — Water & Me
Dive into the heart of our blue planet. Showcase the beauty and challenges of our oceans, rivers, lakes, and marine life. From pristine coastlines and aquatic ecosystems to the impact of pollution, overfishing and water scarcity worsened by climate change; tell the story of our water and its vital role in sustaining life.
Highlight sustainable actions like rainwater harvesting, efficient irrigation systems or wetland conservation or capture the stark impacts of climate change.
Daniele Giannetti, REDISCOVER Nature /EEA
Green — Nature & Me
Celebrate the diversity of our landscapes and their biodiversity. Whether it's lush forests, agricultural lands or the incredible creatures that live in our mountains, capture the essence of the green spaces that nourish our planet.
Highlight the resilience of nature or remind us of what we stand to lose without action - scorched forests reduced to ash, polluted soils by pesticides, or once-thriving habitats now barren due to human impact. Show both the beauty of what we have and the devastation that awaits if we fail to protect it.
Agata Jakubowska, Well with Nature /EEA
Orange — Everyday life & Me
Explore the intricate bond between people and their environment — how we live, work, and consume within the living spaces. From homes filled with personal histories to schools where ideas take root, and workplaces buzzing with innovation, our environments tell stories of adaptation and influence.
Dive into the ways we interact with the planet’s resources — whether through sustainable practices that reuse and transform, or the pressing challenges posed by overconsumption.