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Open Climate
Open Climate Scholarship Programme 2023

Open Climate is seeking seven (7) mid-career professionals for the Open Climate 2023 Fellowship Programme.

Important dates :

Deadline11-Dec-2022

Name of donor :Open climate

Grant size :1000 $ to 10 000 $

Category:Fellowship

Reference URL :https://open-climate.org/fellowship/

Priority area(s) of interest

Open Climate seeks to create this space for exchange to bring together climate action and movement builders, and fully connect them to the people, tools and approaches of the open movement. Since 2020, Open Climate has been coordinating this space through monthly calls and collaborative writing. They seek to identify opportunities for free and open source communities to support climate action and solutions.

Building on the lessons learned from this journey, the Open Climate Fellowship will create a space for transdisciplinary collaboration, peer learning and community building. They expect to develop a network of open climate practitioners working across all facets of the open and climate movement who can advance climate justice with an open lens. This programme will encourage Fellows to share the skills and experience gained from their Fellowship with the communities and organisations they are part of, in order to develop a culture that translates the principles of open practice into the climate action movement.

They welcome applicants from open and climate movement backgrounds, such as researchers, activists, developers and educators enthusiastic about the idea of:

  • Explore the intersections between open technology projects and the climate crisis.
  • Connect with new people working with open technologies and/or climate and environmental justice, coordinating with their team to bring ideas, projects and partnerships into the world. Developing networks, building community and sharing ideas are always at the heart of what you do.
  • Focus your work on expanding the knowledge commons to combat climate change.
Priorities for 2023
  • Since their first community call, Open Climate has organised conversations with people who bring ideas on how open practices can strengthen climate action. Over the course of 12 community calls, they have identified five issues where the open movement could become a key player in pursuing a sustainable future:
    • Their information environment is polluted by companies and governments that refuse or delay climate action. This can be countered by a solid knowledge base.
    • Openness can help reduce the environmental impact of digital infrastructures.
    • Reducing climate science to the local level and working for the "smallest possible political decision-maker".
    • Freeing up access to climate information can be achieved by increasing the socio-technical capacity of community spaces.
    • The open movement is a cultural movement in principle, and it can offer value to other movements by operating in an intersectional way.
Benefits
  • Mentoring and networking : Fellows will have access to experienced open movement organisers and practitioners for the duration of the fellowship, which will also provide opportunities for direct engagement with open movement leaders and climate action initiatives on digital platforms.
  • Professional development : The Open Climate Fellowship will lead to new learning and relationships that will help the Fellow achieve their career goals. Open Climate will support Fellows in their future projects by facilitating new connections, sharing information about funding and emerging opportunities in the field, as well as providing ongoing mentoring.
  • Allocation 2,500 $ (paid in two instalments during the stock market period).
Eligibility criteria
  • Fellows should come from diverse disciplinary and cultural backgrounds to engage in exchanges with other open climate practitioners alongside activists, researchers, emerging leaders and others working at the intersection of the open movement and the climate crisis, to support new and existing initiatives and ongoing research and pilot projects. Fellows will also help develop an Open Climate 2030 agenda and community engagement activities to deliver on the mission and core values.
  • Open Climate is seeking seven (7) mid-career professionals for the Open Climate 2023 Fellowship programme. They welcome applicants from open and climate movement backgrounds, such as researchers, activists, developers and educators enthusiastic about:
    • Explore the intersections between open technology projects and the climate crisis.
    • Connect with new people working with open technologies and/or climate and environmental justice, coordinating with their team to bring ideas, projects and partnerships into the world. Developing networks, building community and sharing ideas are always at the heart of what you do.
    • Focus your work on expanding the knowledge commons to combat climate change.
  • In addition, they ask candidates to have some of the following:
    • Practical experience of free and open source development practices and communities.
    • Relevant experience of working with community movements and/or community-led programmes.
    • Knowledge of open community projects (e.g. FOSS, Open Hardware or Wikipedia)
    • Knowledge of climate justice, climate change and/or the environmental crisis.
    • Experience of communicating in a multicultural and diverse environment, with the ability to communicate in English to an international audience.
  • And a few practical aspects:
    • Applicants must be proficient in English to participate in the scholarship programme. The results of the scholarship can be created in other languages.
    • Some availability to meet and take part in activities between 13:00 and 16:00 UTC
    • An initial idea to be explored, which will evolve and materialise over the course of the exchange.
    • They welcome application material in different formats that will best help distil your idea - video and audio in addition to text are acceptable.
    • They encourage those who identify themselves as the people and areas most affected to apply.

For more information, please visitOpen Climate Fellowship.

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