Are you enthusiastic about guiding young innovators? The Earth Prize is looking for mentors with expertise in various fields from around the globe to join the next edition of The Earth Prize!
Applications are expected to open for the The Earth Prize Mentor Programme 2027, an opportunity for passionate individuals to support young people participating in The Earth Prize, a global environmental sustainability competition for students.
The Earth Prize brings together young environmental innovators from around the world and provides them with mentorship, learning resources, community support, and opportunities to develop solutions to pressing environmental challenges.
Mentors play an important role in helping participating students strengthen their ideas, overcome challenges, and develop practical solutions that can contribute to environmental sustainability.
About The Earth Prize
The Earth Prize is a global environmental sustainability competition that inspires and supports young people to develop innovative solutions to environmental challenges.
The competition is designed for young people between the ages of 13 and 19, who develop ideas and projects addressing environmental problems in their communities and beyond.
Mentors form part of the wider ecosystem supporting these young innovators by providing guidance, encouragement, technical knowledge, and practical feedback.
Who Can Become a Mentor?
The programme welcomes individuals who are passionate about:
- Environmental sustainability
- Climate change
- Environmental science
- Engineering and technology
- Renewable energy
- Biodiversity conservation
- Waste management and circular economy
- Sustainable agriculture
- Environmental policy
- Communications
- Entrepreneurship and innovation
- Education and youth empowerment
Mentors may come from different professional and academic backgrounds, depending on the programme’s requirements for the relevant cycle
What Do Mentors Do?
Mentors support participating students as they develop and improve their environmental solutions.
Mentorship may involve:
- Providing guidance on students’ environmental projects
- Helping young innovators refine their ideas
- Sharing technical or professional expertise
- Answering questions through the mentorship platform
- Providing constructive feedback
- Encouraging students to think critically about their solutions
- Supporting young people in developing practical and impactful environmental innovations
The role is particularly suited to people who enjoy working with young people and are passionate about helping the next generation of environmental problem-solvers.
Benefits of Becoming a Mentor
By joining The Earth Prize mentor community, participants can gain:
- The opportunity to mentor young environmental innovators
- Experience supporting youth-led environmental solutions
- Connections with an international community of mentors and sustainability professionals
- Opportunities to share knowledge and expertise
- Professional networking and collaboration opportunities
- Recognition within The Earth Prize community
- The opportunity to contribute to global environmental sustainability efforts
The programme also provides mentors with opportunities to engage with a global network focused on youth, sustainability, and innovation.
Areas of Environmental Innovation
Students participating in The Earth Prize work on solutions addressing a wide range of environmental challenges, including:
- Climate change
- Waste and pollution
- Biodiversity loss
- Deforestation
- Land degradation
- Drought
- Water pollution
- Ocean degradation
- Renewable and non-renewable energy
- Sustainable resource use
- Other environmental sustainability challenges
Mentors with relevant expertise can help students develop solutions within these and other areas.
Why Become a Mentor?
Young people often have innovative ideas for solving environmental problems but may need guidance to turn those ideas into practical and impactful solutions.
As a mentor, you can help a young person move from:
An idea → to a stronger solution → to a practical project → to real-world environmental impact.
This is an opportunity to contribute your knowledge and experience while helping nurture the next generation of environmental leaders and innovators.
Application Deadline
To be announced for the 2027 Mentor Programme.
The Earth Prize has confirmed that The Earth Prize 2027 registrations are open, but a separate official deadline for the 2027 mentor recruitment cycle was not available on the official website at the time of publication.
Interested individuals should monitor the official Earth Prize website for the mentor application announcement.
Important Note
This opportunity should not be confused with The Earth Prize student competition itself. The mentor programme is for individuals who want to support participating young environmental innovators, while the main competition is for students aged 13–19.
The Earth Prize’s official website currently confirms that the 2027 competition is open for registration and that its global network has included hundreds of mentors supporting young participants. Details on the specific 2027 mentor recruitment process and deadline should be confirmed once the official mentor call is released.
