Sandwatch International Competitions
The results of the "Sandwatch 2014 Photo Competition: A Snapshot in Time - Beaches Past and Present" are in!

The entries were amazing and illustrate how beaches around the world have changed over the last twenty years. Perhaps, even more importantly, the entries show how Sandwatchers, coastal residents and many others too, CARE about their beaches.
Twenty completed entries were received from nine different countries covering Asia, Caribbean, Indian and Pacific Oceans. (The participating countries were: Bahamas, Colombia, Cuba, Indonesia, Kiribati, Puerto Rico, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Turks and Caicos Islands, and Vietnam). Each of the winning schools will be presented with $750 USD each.
Click here to see the contest results in each category
Click here to see the winning photos
Twenty completed entries were received from nine different countries covering Asia, Caribbean, Indian and Pacific Oceans. (The participating countries were: Bahamas, Colombia, Cuba, Indonesia, Kiribati, Puerto Rico, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Turks and Caicos Islands, and Vietnam). Each of the winning schools will be presented with $750 USD each.
Click here to see the contest results in each category
Click here to see the winning photos
1st July, 2014: The launch of the “Sandwatch 2014 Photo Competition: A Snapshot in Time - Beaches Past and Present”
Sandwatch schools and Sandwatch youth groups are invited to enter this competition and record for the world how beaches have changed over the past 20 years using photographs. There is also the opportunity to win great prizes, up to USD $1,000 for your school or youth group!
Understanding how beaches change over the years provides important background information as to how beaches might change in the future as a result of man-made changes, climate change and climate variability. Photographs of beaches and coasts are an important tool that can provide useful information about past changes.
How to enter?
For queries or more information send an email to: [email protected]
Announcement and Entry Form available to download here:
To download the competition announcement in English please click here.
To download the competition entry form in English please click here.
Para descargar el anuncio de competencia en español por favorhaga clic aquí.
Para descargar la entrada de competencia forma en español por favor haga clic aquí.
Pour télécharger l'annonce du concours en Français, veuillezcliquer ici.
Pour télécharger le concours formulaire en Français, veuillezcliquer ici.
O anúncio de concurso, em Português, por favor clique aqui para baixar.
A entrada da concorrência formulário em Português, por favor clique aqui para baixar.
Sandwatch schools and Sandwatch youth groups are invited to enter this competition and record for the world how beaches have changed over the past 20 years using photographs. There is also the opportunity to win great prizes, up to USD $1,000 for your school or youth group!
Understanding how beaches change over the years provides important background information as to how beaches might change in the future as a result of man-made changes, climate change and climate variability. Photographs of beaches and coasts are an important tool that can provide useful information about past changes.
How to enter?
- Submit your entry form to [email protected] as soon as possible and by 1st October 2014 at the latest.
- The entry form contains a field asking whether your group is registered on the Sandwatch International Database; if you are not yet registered we will help you get registered.
- Your competition entry must be submitted through the Sandwatch International Database by 1st November 2014.
- The Sandwatch International Database is only accessible via the Internet. If your country or school has trouble accessing the internet, then let us know and we will make alternative arrangements.
For queries or more information send an email to: [email protected]
Announcement and Entry Form available to download here:
To download the competition announcement in English please click here.
To download the competition entry form in English please click here.
Para descargar el anuncio de competencia en español por favorhaga clic aquí.
Para descargar la entrada de competencia forma en español por favor haga clic aquí.
Pour télécharger l'annonce du concours en Français, veuillezcliquer ici.
Pour télécharger le concours formulaire en Français, veuillezcliquer ici.
O anúncio de concurso, em Português, por favor clique aqui para baixar.
A entrada da concorrência formulário em Português, por favor clique aqui para baixar.
SANDWATCH VIDEO COMPETITION (2008)
“COPING WITH CLIMATE CHANGE: SANDWATCH LEADING THE WAY”
Sandwatch Announces Winners of the Climate Change Video Contest
See how Sandwatchers are helping with climate change adaptation by keeping beaches and coastal areas healthy and strong. The competition was open to Sandwatch schools, youth and communities groups around the world.
Using simple video cameras and the free and easy to use Windows Movie Maker software, students and teachers all over the world were quickly able to film, edit and post online creative 3 minute videos showing their efforts to confront climate change as it is affecting their islands and communities.
Almost two dozen entries were submitted from teams all over the world with winners chosen in age categories (primary/high school), as well as for creativity and originality. $6,000 US in prize money was awarded the best eight (8) entries. Now that so many Sandwatch Teams know how to create and present their own videos, who knows what kinds of creative ways they will come up with in the future. We cant wait to find out!
About the Competition...As people around the world face the challenge of adapting to climate change, Sandwatch seeks to change the lifestyle and habits of children, youth and adults on a community-wide basis, and to develop awareness of the fragile nature of the marine and coastal environment and the need to use it wisely. Sandwatch is a volunteer network of schools: students, teachers and principals; youth groups; non-governmental and community-based organizations.
See how Sandwatchers are helping with climate change adaptation by keeping beaches and coastal areas healthy and strong. The competition was open to Sandwatch schools, youth and communities groups around the world.
Using simple video cameras and the free and easy to use Windows Movie Maker software, students and teachers all over the world were quickly able to film, edit and post online creative 3 minute videos showing their efforts to confront climate change as it is affecting their islands and communities.
Almost two dozen entries were submitted from teams all over the world with winners chosen in age categories (primary/high school), as well as for creativity and originality. $6,000 US in prize money was awarded the best eight (8) entries. Now that so many Sandwatch Teams know how to create and present their own videos, who knows what kinds of creative ways they will come up with in the future. We cant wait to find out!
About the Competition...As people around the world face the challenge of adapting to climate change, Sandwatch seeks to change the lifestyle and habits of children, youth and adults on a community-wide basis, and to develop awareness of the fragile nature of the marine and coastal environment and the need to use it wisely. Sandwatch is a volunteer network of schools: students, teachers and principals; youth groups; non-governmental and community-based organizations.

ANNOUNCEMENT OF WINNERS
In April 2008, Sandwatchers around the world were invited to make short, amateur, 3-minute videos illustrating the theme “Coping with climate change: Sandwatch leading the way” and to post the videos on the Sandwatch youtube channel on the internet. The videos were judged by an international team of judges in February 2009 using criteria focused predominantly on content.
The competition was organized by the Sandwatch Foundation and supported by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, and the University of Puerto Rico Sea Grant College Program.
(Left) Ms. Nanette Port-Louis, Sandwatch Coordinator at the Seychelles Department of Environment launched the Sandwatch Climate Change Video Contest nationally, with a new poster sent out to to all schools (both primary and secondary schools) as well as youth groups, district administrators, and various NGOs.
The entries were of a very high quality making the task of the judges extremely challenging. All competition entrants are to be congratulated for the high standard of their efforts. First prize winners will each receive US$750 and other prize winners will each receive US$600. Congratulations to all entrants and special thanks to all those who helped to make this competition a success. The prize winners are listed below with links to their winning videos...we hope you will give them all a viewing.
In April 2008, Sandwatchers around the world were invited to make short, amateur, 3-minute videos illustrating the theme “Coping with climate change: Sandwatch leading the way” and to post the videos on the Sandwatch youtube channel on the internet. The videos were judged by an international team of judges in February 2009 using criteria focused predominantly on content.
The competition was organized by the Sandwatch Foundation and supported by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, and the University of Puerto Rico Sea Grant College Program.
(Left) Ms. Nanette Port-Louis, Sandwatch Coordinator at the Seychelles Department of Environment launched the Sandwatch Climate Change Video Contest nationally, with a new poster sent out to to all schools (both primary and secondary schools) as well as youth groups, district administrators, and various NGOs.
The entries were of a very high quality making the task of the judges extremely challenging. All competition entrants are to be congratulated for the high standard of their efforts. First prize winners will each receive US$750 and other prize winners will each receive US$600. Congratulations to all entrants and special thanks to all those who helped to make this competition a success. The prize winners are listed below with links to their winning videos...we hope you will give them all a viewing.
The Winners
The Winning Videos
Primary School Category (12 years or less)
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First Prize
"We are the Sandwatchers" Hope Town Primary School, Bahamas |
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Second Prize
The Fourth Grade Sandwatchers Good Hope School, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands |
Secondary School Category (13-18 years)
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Joint First Prize
"Sandwatch Changing Beaches with Climate Change" Coleridge and Parry School, Barbados |
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Joint Second Prize
Coping with Climate Change: Sandwatch leads the way Mayaro Environmental Wave, Trinidad and Tobago |
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Enfrentar el cambio climatico, tarea de 1er orden
(Facing Climate Change : First Order Task) IPVCE Ernesto Guevara, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba |
Special Prize for Creativity and Originality

Sandwatch Video Competition
Nevis – Eco Rangers, Lynn Jeffers School,
Nevis, St. Kitts and Nevis
Nevis – Eco Rangers, Lynn Jeffers School,
Nevis, St. Kitts and Nevis
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First Prize
"Aqui las arenas son mas blancas" (Here the sands are white) ESBU Camilo Torres Restrepo, Havana, Cuba |
UNESCO Community Sandwatch Competition (2004-2005)
An inter-regional Sandwatch competition was launched in September 2004, open to primary and secondary school students from schools involved in the Sandwatch Project in Caribbean, Indian Ocean and Pacific countries. This competition, entitled 'Community Sandwatch,' offered substantial cash prizes. The objective of the competition was for students to plan, design, implement and evaluate a community-based beach enhancement project using the scientific beach monitoring methods that are an integral part of the Sandwatch project.
The responses and entries to this competition clearly validated the relevance and usefulness of the Sandwatch approach which is summarised in four steps: Monitoring beach changes, Analysing the results, Sharing the findings and Taking action (MAST).
For more information click here to download a pdf summarising the competition entries and results.
The responses and entries to this competition clearly validated the relevance and usefulness of the Sandwatch approach which is summarised in four steps: Monitoring beach changes, Analysing the results, Sharing the findings and Taking action (MAST).
For more information click here to download a pdf summarising the competition entries and results.