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Your “climate” is more than the air you breathe.

Tell us what you’re doing to make your community a better place.

Create and upload your video about what you can do to change our world

Enter the ExchangesConnect Annual video contest for your chance to win an International Exchange Program

Change Your Climate, Change Our World

Small changes in your local community can make a big difference in our world.

Your “climate” is not only the air you breathe but also the people, places, and relationships that affect your daily life.

About the Video Contest

Tell us in a video no longer than 2 minutes what you or someone you know is doing to make your community a better place, and in the process contributing to a healthier, safer, cleaner, and more peaceful world for all of us and you could win an all-expense-paid international exchange program!

Rules of the Video Contest

The contest opens on November 17, 2009 and closes on January 12, 2010.

The contest is open to individuals from all countries and territories worldwide.

Contestants must be registered members of ExchangesConnect (http://connect.state.gov) and 14 years or older at the time of submission.

Four (4) Grand-Prize Winners will be eligible to receive an all-expense-paid international exchange program.

Videos will be rated by the ExchangesConnect community and also by an esteemed panel of judges.

All video content must be original, in English, and non-copyrighted.