 Sarah Campbell in Aviemore |
Last year, they asked for space age gadgets; this year the team at the educational trust Edge are looking to teenagers to save the planet. Their latest competition - Ice Edge - is asking for practical ideas to combat global warming.
That could mean harnessing sources of energy which don't generate greenhouse gases - or it could involve devising clever new ways of dealing with them
The idea is to make school science lessons come alive, by getting pupils to think about the most challenging problem facing the world today.
This morning on Breakfast:
Our reporter Sarah Campbell went to Aviemore in the Scottish Highlands, where the effects of global warming are already beginning to bite.
She talked to the Polar explorer Ben Saunders about the sort of ideas which Ice Edge is looking for.
Ice edge
The Ice Edge challenge is open to all children between 13 and 17 who live in the UK.
 The prize is trip to this Polar Bear's natural habitat |
They'll need to get together in teams of between two and four people to submit their plans for tackling global warming. The more creative the idea, the better, say the organisers. But the plans must be properly thought out and presented, in the form of a model, a PowerPoint demonstration or even a website.
The prize is a trip to the fragile Arctic island of Svalbard, just off the coast of Norway.
You'll be able to see glaciers and Polar Bears living in a habitat which is under threat from global warming.
If you'd like to enter, don't e-mail Breakfast. You will need to register with the Ice Edge website
Follow this link, to read about last year's competition, Edge into Space 
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