The Caribbean Youth Environment Network (CYEN – www.cyen.org) will be
hosting a series of webinars geared to answer questions about The BRIGHT Hack
Plastic Challenge that is currently underway. Students participating in the
competition will earn a chance to win up to $3,000 for their schools if they make it
into the finals which are scheduled for February 29, 2024.
The daily information sessions commence from Thursday 15th February at 10:00
am with the last session ending on Tuesday 20th February 2024. Schools, whether
public or private, students and parents/guardians can all join a session by logging
onto to select a date and time suited to their convenience via the following meeting
link – www.brighthack.org/webinar
BRIGHT an acronym for (B)oosting (R)enewables and (I)nfrastructure (G)lobally
by (H)arnessing (T)echnology is a hackathon event being hosted with support from
The Basel Convention Regional Centre for Training and Technology Transfer for
the Caribbean (“the BCRC-Caribbean”) www.bcrc-caribbean.org which is
executing the Global Environment Facility (GEF) funded project. That project is
entitled “Implementing Sustainable Low and Non-Chemical Development in Small
Island Developing States (ISLANDS)” which seeks to address the sound
management of chemicals and waste in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and
Small Island Developing States (SIDS).
Students across the country are being encouraged to form teams and to register for
the BRIGHT Hack Plastic Challenge at – www.brighthack.org and to download
The Tide Turners App that is available in the Android (Google) and iOS (Apple)
mobile stores to learn how they can help reduce plastic pollution utilizing robotics
for a chance to win cash, gift cards, electronics and more…
The deadline for submissions to the BRIGHT Hack Plastic Challenge is February
26, 2024 / 11:59 pm (AST), with students being afforded the chance to use what
they learnt from the Tide Turners App to play kahoot games using their smart
devices and compete virtually the week prior to help brainstorm ideas.
