Educating future scholars, policy-makers and practitioners to generate knowledge and provide thought leadership for a sustainable future.

National Earth Olympiad 2025

In the wake of the July 2024 Uprising Bangladesh once again is at a historic crossroads, with youth playing a critical role in reshaping the future of the country. As we aspire for a Bangladesh 2.0, can a country progress if it doesn’t care about the health of its environment? 

 

It is time to rise for the earth, not just for Bangladesh. Let us build a new Bangladesh — one that is green, regenerative and sustainable for the generations to come. NEO 2025 — the invitation to the key change you need to be a part of! If you are inspired from within yourself to go the purest earth, join the National Earth Olympiad (NEO). This is your moment to challenge yourself, and learn more about the crises our environment faces, and to join a global cohort of changemakers. Be a part of 2500+ NEO Alumni and represent Bangladesh at the International Earth Science Olympiad 2025 in China!

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“Our house is on fire!” We homo sapiens are facing the greatest challenge right now: Ecological crisis and climate emergency. IPCC warns that we are less than 12 years away from not being able to undo our mistakes. Bangladesh will be one of the first countries to confront the adverse effects of climate change. Our soil, water and air are polluted, forests and biodiversity diminished, natural resources are degraded.

While our leadership is failing our future, we cannot wait to act. We are at a time in history where our empowered youth must speak out and act. We believe a new generation of enlightened, conscious, and committed young citizens with global mindset and actions can bring back the ecological balance in nature for harmonious development of human civilization and create a more just, fair, sustainable, and resilient world.

What is NEO

National Earth Olympiad (NEO) is an education and knowledge movement to mainstream earth and environmental science education in Bangladesh. NEO aims to educate, inspire, and nurture future scholars, policymakers, and practitioners to generate necessary knowledge and provide thought leadership for a more just, fair and sustainable Bangladesh and world. Through a national level Olympiad competition that takes place across Bangladesh, NEO instills curiosity and develops consciousness about ongoing environmental concerns among the younger generation and nurtures their talents to help them become agents of positive change in the society.

Knowledge

NEO impart earth and environmental science knowledge

Leadership

Green Day Training (GDT) helps to develop leadership skills and install motivation to take environmental action

Impact

NEO engages alumni in action projects in their communities

NEO Journey

2012 - 2024

Previous NEOs

Impact of NEOs

Launched in 2012, NEO took place 11 times, engaging 25,000+ students and establishing contacts with 500+ schools across 8 divisions in Bangladesh. The Olympiad consists of divisional round and national round exams, and a specially designed environmental leadership workshop popularly known as GDT or Green Day Training. Through GDT, we have trained 2500+ students on environmental leadership till today.

 

Until now, our participants have earned 4 gold, 4 silver medals and 24 bronze medals in the International Earth Science Olympiad (IESO). In 2021, Bangladesh won its first absolute gold medal/equivalent distinction as a team through the National Team Field Investigation segment.

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