Pixabay for climate action

Upload media for climate action

Climate change is the single greatest threat to global stability, security and life on earth (UN Security Council, 2021). From bushfires, to rising sea levels and climbing global temperatures — the clock has already started. The dangerous effects are already reverberating around the world.

Upload content to help the environment!

Pixabay will be donating $10 AUD per contest submission.

What?

With earth day coming up on the 22nd of April we challenge you to upload any media that helps to raise awareness for climate action, informs about dangerous effects or showcases our beautiful mother earth.

• Submission Period: 5th April 2022, 00:01 AEDT - 30th April 2022, 23:59 AEDT
• Eligible uploads: All media types (photos, illustrations, vector graphics, videos, music, sound effects)

Where will the donations go?

All donations will go to The Nature Conservancy: https://www.nature.org/en-us/

How it works?

• Upload your media 
• Add the tag "pxclimateaction” (important!)
• Link to your submission in this thread (important!)
• Once of the submission period ends, Pixabay will donate $10 AUD for each submission (up to $5,000 AUD).

You can add as many submissions as you want.

PIXABAY PHOTO CHALLENGE TERMS & CONDITIONS

To increase awareness about climate change, Pixabay will be donating $10AUD to The Nature Conservancy for every piece of media uploaded that helps to raise awareness for climate action, informs about dangerous effects or showcases our beautiful Mother Earth (up to a maximum of $5000AUD). 

The terms for the challenge are set out below

1. Entry
   1. To participate in the Challenge, you need to upload your media (photo, illustration, vector graphic, video, music or sound effect), add the tag "pxclimateaction” and link your submission to this thread  ("Entry").
   2. The media should be related to the theme: Climate Change, which could encompass anything that raises awareness for climate action, informs about dangerous effects or showcases our beautiful Mother Earth ("Challenge Guidelines"). 
2. Eligibility: This Challenge is open only to persons who are 18 years old or older as of the date of Entry. Employees of Pixabay Pty Ltd ("Pixabay”), its affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies, and suppliers, (together, "Employees”) are not eligible to participate in the Challenge. This Challenge is not open to any individual in a jurisdiction where the Challenge or the individual entering the Challenge would be prohibited by law.  
3. Challenge Period: Entries will be accepted online between Tuesday the 05 April, 2022 at 00:01 AEDT and Saturday 30 April 2022 at 11:59PM AEDT ("Challenge Period"). Entries must be received before the end of the Challenge Period.3. Challenge Period: Entries will be accepted online between Tuesday the 05 April, 2022 at 00:01 AEDT  and Saturday 30 April 2022 at 11:59PM AEDT ("Challenge Period"). Entries must be received before the end of the Challenge Period.
4. Agreement to Terms: By submitting an Entry to the Challenge, the entrant ("You”) agrees to be fully unconditionally bound by these Terms. You also represent and warrant that You meet the eligibility requirements and that the Challenge and You entering the Challenge is not prohibited in Your jurisdiction. In addition, You agree to accept the decisions of Pixabay as final and binding as it relates to the Challenge.
5. How to Enter:
   1. To participate in the Challenge, you must submit media that adheres to the instructions laid out above. 
   2. There is no limit to the number of Entries you may submit.
   3. Entries must fall under the themes listed in the Challenge Guidelines. Entries that contain sexual content, violence or gore, or promote discrimination against any individual or group or that otherwise contain content that in the view of Pixabay is inappropriate, will not be accepted. 
   4. The Entry must fulfill all Challenge requirements, as specified in these Terms, in order to qualify for a donation to be made. 
   5. If You use fraudulent methods or otherwise attempt to circumvent these Terms, your submission may be removed from eligibility at the sole discretion of Pixabay. 
6. Rights Granted by You:
   By submitting an Entry, You: 
   1. understand and consent to Pixabay, anyone acting on behalf of Pixabay, and Pixabay's licensees, successors, and assigns, having the right, where permitted by law, to print, publish, broadcast, distribute, and use in any media now known or hereafter developed, in perpetuity and throughout the World, without limitation, your Entry, name, portrait, picture, voice, likeness, image, statements about the Challenge, and background information for news, publicity, information, trade, advertising, public relations, and promotional purposes without any further compensation, notice, review, or consent. 
   2. represent and warrant that your Entry is an original work of authorship by You, and does not violate any third party's proprietary or intellectual property rights. If your Entry infringes upon the intellectual property right of another, You will be disqualified at the sole discretion of Pixabay. If the content of your Entry is claimed to constitute infringement of any proprietary or intellectual proprietary rights of any third party, You shall, at your sole expense, defend or settle against such claims. You shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Pixabay from and against any suit, proceeding, claims, liability, loss, damage, costs or expense, which Pixabay may incur, suffer, or be required to pay arising out of such infringement or suspected infringement of any third party's right.
7. Pixabay Rights: Pixabay reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Challenge in the event Pixabay becomes aware or reasonably suspects there to be virus, bug, non-authorized human intervention, fraud, or other cause beyond Pixabay's control corrupt that could affect the administration, security, fairness, or proper conduct of the Challenge. Pixabay reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to remove any individual from the Challenge who tampers or attempts to tamper with the entry process or the operation of the Challenge or website or violates these Terms. Pixabay has the right, in its sole discretion, to maintain the integrity of the Challenge, to reasonably void entries. Any attempt by an entrant to deliberately damage any website or undermine the legitimate operation of the Challenge may be a violation of criminal and civil laws. Should such an attempt be made, Pixabay reserves the right to seek damages to the fullest extent permitted by law. By participating in this Challenge, You acknowledge that this Challenge is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with any other social media site.
8. Liability: By submitting an Entry, to the extent permitted by law, You agree to release and hold harmless Pixabay and its subsidiaries, affiliates, advertising and promotion agencies, partners, representatives, agents, successors, assigns, employees, officers, and directors from any liability, illness, injury, death, loss, litigation, claim, or damage that may occur, directly or indirectly, whether or not caused by negligence, from: (i) Your participation in the Challenge and/or Your acceptance, possession, use, or misuse of any prize or any portion thereof; (ii) technical failures of any kind, including but not limited to the malfunction of any computer, cable, network, hardware, or software, or other mechanical equipment; (iii) the unavailability or inaccessibility of any transmissions, telephone, or Internet service; (iv) unauthorized human intervention in any part of the entry process or the Challenge; (v) electronic or human error in the administration of the Challenge or the processing of entries. You may have certain non-excludable rights or remedies under law.  These Terms are subject to any non-excludable right or remedy You have under law.
9. Disputes: THIS CHALLENGE IS GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA WITHOUT RESPECT TO CONFLICT OF LAW DOCTRINES. As a condition of participating in this Challenge, the entrant agrees that any and all disputes that cannot be resolved between the parties, and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Challenge, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, exclusively before a court located in New South Wales, Australia having jurisdiction. Further, in any such dispute, subject to applicable laws, under no circumstances shall entrant be permitted to obtain awards for, and hereby waives all rights to, punitive, incidental, or consequential damages, including reasonable attorney's fees, other than entrant's actual out-of-pocket expenses (i.e. costs associated with entering this Challenge). Entrant further waives all rights to have damages multiplied or increased.
10. Privacy Policy: Pixabay collects information from You (such as your name and details you provide in entering the Challenge,in order to conduct the Challenge and may, for this purpose, disclose such information to third parties, including but not limited to agents, contractors and service providers. Entry to the Challenge is conditional on providing this information. This section should be read in conjunction with Pixabay's Privacy Policy which explains how Pixabay collects, stores, and uses personal information available at https://pixabay.com/service/privacy/, which also sets out your data protection rights, including  access and correction and how you may complain or raise a query about our handling of your information. Depending on Your location, Your information may be disclosed by Pixabay outside your jurisdiction as contemplated in these Terms. Please see Pixabay's Privacy Policy for further details. Entrants should direct any request to access, update or correct information to Pixabay at info@pixabay.com.