New Delhi, India / Dated May 17, 2025 — At a time when global headlines are often crowded with catastrophe and complexity, a quieter, more intimate movement is taking root—one that doesn’t shout but invites. Climate Cardinals UYC India Chapter has launched a new initiative that might appear modest at first glance: an online quiz. But this is no ordinary quiz. Titled “Biodiversity Begins With You”, it’s a global invitation to slow down, think critically, and revisit our relationship with nature—through the simplest of actions.
Coordinated by Aman Kumar, a State Youth Awardee and social worker with a reputation for blending grassroots activism with the power of technology, the campaign is more than a digital exercise. It is a meditation disguised as a multiple-choice test.
The Concept: Simple Questions, Profound Implications
To mark the International Day for Biological Diversity (22 May 2025), the quiz encourages global youth to explore how their daily choices—what they eat, buy, share, and support—are interwoven with the survival of life forms far beyond human gaze. The questions do not demand perfection; they encourage reflection. Participants face scenarios that prompt them to ask: What kind of planet-builder am I becoming?
The initiative makes no assumptions about who should care. Students, educators, rural youth, urban professionals, climate skeptics and warriors alike—all are welcome. There are no age limits, no borders, and importantly, no jargon-laden barriers. In an age when “saving the planet” is often framed as a Herculean task, this quiz reframes it as a series of deeply human decisions.
The Organizer: Bridging Local Roots and Global Reach
Climate Cardinals, the globally recognized youth-led nonprofit focused on climate translation, has partnered with Udaan Youth Club (UYC)—an award-winning Indian youth organization known for its passionate climate literacy and inclusive education efforts. The Climate Cardinals UYC India Chapter bridges the gap between information and impact by bringing sustainability down from the clouds and into the palms of young people’s hands—quite literally, through their smartphones. And this quiz is the latest example of that philosophy in action.
Why It Matters: The Art of Conscious Living
While most online quizzes aim for engagement metrics, “Biodiversity Begins With You” aims for something subtler: conscious living. Those who score full marks receive an e-certificate, yes, but also something more personal—a chance to be featured in a global photo collage. This digital mural will be unveiled on 22 May, symbolizing the mosaic of young changemakers across geographies who quietly choose awareness over apathy.
Even more, participants can opt into a WhatsApp-based global youth community, exchanging ideas and inspiration in a space that prizes support over competition.
A Collective Invitation: From Individuals to Institutions
The campaign is not limited to lone participants. Climate Cardinals UYC India Chapter has opened its arms to schools, universities, NGOs, eco-clubs and youth networks, inviting them to become Impact Partners. The incentives are clear: mobilize youth, promote biodiversity literacy, and be publicly acknowledged through Silver, Gold, and Platinum recognitions—based not on power or prestige, but participation.
Institutions that help mobilize 100+ participants are celebrated not with applause, but with official recognition, a nod to the quiet leaders of the climate literacy movement.
Participation Details: Open, Free, and Rolling
The quiz is live now, open until 22 May 2025. Participants can re-attempt until they achieve a perfect score, making the process not about right answers, but about persistence in learning.
Certificates are issued within 24 hours of full completion, with optional invites to the collage and WhatsApp group following.
Link to participate: Quiz Form
A New Kind of Leadership
In a world where global problems often feel too vast to grasp, Climate Cardinals UYC India Chapter reminds us that change doesn’t always begin with policy—it can begin with a quiz, a question, a pause.
And perhaps, that’s the point. The future won’t be led only by loud voices. It will be led by those who learn to listen—to nature, to each other, and to their own ability to choose differently.
Because sometimes, the most radical act is simply paying attention.
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