Challenge 3—Environmental Debate Tournament YOUR CHALLENGE: The Fairchild Challenge Environmental Debate Tournament provides a powerful As South Florida's population continues to grow, our forum for students to consider and argue the green spaces and native plants are increasingly at risk many facets of current environmental issues. from human impacts. However, there are ways for As our climate changes, of residents to turn concerns aboutthe ourimportance changing planing into community action. Research a local threat to South effectively managing our limited natural Florida and create a policy proposal that could solve resources continues to grow. Research the identified problem while addressing the needs of topics about changing planet’s natural both people and our plants. resources and prepare to compete in a Parliamentary style debate. Debate topics will be posted online. Teams should prepare for all topics. Tournament will culminate in a final round open to the public to determine the winning team.

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ENTRY SUBMISSION: Wednesday, January 17, 2018 Electronically submit the following:  Challenge 3 Entry Form

EVENT DATE: Saturday, January 27, 2018 8:30 am to 3:30 pm *Student debaters must arrive by 8:00 am.* The Environmental Debate Tournament is open to the public.

OPTIONAL STUDENT WORKSHOP: Saturday, December 2, 2017 9:00 am to 1:00 pm @ University of Miami Visit the student workshops webpage for more information and to register.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS: Maximum four student debaters (two teams of two) Research given topics and actively participate in the Environmental Debate Tournament Students must remain for the duration of the debates to receive maximum points On-time entry submission (late entries may not receive points)                        For more detailed information, please visit https://sites.google.com/site/hsfairchildchalenge/challenge‐3