Ec3 Lab: For Young Creatives

The young creatives 🔥

THESE ARE JUST KIDS🔥🔥🔥

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Applications open through Sept. 1
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Ages: 18 - 32

📢 Calling all young heritage innovators! 📢

The International Youth Forum (IYF) on Creativity and Heritage along the Silk Roads is officially accepting applications for 2025. This is your chance to join a global network of accomplished young leaders, entrepreneurs, and designers working at the intersection of cultural heritage and digital innovation.

🌏 Theme: Digital Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Youth for Heritage Protection and Inheritance
🌐 Organizers: UNESCO, Chinese National Commission for UNESCO, The World Federation of Clubs and Associations for UNESCO (WFUCA), Changsha and Nanjing Municipal Governments of People’s Republic of China
📍 Location: Cities of Nanjing and Changsha in China
📅 Date: 16-22 Nov 2025

Requirements
✅ Must be between 18 and 32 to apply
👨🏽‍🎓 Passionate with relevant background, experiences in Heritage and/or Digital Innovation
🧭 Devoted to innovating heritage for better inheritance, priority will be given to applicants with experience in entrepreneurship and promotion of cultural heritage
🗺 Willing to share and showcase cultural diversity

⏱️Deadline: 30 Sept 2025

🔗 Apply here: https://forms.gle/MxNr6uerFesPyZcx8

The science proves it …

“Play is a vital component to our wellbeing …at any age

🔥👇 Want a FREE PRINTABLE on incorprating rough-and-tumble play into your parenting to better connect with your child?! Type PLAYFUL in teh comments below to get some ideas to help boost your child's confidence and oxytocin-- rregardless if you're a mom or dad! When dads play with their kids—especially through rough-and-tumble games—both father and child experience a surge of oxytocin, the powerful “bonding hormone.” Supporting science robustly demonstrates that fathers experience oxytocin increases tied to play and affectionate contact. Changes in fathers’ brains also reflect enhanced caregiving sensitivity and motivation ✨ This isn’t just fun—it’s biology! Play boosts connection, strengthens attachment, and builds trust. Dr. Anna Machin’s research (drawing on Feldman et al., 2010) shows that playful moments literally wire dads and kids closer together. DISCLAIMER: Based on our own research ANY affectionate, attuned parenti-child interaction will do this-- even with moms;) So moms please don't think your children don't beenfit from you playing with them;) This video was posted to encourage fathers to really get in their for their benefit as well as their childs. So the next time you wrestle, chase, or giggle together, remember: you’re not only making memories—you’re making hormones that grow love. 💕 #parents #parentingtips #dadsofinstagram #momsofinstagram #lifewithkids #familyfirst

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Detroit youth feel the impacts of climate change, and they’re talking about it

Money Matters for Youth, founded by Gail Perry-Mason, is transforming Detroit’s financial education for students ages 8 to 18.

Through a five-day summer camp, participants learn budgeting, saving, investing, and giving while building portfolios, pitching business ideas, and mapping Financial Gardens.

The program’s holistic curriculum includes etiquette training, public speaking, healthy cooking, ballroom dancing, and golf lessons to prepare youth for leadership and networking.

Alumni have become franchise CEOs and venture capital professionals, demonstrating the impact of early mentorship.

https://michiganchronicle.com/detroits-young-investors-are-being-mentored-into-million-dollar-mindsets/