I’m looking for leading and emerging diverse voices wanting to spread environmental education and awareness. I am also interested in anyone looking to do a social media takeover, live interviews, or other collaborations.
Topics
We are interested in pitches in the following areas:
- Personal environmental narratives
- Read this personal narrative from a Pacific Islander discussing climate change and small islands.
- Professional ecologists that want to share their work
- Scientists or science journalists that recently attended an event and wants to share the summaries or their personal experience
- Examples could be interesting findings from a panel at the IUCN Conservation Congress, stories from COP26
- NGO or conservation group that wants to promote their work (including a call to action or donate button)
- Check out this story about a biodiversity initiative, led by Billion Bee Foundation, protecting native Australian bees
- Anyone who wants to nerd out about their favorite underrated species
- Stories from the field
- Personal climate change experiences
- Sustainability tips and practical advice
- Check out this list exploring ways to get involved as a citizen scientist
- How different cultures approach sustainability
- Sustainability lessons rooted in traditional practices.
- This was an amazing series by an Indian ecologist exploring traditional Indian practices for sustainability.
- Tips for connecting with nature (e.g., backyard birding guide, how to find nature in the city)
- Interesting people who want to be interviewed by us – great for non-native English speakers, people who don’t like writing or inspiring role models)
- Anything you want to educate our readers about regarding the environment or sustainability
- Please read our MVV to ensure your ideas align with our values.
Benefits
- I am a very new website and do not currently monetize, however:
- For environmental writers and journalists I have a small budget to pay $0.10 USD (0.9 Euro) per word up to 1,500 words.
- I may be willing to negotiate rates depending on the situation.
- Paid articles are disclosed as such with a no-follow link
- If you are an NGO, Conservation Group, or other organization looking for promotion: instead of payment we can work out a promotional method featuring donation buttons, calls to action, and other awareness campaigns.
- For environmental writers and journalists I have a small budget to pay $0.10 USD (0.9 Euro) per word up to 1,500 words.
- Posts are optimized with shareable graphics and pins
- I will share your content across social media, tagging you or your organization
- Sharing your post once published is highly encouraged, but please tag me!
- You will receive an author bio with a do-follow link and a rotating spot on my contributor page.
- I would also love for you to feature a do-follow link back to your article on your site. I can provide my logo for your media section or
Terms and Conditions
- I’m looking for content at a minimum of 1,200 words
- I may summarize your content in social media graphics – crediting you
- I retain rights to ask for edits or make small edits for SEO
- I often write an introduction and conclusion to align with my brand
- Please make sure you are following me across social media
- I require a contract between both parties.
- Payment (if applicable) is made within 5 working days upon receipt of the invoice and content.
- I will not publish or use content until payment is made
- Payment (if applicable) is made in either in Euro or USD via Paypal
- If provided, I do not retain any legal rights to your photos. If they are your personal photos, I will credit you. I will use them for social media unless otherwise stated.
Guidelines
To send in a pitch, please use the following guidelines:
- Send an email to hello@curiositysaves.com with PITCH as the first part of the title
- Include a detailed pitch about the topic, including possible headings
- Include whether you have original photos or if I need to source from creative commons
- Include writing samples, or a link to a blog post
- If you’re not a writer and want to share your story, no worries – pitch away
- Include some background information about you and why you should write the article
- Clearly state your terms and conditions
- The content should be original, not reproduced or repurposed in the future or from the past
- I want your voice! I love to feature original voices! So, please put your personality into the pitch. One of my goals is to feature diversity in writing, culture, ethnicity, opinions, creativity, etc. I don’t want all the guest content on my site to sound like me – I want it to sound like you! So, feel free to get creative, make me laugh, make me cry, or allow me to learn something new!
- The final content should be thorough, researched, ethical, and focused on sustainability.
- Let me know if you’re interested in doing a social media takeover, Twitter chat, or live based on your content.
- Please wait to hear back from me, so we can discuss terms and conditions before moving forward.