Creative opportunities in climate, conservation and sustainability.
Welcome to the first edition of Wild Call!
Every two weeks, I will be sending out a roundup of jobs, freelance gigs, open calls, resources (and some inspiration) for creative professionals, communicators and storytellers in climate, conservation and sustainability. To learn more about this newsletter, read this.
In this edition: A comms role paying $75,000, a bunch of opportunities for photographers, an open call for Himalayan feature film projects, and many others that caught my eye. Plus, a map I’ve had bookmarked for a while.
Opportunities
DATA VISUALIZATION · EXTERNSHIP
National Geographic Society & The Nature Conservancy — Community Conservation, Data Visualization, and Mapping Externship
A part-time, 8-week experience where you will learn from conservation and geographic information systems (GIS) experts, get hands-on-training, and tackle conservation issues in your own community using mapping and GIS data. You must be 18-25 years to apply. Learn more here. Apply here.
DEADLINE: August 30, 2026
PAY: $500 stipend upon successful completion of the program
LOCATION: Fully remote, open worldwide
COMMUNICATIONS · FULL-TIME
Agroecology Fund — Communications Specialist (Content Writer and Editor)
The role involves editorial content development, researching, writing and editing various communication products, managing external editorial consultants, strategic writing and dissemination. Find all the details here.
DEADLINE: August 31, 2026
PAY: $75,000- $80,000
LOCATION: Remote (Eastern Time Zone), open worldwide
EDITORIAL · CONTRACT
Dialogue Earth — Brazil Editor
You will lead the commissioning and editing of stories covering environment and climate issues in Brazil, help develop their editorial strategy and content-sharing relationships, and much more. Full details here.
DEADLINE: 12pm (GMT), September 8, 2026
PAY: $250 day rate
LOCATION: Brazil
CONTACT: [email protected]
CONTENT · FULL-TIME
India Water Portal — Digital Content Creator (Copy)
India Water Portal is looking for someone who can translate a story across digital platforms. The work involves spotting the strongest angle in stories on water, environment and communities, and shaping it for different digital audiences (social media, newsletter, video etc.) Apply here.
DEADLINE: September 6, 2026
PAY: Undisclosed
LOCATION: Remote/Bengaluru, India
FILM · LAB
Himalayan Story Lab — Feature film projects
Himalayan Story Lab is accepting applications for its fourth cohort (2026-27) from early-career filmmakers in India, Nepal and Bhutan who are working on their feature documentary projects. Read their FAQ post here. Apply here.
DEADLINE: September 15, 2026
CONTACT: [email protected]
ARTISTS · OPEN CALL
ALT EFF X IMMERSE — Climate and ecological immersive projects
They are looking for immersive projects exploring climate realities, biodiversity, ecological justice and our relationship to the natural world. Your work could be a complete project or one nearing completion, and could use VR/AR/XR, spatial audio, projection mapping, or could be another form of interactive and multi-sensory work. Selected works will be showcased during the ALT EFF festival this December across Mumbai, Bangalore and Ahmedabad. Apply here.
DEADLINE: September 21, 2026
CONTACT: [email protected]
PHOTOGRAPHY · GRANT
Photographers Without Borders — Micro-grants for photo-essay submissions
You need to be a PWB member to submit and you should have strong connections to the communities featured in your work. Themes for stories span land and water protection, regeneration, climate change, Indigenous science and wisdom, and more. Details here.
DEADLINE: Monthly
PAY: $250-500 USD micro-grants
LOCATION: Open worldwide
PHOTOGRAPHY · COMPETITION
DESEA Foundation — Nature and Humans Photography Competition
This is an international photography competition open to amateur and professional photographers worldwide. There are 15 award categories and prizes worth €17,000, including €10,000 in cash prizes .Check out the themes and apply here. BUT there’s an entry fee of €25. Read the rules here.
DEADLINE: September 28, 2026
PAY: For most themes, winning image(s) receive a cash prize of €1,500 and the runner-up receives €500.
LOCATION: Open worldwide
PHOTOGRAPHY · COMPETITION
Sanctuary Nature Foundation — The Sanctuary Wildlife Photography Awards 2026
Theme this year is ‘Call of the Wild’. You can enter a maximum of 5 images taken anywhere on the Asian continent. There are a bunch of prizes, in cash and kind. You can find all the rules and the link to apply here.
DEADLINE: 11:59 pm (IST), August 30, 2026
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT · GRANT
Pulitzer Center — Global South Civil Society Microgrants 2026
They are looking to support civic engagement projects in the Global South that use Pulitzer Center-supported journalism, particularly their climate and environment reporting, as inspiration in their work to create a more informed and empowered community. Activities could include community engagement, artistic expressions, public dialogue and other innovative projects. Grassroots organizations, community educators, civil society organizations, youth movements, and other groups working at the intersection of journalism, civic rights, and active citizenship are eligible to apply. Check out all the details and apply here.
DEADLINE: September 6, 2026
PAY: USD $2,000 - $4,000
LOCATION: Global South, particularly Africa, Latin America, Southeast Asia
JOURNALISM · FELLOWSHIP
Pulitzer Center — Ocean Reporting Network Fellowship
Freelance or staff journalists with experience in investigative work and a deep understanding of ocean issues can apply to join the Ocean Reporting Network. This is a year-long fellowship that includes funding for your reporting project, a community of peers, mentorship, and training opportunities. Here are all the details.
There is also an AMA session on September 1 (4:00pm GMT).
DEADLINE: September 13, 2026, at 11:59pm EDT
PAY: A reporter’s salary + additional reporting expenses of up to USD $10,000.
LOCATION: Open worldwide, but they say they “particularly welcome applications from the Global South, and seek more reporting in particular from Asia-Pacific and east Africa.”
CLIMATE COMMUNICATION · FELLOWSHIP
Gaialink — Climate Communication Fellowship
Applications for the second cohort are open for those aged 18-35. This is a six-week immersive program (6-10 hours per week) where fellows will be taught the science of climate change, understand the psychology behind climate inaction and craft climate communication strategies. Details are here. Program fee is 6,999 INR.
DEADLINE: September 2, 2026
LOCATION: Hybrid format, with hands-on field experiences in Delhi-NCR, India.
Save for later
This one’s been doing the rounds recently, but in case you haven’t come across it yet, this a fascinating interactive look at Earth’s hidden fungal networks. SPUN published its Underground Atlas last year which was the first global map of mycorrhizal fungi and showed that over 90% fell outside protected areas. Now, they’ve estimated the scale of this underground infrastructure. And it’s massive…
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