The Story
Our Planet Week illustration movement was founded by digital artist & illustrator Asia Orlando (@asiaorlando_) in 2020, after a series of devastating events that took place during that year, among them, the fire in the Amazon’s and Australia’s bushfires. That’s how the idea of this illustration movement was born. The concept of the illustration movement is to use what we do best to create environmental awareness and start a movement that resonates each year. And maybe reach more and more people to drive change. 2022 will be the third year in which Our Planet Week illustration movement will take place. In the past two editions more than 20.000 illustrations and art creations where shared usign the event hashtags on socials #ourplanetweek and #letsdrawthechange.
Why?
Art is a powerful medium and with the correct message, we can help not only to spread love but also to gather a community of like-minded artists & creatives with a common goal, have a conversation about our current climate situation, and our home planet. By doing just a little, we can achieve so much, and together gathering our pencils, brushes, digital tablets, or anything that enable us to create, we can inspire change.
Challenge 4rd Edition in 2023
The challenge will take place in the week starting on Friday, April 22nd, 2023. Everyone is invited to participate, and it’s super easy.
You don’t need to submit your art anywhere, just post on your Instagram, LinkedIn or Twitter account, tag @ourplanetweek, and use our official hashtags #ourplanetweek and #letsdrawthechange.
01.
–ARTIVISM
We all can do our part, by creating awareness and collaborating a bit to take care of our only home, our Planet. The challenge was created to inspire change & awareness through art, motivate others to create, and take better care of our Mother Earth.
02.
–DRAW THE CHANGE
Our art is our voice. A way to express ourselves through creation. Today with so much technology at our fingertips that empower us to communicate, connect and participate collectively, we unite our voices, into one worldwide art challenge.
03.
–BE THE CHANGE
Every change is important, it does not matter if it’s little or big. We can inspire people to be more conscious about the environment with our art. But we can inspire ourselves to lead by example, for others and future generations.
04.
–SHARE THE CHANGE
Anyone can join the art movement, it’s so easy. Create artwork with a message, post it on your socials, use our hashtag. tag and follow us.
Project Partners 20/21/22/23
To make an even bigger impact, we have partnered up with One Tree Planted, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit on a mission to make it simple for anyone to help the environment by planting trees. Remeber to use use the hashtag #onetreeplanted always along side your work & they will plant a tree for every post hashtagged it during the illustration challenge dates.
Their projects span the globe and are done in partnership with local communities and knowledgeable experts to create an impact for nature, people, and wildlife. Reforestation helps to rebuild forests after fires and floods, provide jobs for social impact, and restore biodiversity. Many projects have overlapping objectives, creating a combination of benefits that contribute to the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. Learn more about them at onetreeplanted.org
IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO KNOW
🌱#OurPlanetWeek is about the Environment🌱
#OurPlanetWeek WILL NOT contact you via email or DM
#OurPlanetWeek DO NOT own or sell your artwork
#OurPlanetWeek IS NOT for you to self-promote
#OurPlanetWeek DO NOT sell stuff or merch
#OurPlanetWeek DO NOT accept or collect donations
#OurPlanetWeek is a NON-PROFIT illustration challenge on Instagram
Over 9,500 trees planted, +20.000 inspiring art submissions and stories, all in just in the first 3 years.
By partnering up with One Tree Planted in 2022, we reach our goal of planting 3000 trees, adding to 5000 from 2021, and 1500 from 2020.
#ourplanetweek #onetreeplanted #letsdrawthechange
*donations managed by OTP
SAVE THE DATE 22/04/23
Our Planet Week is a social media illustration event, and participating in the challenge is super easy.
Starting on April 22nd, 2023, and for the following 10 DAYS, everyone that wants to enter the illustration event will be able to do so by just creating an illustration inspired on any of the 5 prompts (or themes) you see below and sharing it on your own Instagram, Twitter or LinkedIn accounts on the dates indicated for each prompt.
2023 PROMPTS
ECOSYSTEM
April 22nd & 23nd
ATMOSPHERE
April 24th & 25th
RECONNECT
April 26th & 27th
TOGETHER
April 28th & 29th
HABITAT
April 30th & May 1st
SHARE A STORY TO INSPIRE
When posting your artwork, try to share a story and a cause that can help spread awareness about the global climate crisis & climate change. It has to be inspiring, informative, and always told from a place of positivity and aiming to motivate others to engage in a positive constructive, and Non-polarizing way. The challenge is a place to call for action through creation, empathy and education, leading by example in every way. Let’s spread the love for all earthlings and our mother planet 🌍
THE PROMPTS
The themes will be focused on the environment and remember it’s all about what we can do to help Our Planet and all its beauty we want to preserve. For example, in 2020 the prompts were Flora & Fauna, Unite, Harmony, Mother Earth & Future. In 2021, we had Protect, Energy, Biodiversity, Reuse+Reduce, Voice. This year they will be different, maybe more challenging. The artwork should be inspiring, positive, and with a message, you want to share to help spread awareness in a positive and constructive way.
FEATURING YOUR ARTWORK
All the hosts will be looking into the artwork submitted via hashtag, and sharing their favorites with their communities. Also! we will select daily our favorites to feature them on @ourplanetweek official Instagram page & Twitter! Always with attribution to you as the creator, and owner of the artwork. The art you create for the challenge is yours, and yours only. You can do with the illustration as you want, just remember not to brand it as Our Planet Week. It's ok to mention was made for the event.
OUR PARTNERS
Giving back
This year we partnered up with One Tree Planted once more for the challenge. The goal is to plant another 2000 trees in 2023. Every time someone posted an illustration using the hashtag #onetreeplanted a tree will be planted. After the event we will all decide where those trees will be planted, by voting in our official account.
The Team
ASIA ORLANDO
FOUNDER
Asia Orlando is an illustrator and digital artist currently based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. She is also the founder of the illustration movement #OurPlanetWeek. In February 2020, the challenge under two hashtags #ourplanetweek & #letsdrawthechange engaged the community of artists around the world, to communicate environmental awareness through art. More than 20.000 artwork submissions and environmental awareness stories were submitted, plus 9.500 trees were planted, thanks to partnering up with onetreeplanted.org
Host Team 2023
CHALLENGE 4TH EDITION
The team is growing and ever-changing, with new artists every year. In the 3rd edition of OPW we welcome all these amazing artstis that are donating their time and energy to help organize the event, and spread awareness about environmetnal issues. Our Planet Week's third edition illustration challenge will take place from April 22nd, 2023 to May 1st, 2023. Save the date! and stay tuned for news!.
Host Team 2021
CHALLENGE 2ND EDITION
Asia Orlando
Nuria Boj
Kaila Elders
Bea Baranowska
Karla Sanders
Fabian Lavater
Holly Maguire
Stephanie Coleman
Roché Woodworth
Mélanie Johnsson
Deb Hudson
Jozi Illustration
Julia Kretschmann
Rosanna Tasker
Danii Pollehn
Jon Ching
Host Team 2020
CHALLENGE 1ST EDITION
Asia Orlando
Eleni Georgiadou
Holly Maguire
Liza Rusalskaya
Corah Louise
Isabelle Vandeplassche
Julia Kretschmann
Danii Pollehn
Rachel Winkle
Asia Orlando
Host Team 2022
Alexandria Compo
CHALLENGE 3ND EDITION
Fabian Lavater
Karla Sanders
Nuria Boj
Sarah Ekström
Roche Woodworth
Ana Pays
Asia Orlando
Holly Maguire
Bea Baranowska
Sonja Schweiger
Alexandria Compo
Eleni georgiadou
Julia Koerner
Vasilisa Romanenko
Jenny Caldwell
Josie Bitar
Cagla Zimmermann
Ania Sobocińska
Cotton Paper
Sarah Ekstrom
Chelsea
Andrea Oerter
Yette Colourlime
Janina Rossiter
Megan Buddart
Mira Lou
Bea Müller
Tyymes
Stefán Yngvi