Organize an Open Orchard to bring people together, to provide free fruit to local residents and to green our urban environments.
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Organize an Open Orchard to bring people together, to provide free fruit to local residents and to green our urban environments.
Get hands-on education and support to plant trees in your neighborhood with your neighbors.
Invite pollinators to your neighborhood by planting a pollinator friendly habitat in your garden, farm, school, park or just about anywhere!
Use school grounds to develop a sense of place and connection to the environment for urban dwellers.
Help to increase employment opportunities in regional areas by connecting companies, remote workers and local communities.
Welcome immigrants to your community through conversational English classes
Bring people together in conversation through stories, art, and objects.
Host a regular micro-granting dinner to celebrate and support creative projects in your community.
Start a grassroots campaign to reduce and eliminate wasteful plastic straws from our communities.
Start a Girls Who Code Club in your community and get girls excited about coding and computer science
Welcome new arrivals with dinner in your community. Join a welcoming movement built around food, language and social interaction.
Transform Recess to Transform your School
Build Common Ground in Your Community by Hosting a Welcoming Week Event.
Cultivating a greener, healthier and more livable community by planting trees as we all stay at home
Transform everyday spaces in your community in to PLAYces for all kids.
Bring people together in your neighborhood to plant trees for the benefit of your community and the environment.
Teach teens how to work with local leaders and take effective political action to fix local problems.
Equip young people with the skills and commitment to solve problems with courage, compassion and collaboration
Get together with people in your community and share the joy of growing your own food
Community gatherings to build bridges and overcome division
Promote pollinator health on your farm and receive recognition and consumer support for it.
Start recycling right with standardized recycling labels for your school that will help you to improve recycling and save your school money.
Share skills and talents in your community
Organize a river cleanup in your community or workplace and help to keep the Chicago River litter free.
Organize a Walking School Bus in your local area for a healthier, more fun way for kids to get to and from school.
Adventure Beyond the Classroom
Start a vertical school garden in your classroom to give kids access to fresh produce and to learn about growing food.
ChangeX & Microsoft have teamed up to launch a $140,000 fund to help you bring new sustainability projects to your community
Apply for up to $5,000 to help start projects in your community that help the environment
Apply for up to $5,000 to help start projects in your community that help the environment
