Get together with people in your community and share the joy of growing your own food
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Get together with people in your community and share the joy of growing your own food
Start a vertical school garden in your classroom to give kids access to fresh produce and to learn about growing food.
Organize an Open Orchard to bring people together, to provide free fruit to local residents and to green our urban environments.
Equip young people with the skills and commitment to solve problems with courage, compassion and collaboration
Teach teens how to work with local leaders and take effective political action to fix local problems.
Start a grassroots campaign to reduce and eliminate wasteful plastic straws from our communities.
Global competence teaching and learning for your classroom
Promote pollinator health on your farm and receive recognition and consumer support for it.
Invite pollinators to your neighborhood by planting a pollinator friendly habitat in your garden, farm, school, park or just about anywhere!
Organize a Walking School Bus in your local area for a healthier, more fun way for kids to get to and from school.
Share skills and talents in your community
Transform everyday spaces in your community in to PLAYces for all kids.
Use school grounds to develop a sense of place and connection to the environment for urban dwellers.
Organize a regular community gathering in your local area to celebrate a love of the written or spoken word.
Welcome new arrivals with dinner in your community. Join a welcoming movement built around food, language and social interaction.
Organize a river cleanup in your community or workplace and help to keep the Chicago River litter free.
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 recycling right with standardized recycling labels for your school that will help you to improve recycling and save your school money.
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
Get hands-on education and support to plant trees in your neighborhood with your neighbors.
Build Common Ground in Your Community by Hosting a Welcoming Week Event.
Community gatherings to build bridges and overcome division
Provide a space in your community where men can find meaning, friendship and belonging.
Transform Recess to Transform your School
Bring people together in your neighborhood to plant trees for the benefit of your community and the environment.
Adventure Beyond the Classroom
Organize a free meeting place in your community to repair things instead of throwing them away.
Get together with people in your community and share the joy of growing your own 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
