Equip young people with the skills and commitment to solve problems with courage, compassion and collaboration
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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
Get hands-on education and support to plant trees in your neighborhood with your neighbors.
Lead a hands-on STEM programme in your school or community for 4-6 year olds
Start recycling right with standardized recycling labels for your school that will help you to improve recycling and save your school money.
Teach teens how to work with local leaders and take effective political action to fix local problems.
Transform everyday spaces in your community in to PLAYces for all kids.
Organize a river cleanup in your community or workplace and help to keep the Chicago River litter free.
Bring people together in your neighborhood to plant trees for the benefit of your community and the environment.
A community based initiative aiming to clean and maintain local rivers
Invite pollinators to your neighborhood by planting a pollinator friendly habitat in your garden, farm, school, park or just about anywhere!
Build Common Ground in Your Community by Hosting a Welcoming Week Event.
Adventure Beyond the Classroom
Promote pollinator health on your farm and receive recognition and consumer support for it.
Start a Girls Who Code Club in your community and get girls excited about coding and computer science.
Host a regular micro-granting dinner to celebrate and support creative projects in your community.
Bring people together in conversation through stories, art, and objects.
Share skills and talents in your community
Welcome immigrants to your community through conversational English classes
Organize an Hour of Code™ and join a global movement introducing tens of millions of students worldwide to computer science.
Start a grassroots campaign to reduce and eliminate wasteful plastic straws from our communities.
Divert your community's food waste from landfill, reducing harmful greenhouse gas emissions
Help to increase employment opportunities in regional areas by connecting companies, remote workers and local communities.
Organize an Open Orchard to bring people together, provide free fruit to local residents and green our urban environments.
Lead a hands-on STEM program in your school or community for 9-14 year olds
Transform Recess to Transform your School
Organize a Walking School Bus in your local area for a healthier, more fun way for kids to get to and from school.
Cultivating a greener, healthier and more livable community by planting trees as we all stay at home
Lead a hands-on STEM program in your school or community for 6–10 year olds
Community gatherings to build bridges and overcome division
Start a vertical school garden in your classroom to give kids access to fresh produce and to learn about growing food.
Welcome new arrivals with dinner in your community. Join a welcoming movement built around food, language and social interaction.
Use school grounds to develop a sense of place and connection to the environment for urban dwellers.
ChangeX & Microsoft have teamed up to launch a $220,000 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 digital skills and environmental sustainability projects in your community
Apply for up to $5,000 to help start digital skills and environmental sustainability projects in your community
Apply for up to $5,000 to help start digital skills and environmental sustainability projects in your community
Apply for up to $5,000 to help start projects in your community that promote digital skills, environmental sustainability and community prosperity
Apply for up to $5,000 to help start digital skills and environmental sustainability projects in your community
