Project Green Challenge

Project Green Challenge runs October 1 – 30, 2023 — students can sign up now!

PGC educates, empowers, and mobilizes high school, college, and graduate students worldwide around climate action, public health, social justice and advocacy. This powerful and diverse call to action features 30 days of environmentally-themed challenges that change lives, shift mindsets, and equip students with knowledge, resources and mentorship to lead change on campuses and in communities. Through conscious living, informed consumption, and individual and collective climate action, PGC participants are challenged to envision and work toward the healthy, just, resilient planet and future in which they can thrive.

JOIN STUDENTS WORLDWIDE FOR PROJECT GREEN CHALLENGE TO ACT ON CLIMATE!

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SCHOOLS

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STATES

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Each morning of October, a uniquely themed challenge is delivered to registered participants via email and remains live for 24 hours. Students complete bold actions, upload deliverables, acquire points on a leaderboard, and achieve impact. Submissions tap into students’ creativity, research skills, out-of-the-box thinking and ingenuity. Prize packages are awarded daily for excellent work.

At the end of the 30 days, up to 14 PGC Finalists are selected to attend the PGC Finals — outstanding young leaders from around the world chosen from the global pool of PGC participants based on points, depth and breadth of engagement, number of challenge wins, quality of work, a final exam, and video recap of their 30-day journey. Read about exemplary next generation changemakers and dive into Climate Action Projects (CAPs) from last year’s PGC!

LEARN, DO, CONNECT AND WIN, AS WE CHANGE LIVES AND THE WORLD.

The PGC Finals takes place in San Francisco, California from November 16 to 19, 2023 — a transformational, all-expenses-paid eco summit that brings together like-minded peers with an esteemed group of eco leaders, speakers, mentors, ambassadors and partners to support, equip and propel Finalists with the tools, resources and know-how to rise as leaders. Finalists present their 30-day journeys and develop frameworks for CAPs. From December 2023 to April 2024, Finalists work with Turning Green and teams of mentors to implement CAPs before presenting virtually in April, when the PGC Champion receives a $5,000 Acure Green Award.

Since launching in 2011, Project Green Challenge has built a movement of powerful young leaders, engaging over 328,559 students directly and tens of millions indirectly. Sign up today!

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