Virginia students make their school’s air safer
When Mary Breslin’s seventh-grade science class at George Washington Middle School in Alexandria, Virginia, met for the first time in fall of 2018, several students noticed something strange: a mushroom growing out from underneath the baseboard in their classroom. No one in the class, including Ms. Breslin, had ever seen a mushroom growing out of […]
Get Started – Sustainability Challenge
You’re interested in our new Sustainability Challenge – awesome! Here’s how to get started. Young People Food is uniquely integrated into our lives. Think about all the memories you have around eating – they’re powerful, right? The first time you bit into an apple, that time you shared a pizza with your team and the […]
Youth are Critical to the Environmental Movement
Watch our CEO Vince Meldrum make the case for youth involvement in the environmental movement. Let us know your thoughts below.
2021 RISE Challenge Colorado Winners
We’re thrilled to announce the winners of the 2021 RISE Challenge Colorado! Learn more about each project here. Thank you to FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency, Association of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM) Foundation, and the Resilience Action Partners for their continued support of RISE students.
2020 RISE Challenge Colorado Results
We were all affected by it – the COVID 19 pandemic hit in the spring of 2020. Our RISE Challenge young people were determined to finish their projects! While the Summit was not able to go forward, proposal judging did. Congratulations to all of our participants! Thanks to our volunteer judges from the Larimer County […]