The Green Heart STEM Challenge for Environmental Justice challenges young people to explore and identify environmental justice issues in their communities and to design feasible solutions to address these problems. Student teams work through a human-centered design process to develop equitable and feasible solutions to the problems they have identified. Challenge submissions are delivered with a 90 second pitch video and written proposal.

The Challenge extends over the months of January – April, and is open to middle school teams of 3-5 students anywhere in the world. GREEN HEART STEM CHALLENGE 2025 is focused on WIND (circular economy) and kicks off on January 13, 2025 with a special geographic focus on metro-Atlanta and metro-Houston.

Finalist Teams compete in a formal “Pitch” (think Shark Tank) to a judging panel of experts. Winning Teams are invited to attend the Green Heart Idea Incubator to work with mentors on implementing their solutions. And, have the chance to receive small implementation grants to put their ideas into ACTION.