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84 challenges found

Design a reusable lunch system that cuts single-use plastic waste in schools.

School canteens hand out huge amounts of single-use plastic every day — wrappers, cutlery, bottles and bags that are used for minutes and discarded for centuries.

4 recognitionsDesign Thinking

Sustainability

beginner

20 min

Create a solution that encourages students to switch off unused lights and fans in classrooms.

Classrooms are often left with lights and fans running through empty periods and breaks.

4 recognitionsDesign Thinking

Sustainability

intermediate

35 min

Design a community program that reduces household food waste in urban neighborhoods.

A third of food bought in cities is thrown away.

6 recognitionsSystems Thinking

Sustainability

intermediate

35 min

Create a system that helps apartment residents separate recyclable and non-recyclable waste correctly.

Recycling only works when waste is sorted correctly, but apartment dwellers face confusing rules, shared bins, and no feedback on whether they got it right — so contamination ruins entire batches..

6 recognitionsSystems Thinking

Sustainability

advanced

50 min

Design a circular economy model that converts textile waste into useful consumer products.

The fashion industry produces mountains of discarded clothing and offcuts.

8 recognitionsSystems Thinking

Sustainability

advanced

50 min

Create a scalable solution to reduce carbon emissions from daily commuting in a medium-sized city.

Daily commutes in private cars are a major source of urban carbon emissions.

8 recognitionsSystems Thinking

Climate Innovation

beginner

20 min

Design a way to keep classrooms cooler in summer without using air conditioners.

As heat waves intensify, many schools can't afford or run air conditioning.

4 recognitionsBiomimicry

Climate Innovation

beginner

20 min

Create a solution that encourages people to plant and maintain more trees in their communities.

Trees cool neighborhoods and clean the air, but planting drives often fail because nobody maintains the saplings after the photo is taken.

4 recognitionsDesign Thinking

Climate Innovation

intermediate

35 min

Design a flood preparedness system for communities that experience seasonal flooding.

Communities on floodplains face the same disaster every year, yet early warnings, evacuation, and protecting belongings often fall apart in the moment — especially for the elderly and low-income families..

6 recognitionsSystems Thinking

Climate Innovation

intermediate

35 min

Create a low-cost strategy to protect farmers from increasingly severe heat waves.

Outdoor farm workers face dangerous and rising temperatures.

6 recognitionsFirst Principles

Climate Innovation

advanced

50 min

Design a climate-resilient neighborhood that withstands floods, heat waves, and water shortages.

Future neighborhoods must absorb multiple climate shocks at once.

8 recognitionsSystems Thinking

Climate Innovation

advanced

50 min

Create a system that helps a city adapt to rising temperatures over the next 20 years.

Cities are warming faster than the countryside because of concrete and traffic.

8 recognitionsSystems Thinking

Healthcare

beginner

20 min

Design a way to help children remember to take their medicines on time.

Children with ongoing treatments often miss doses because reminders are boring, confusing or rely on a busy adult.

5 recognitionsDesign Thinking

Healthcare

beginner

20 min

Create a solution that encourages teenagers to build healthier daily habits.

Teenagers know what healthy habits look like but struggle to stick with them against screens, stress and social pressure.

5 recognitionsDesign Thinking

Healthcare

intermediate

35 min

Design a healthcare access solution for people living in remote villages.

People in remote villages may be hours from the nearest clinic.

7 recognitionsSystems Thinking

Healthcare

intermediate

35 min

Create a system that helps elderly patients manage multiple medications safely.

Older adults often juggle several medications with different timings and interactions.

7 recognitionsDesign Thinking

Healthcare

advanced

50 min

Design a scalable healthcare delivery model for underserved populations.

Underserved communities lack reliable, affordable care.

9 recognitionsSystems Thinking

Healthcare

advanced

50 min

Create an innovation that reduces patient waiting times in overcrowded public hospitals.

Public hospitals are overwhelmed, with patients waiting hours or days.

9 recognitionsSystems Thinking

Agriculture

beginner

20 min

Design a way to protect crops from birds without harming them.

Birds can destroy a season's harvest, but harmful deterrents hurt wildlife and ecosystems.

5 recognitionsBiomimicry

Agriculture

beginner

20 min

Create a simple solution that helps farmers reduce water usage.

Irrigation often wastes water through over-watering and evaporation.

5 recognitionsFirst Principles

Agriculture

intermediate

35 min

Design a system that helps small farmers detect pest outbreaks early.

By the time a pest outbreak is obvious, much of the crop is already lost.

7 recognitionsSystems Thinking

Agriculture

intermediate

35 min

Create a method to reduce post-harvest food loss in rural communities.

A large share of food is lost after harvest but before it reaches anyone's plate — spoiling in storage and transport due to heat, pests and poor handling..

7 recognitionsSystems Thinking

Agriculture

advanced

50 min

Design a sustainable farming ecosystem for regions facing severe water shortages.

Drought-stricken regions must grow food with very little water.

8 recognitionsBiomimicry

Agriculture

advanced

50 min

Create an innovation that improves profitability for small farmers while reducing environmental impact.

Small farmers are squeezed between low prices and rising costs, and intensive methods damage the land they depend on.

8 recognitionsSystems Thinking

Education

beginner

20 min

Design a classroom system that makes learning more engaging for students.

Many students disengage when lessons feel passive and disconnected from their lives.

5 recognitionsDesign Thinking

Education

beginner

20 min

Create a solution that helps students manage homework effectively.

Students lose track of assignments across subjects, leading to stress and last-minute cramming.

5 recognitionsDesign Thinking

Education

intermediate

35 min

Design a strategy to improve learning outcomes in schools with limited resources.

Under-resourced schools face large classes, few materials and stretched teachers.

7 recognitionsSystems Thinking

Education

intermediate

35 min

Create a system that helps struggling students receive personalized support.

Students who fall behind often stay behind because one teacher can't personalize for thirty learners.

7 recognitionsDesign Thinking

Education

advanced

50 min

Design the ideal school for the year 2040.

If we designed school from scratch for the future, what would it look like? Technology, jobs and society are changing fast, yet the classroom looks much like it did a century ago..

9 recognitionsFirst Principles

Education

advanced

50 min

Create a scalable model that improves education quality in underserved regions.

Millions of children lack access to quality education.

9 recognitionsSystems Thinking

Smart Cities

beginner

20 min

Design a safer pedestrian crossing for school zones.

School-zone crossings are dangerous at peak times, mixing speeding cars with distracted children.

5 recognitionsDesign Thinking

Smart Cities

beginner

20 min

Create a solution that helps citizens report local infrastructure problems.

Potholes, broken lights and leaks linger for months because reporting them is confusing and citizens never hear back.

5 recognitionsDesign Thinking

Smart Cities

intermediate

35 min

Design a system that reduces traffic congestion near schools during peak hours.

The daily school run creates intense, predictable congestion that endangers children and frustrates everyone.

6 recognitionsSystems Thinking

Smart Cities

intermediate

35 min

Create an innovation that improves accessibility for people with disabilities in cities.

Cities are full of barriers — steps, gaps, missing information — that exclude people with disabilities from moving freely.

6 recognitionsDesign Thinking

Smart Cities

advanced

50 min

Design a smart neighborhood that improves quality of life while reducing resource consumption.

A smart neighborhood should make life better and lighter on the planet at once — connecting energy, water, mobility and community without becoming a surveillance maze..

7 recognitionsSystems Thinking

Smart Cities

advanced

50 min

Create an integrated city platform that connects transportation, waste, and public services.

City services run in silos that don't talk to each other, wasting money and frustrating residents.

7 recognitionsSystems Thinking

Entrepreneurship

beginner

20 min

Identify a common problem faced by students and create a business idea to solve it.

Every student faces small daily frustrations that nobody has bothered to solve.

4 recognitionsStartup Thinking

Entrepreneurship

beginner

20 min

Design a small business that can be started with less than $100.

You don't need lots of money to start — you need a real need, a scrappy offer, and a first customer.

4 recognitionsStartup Thinking

Entrepreneurship

intermediate

35 min

Create a startup concept that improves sustainability in your community.

Green ideas only create lasting change when they can pay for themselves.

6 recognitionsStartup Thinking

Entrepreneurship

intermediate

35 min

Design a business model for helping local artisans reach more customers.

Talented local artisans often struggle to reach buyers beyond their street.

6 recognitionsStartup Thinking

Entrepreneurship

advanced

50 min

Create a scalable startup that addresses a major social challenge.

The most ambitious ventures tackle big social problems at scale while staying financially sustainable.

7 recognitionsStartup Thinking

Entrepreneurship

advanced

50 min

Design a venture that could positively impact one million people within ten years.

Reaching a million people forces you to think about distribution, unit economics and trust from day one.

7 recognitionsStartup Thinking

FinTech

beginner

20 min

Design a tool that helps teenagers save money more effectively.

Teenagers earn and spend small amounts but rarely build a saving habit.

5 recognitionsDesign Thinking

FinTech

beginner

20 min

Create a solution that teaches financial literacy to young students.

Many students leave school without understanding budgeting, interest or saving.

5 recognitionsDesign Thinking

FinTech

intermediate

35 min

Design a system that encourages low-income families to build emergency savings.

Families living paycheck to paycheck are one shock away from crisis, but saving feels impossible when every dollar is spoken for.

7 recognitionsSystems Thinking

FinTech

intermediate

35 min

Create a financial service that helps small businesses manage cash flow.

Many small businesses are profitable on paper but fail because cash arrives late and bills come early.

7 recognitionsStartup Thinking

FinTech

advanced

50 min

Design a fintech solution that improves financial inclusion in underserved communities.

Billions of people lack access to basic financial services because they're seen as too poor or risky to serve.

8 recognitionsSystems Thinking

FinTech

advanced

50 min

Create a system that helps people make better long-term financial decisions.

People consistently undervalue their future selves, leading to debt and inadequate savings.

8 recognitionsSystems Thinking

Social Innovation

beginner

20 min

Design a way to help new students feel welcomed in school.

Starting at a new school is lonely and intimidating.

5 recognitionsDesign Thinking

Social Innovation

beginner

20 min

Create a solution that encourages more community volunteering.

Plenty of people would help their community but never start — they don't know where, when or how.

5 recognitionsDesign Thinking

Social Innovation

intermediate

35 min

Design a program that reduces loneliness among elderly people.

Many elderly people go days without meaningful contact.

7 recognitionsDesign Thinking

Social Innovation

intermediate

35 min

Create an initiative that improves inclusion for marginalized groups.

Marginalized groups face barriers that are often invisible to those who don't experience them.

7 recognitionsSystems Thinking

Social Innovation

advanced

50 min

Design a scalable solution to address youth unemployment.

Young people struggle to land a first job without experience, and can't get experience without a job.

9 recognitionsSystems Thinking

Social Innovation

advanced

50 min

Create an innovation that strengthens community resilience during crises.

When disasters strike, communities with strong networks recover far faster.

9 recognitionsSystems Thinking

Circular Economy

beginner

20 min

Design a second-life use for discarded plastic bottles.

Plastic bottles are used once and tossed, yet they're durable, waterproof and free.

5 recognitionsSCAMPER

Circular Economy

beginner

20 min

Create a way to encourage repair instead of replacement.

We throw away things that just need a small fix because repair feels harder than buying new.

5 recognitionsDesign Thinking

Circular Economy

intermediate

35 min

Design a community sharing system for rarely used household items.

Drills, ladders and party supplies sit unused in homes 99% of the time.

7 recognitionsSystems Thinking

Circular Economy

intermediate

35 min

Create a business model that turns food waste into valuable products.

Restaurants and markets discard tons of edible and compostable waste daily.

7 recognitionsStartup Thinking

Circular Economy

advanced

50 min

Design a city-wide circular economy ecosystem for electronic waste.

E-waste is the fastest-growing waste stream, packed with both toxins and valuable materials.

8 recognitionsSystems Thinking

Circular Economy

advanced

50 min

Create a closed-loop manufacturing system for consumer products.

In nature there is no waste — everything becomes food for something else.

8 recognitionsBiomimicry

AI & Emerging Tech

beginner

20 min

Design an AI tool that helps students learn more effectively.

AI could act like a patient tutor for every student, but most tools just answer questions for them.

4 recognitionsDesign Thinking

AI & Emerging Tech

beginner

20 min

Create a technology solution that improves accessibility for people with disabilities.

Modern tech can read aloud, caption, translate and navigate — yet much of it isn't designed with disabled users in mind.

4 recognitionsDesign Thinking

AI & Emerging Tech

intermediate

35 min

Design an AI-powered system that helps communities identify local problems.

Communities generate signals about their own problems — complaints, photos, sensors — but no one connects the dots.

6 recognitionsSystems Thinking

AI & Emerging Tech

intermediate

35 min

Create a responsible technology solution that addresses misinformation.

False information spreads faster than the truth and erodes trust.

6 recognitionsSystems Thinking

AI & Emerging Tech

advanced

50 min

Design a future city where AI supports healthcare, education, and transportation.

Imagine a city where AI quietly improves daily life across services.

8 recognitionsSystems Thinking

AI & Emerging Tech

advanced

50 min

Create a framework for ensuring ethical and equitable use of advanced technologies.

Powerful technologies can widen inequality or shrink it, depending on the rules around them.

8 recognitionsFirst Principles

Water Innovation

beginner

20 min

Design a way to reduce water waste at home.

Households waste water through leaks, long showers and running taps — usually without realizing how much.

5 recognitionsFirst Principles

Water Innovation

beginner

20 min

Create a solution that encourages people to conserve water.

People care about water in the abstract but forget it at the tap.

5 recognitionsDesign Thinking

Water Innovation

intermediate

35 min

Design a low-cost water purification system for rural communities.

Many rural communities rely on unsafe water sources.

7 recognitionsBiomimicry

Water Innovation

intermediate

35 min

Create a strategy to improve water management in drought-prone regions.

Drought-prone regions swing between scarcity and the occasional flood.

7 recognitionsSystems Thinking

Water Innovation

advanced

50 min

Design a city-wide water resilience system for the future.

Future cities must secure water against droughts, floods and growth at once.

8 recognitionsSystems Thinking

Water Innovation

advanced

50 min

Create an innovation that addresses both water scarcity and pollution simultaneously.

Scarcity and pollution are usually tackled separately, yet polluted water deepens scarcity.

8 recognitionsBiomimicry

Energy Innovation

beginner

20 min

Design a way to reduce energy consumption in schools.

Schools waste energy on lighting, heating, cooling and idle devices, draining budgets that could go to learning.

4 recognitionsFirst Principles

Energy Innovation

beginner

20 min

Create a solution that encourages households to use energy more efficiently.

Families want lower bills but rarely know where their energy goes.

4 recognitionsDesign Thinking

Energy Innovation

intermediate

35 min

Design a low-cost renewable energy solution for rural communities.

Many rural communities lack reliable grid power.

6 recognitionsFirst Principles

Energy Innovation

intermediate

35 min

Create an innovation that helps households monitor and reduce energy waste.

Energy waste hides in always-on devices and inefficient habits.

6 recognitionsSystems Thinking

Energy Innovation

advanced

50 min

Design an energy system capable of powering an entire sustainable community.

Powering a whole community sustainably means balancing generation, storage, demand and fairness — especially when the sun and wind don't follow our schedules..

8 recognitionsSystems Thinking