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28 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

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

Climate Innovation

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

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

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

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

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

Create a simple solution that helps farmers reduce water usage.

Irrigation often wastes water through over-watering and evaporation.

5 recognitionsFirst Principles

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

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

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

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

Entrepreneurship

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

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

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

Create a solution that teaches financial literacy to young students.

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

5 recognitionsDesign Thinking

Social Innovation

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

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

Circular Economy

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

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

AI & Emerging Tech

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

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

Water Innovation

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

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

Energy Innovation

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

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

Design a safer bicycle parking system for schools.

Students would cycle to school more if their bikes were safe from theft and weather.

4 recognitionsDesign Thinking

Create a solution that encourages students to use sustainable transportation.

Walking, cycling and buses are greener and healthier, but cars are the default.

4 recognitionsDesign Thinking