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EcoApprentice is a practical and educational way to help students build their resumes and gain career-based education.Professors and Instructors will find EcoChallenges an excellent source for class projects, assignments, thesis reports, or potential internships.

How does it work? A business, seeking an environmentally friendly solution to some aspect of its operations, posts an EcoChallenge. Students respond with real-world EcoSolutions. When the business and students agree that the EcoChallenge is solved, the winning EcoSolution is posted, giving well-deserved credit to the students and their academic institution.

  • EcoApprentice is flexible. While we encourage students to collaborate with businesses in their local communities, many relationships occur entirely online. Your college, university, or trade-school can be an active participant no matter where you’re located. High Schools/Middle Schools can participate if a teacher signs up for and represents the students in a class.
  • EcoApprentice is free for students and schools. Students must be 18 or older to become a member. We have already had students recieve class credit for projects completed through EcoApprentice.
  • EcoApprentice offers visibility. Participation demonstrates your school’s commitment to sustainable solutions for our communities and links you to an ever-growing resource which will provide practical, hands-on experience to students collaborating with businesses.

Are you a student?

Students can connect locally or online with businesses seeking eco-friendly ideas covering a huge variety of subject areas. Build your resume, get class credit, maybe even get an idea for starting a business, all through your own ingenuity working on EcoSolutions. Connect with friends to make your solutions go global! Click here to find out how you can help make it happen!

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If you'd like to post an EcoChallenge or a comment, become a member today. It's free!

Search EcoCategories by clicking on icons:

  • Buy_green_68x68_blue Buy Green - Seek out organic foods or products made with non-toxic ingredients.
  • Carbon_offsets_68x68_blue Carbon Offsets - Any action to reduce (or offset) greenhouse gas emissions.
  • Green_shipping_68x68_blue Green Shipping - Use reusable/recycled packaging. Use a green shipping company or method.
  • Light_less_68x68_blue Light Less - Choose energy efficient light bulbs and machinery. Redesign to let in natural light to consume less electricity.
  • Recycle_68x68_blue Recycle - Convert used materials into new products. Figure out what you can recycle and where.
  • Reduce_waste_68x68_blue Reduce Waste - Anticipate a way to prevent waste before it happens.
  • Reuse_68x68_blue Reuse - Lengthen the life of a product or material before it is recycled or disposed.
  • Think_local_68x68_blue Think Local - Buy locally and support prosperity in your community.

What are the Eco Icons? For any EcoChallenge, choose one or more icons that best reflects the category of sustainability that is helped by an EcoSolution. If an EcoSolution results in a new way to recycle something, choose the Recycle Icon; if an EcoSolution results in less waste production, choose the Reduce Waste Icon. A new water conservation method may represent multiple icons. You decide! If your EcoChallenge does not fall under any of the Icons, please let us know so we can create a new one! Scroll over each Eco Icon for a definition.