Jane Goodall Institute's Roots & Shoots
Free, flexible youth action network active in all 50 states where students form chapters and design their own community projects addressing environmental, animal, or human-welfare issues using a simple four-step action model.
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EarthEcho Water Challenge
Global citizen-science initiative empowering students to test local water quality (turbidity, temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen) and submit findings to a public database that informs local water-protection projects.
GLOBE Program (NASA)
Free international citizen-science program in which students collect and submit standardized environmental observations on atmosphere, water, soil, and land cover that feed a global database used by researchers and scientists worldwide.
Wikitongues Youth Language Documentation Volunteering
A volunteer opportunity with the nonprofit Wikitongues, where students help record, transcribe, and archive oral histories and interviews with speakers of endangered and minority languages for a permanent public video archive.
Center for Land-Based Learning FARMS Leadership Program
A year-long program for Sacramento-region high schoolers combining field days on farms, ranches, and agricultural businesses with leadership training, mentoring, and a student-led community action project in sustainable agriculture.
Chesapeake Bay Foundation Student Leadership Program
Year-round leadership program for 9th-12th graders living in the Chesapeake Bay watershed (MD, PA, VA, DC) combining field experiences, hands-on restoration service events, and legislative advocacy to protect the Bay.
Global Minds Initiative
A youth-led national nonprofit where students start an after-school chapter pairing native English speakers with immigrant and refugee English-language learners to build cross-cultural friendships and practice English together.