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Green Guru Project

Sustainability work, run like an international firm — by students.

· 2024· design + build· shipped
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01· the problem

Most student sustainability clubs are one initiative at a time — a recycling drive, a beach cleanup. They burn out. The shape of the problem is structural: hunger, decent work, climate. You need a structure that can hold all three.

02· the approach

Three pillars mapped to UN SDGs: Zero Hunger (SDG 2), Decent Work (SDG 8), Climate Action (SDG 13). Each pillar runs as a sub-program with its own metrics — the food-rescue line, the Personal Finance Project, the Neighborhood Fridge toiletry kits. The site is the org chart for 13 students across 4 continents.

03· what shipped

1,700+ pounds of food rescued, ongoing finance curriculum, recurring fridge restock cycle. Holding three pillars at once is harder than running one campaign — but the failure mode of one campaign is 'one good year,' which is what we wanted to avoid.

team members
13
continents
4
lbs rescued
1,700+
04· stack
  • Next.js
  • TypeScript
  • Tailwind
  • Vercel
05· what's next

A second-year cohort. The students graduating this cycle each take a pillar's documentation forward, so the org doesn't restart from zero.

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