Sustainable Development Challenge — GLOBAL CITIZEN EVENTS

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The Sustainable Development Challenge 2025

Seven amazing youth teams pitched their brilliant solutions in 2025, tackling the 17 Global Goals! Congratulations to all the teams, especially Paper Trail, who earned the grand prize. A huge thank you to our sponsors, partners, and contributors who made the SDC 2025 Grand Finale possible!

Paper Trail - Enactus

Paper Trail – Enactus OC
Turning old books into firebricks!
Paper Trail is upcycling discarded books into sustainable firebricks coated in beeswax. They reduce landfill waste and provide an eco-friendly fuel source.

Smart Meals Network – UBCO

This team is tackling food insecurity and climate change by providing affordable, plant-based meals to students on campus. Their goal? Healthier students, lower emissions, and a model that campuses across Canada can adopt. Connect on Instagram

Project Ichor – UBCO

Period care meets social impact

Ichor is changing the game on menstrual health by offering free products funded by local ads, AND they’re breaking stigma through education and conversation.

Babysitting Superstars

Where babysitters = future leaders

This team is training teens in childcare, safety, and leadership to become a community support. All funds raised through these efforts will go toward supporting their partner organization- @thespinozafoundation

The Pink Box Project – KCS

Breaking barriers, one Pink Box at a time

This powerful team is tackling period poverty by placing donation boxes across the community, making it easy for anyone to give. With help from the Kelowna Food Bank and local businesses, they’re creating real change for those in need!

Dignity Project – KCS

Real solutions, rooted in empathy

This team is listening directly to the unhoused community and then creating care packages filled with exactly what’s needed. Partnered with Metro Kelowna, they’re also planning a “Fill the Bus” campaign to raise awareness and supplies.

Extreme Learning – UBCO

Learning just leveled up

This team is turning textbooks into interactive games, making education fun, accessible, and unforgettable. Whether you’re a student, teacher, or lifelong learner, this platform is changing how we learn.

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CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2024 WINNERS!

Bins for Humanity plans to use their Interior Savings investment to put clothing donation bins throughout Kelowna in easy to access places. Congratulations!

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2023 WINNERS!

Willowstone Academy’s Project Mini Forests received $5,000 towards their project.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2022 WINNERS!

2022 Teams: Congratulations to Thrifty Thursdays for their winning project in the 2022 Challenge Project and Pitch category. Thanks to our generous donors, they shared in the $9000 of funding given to make student sustainable projects a reality. Read all about the winners here.