Impact
Through year-round programs, toolkits, and advocacy campaigns, we work with students to create positive change.
We measure success in actions taken, mindsets shifted, and habits transformed, all leading to a more just, conscious way of life and world for all.
Our organization has worked directly with over 5.1 million students on more than 21,502 campuses in all 50 United States and 182 countries. Our interns and campus reps total over 4,556, with a digital reach of 33.8 million, a database that messages 36,500 plus, and collaborations with more than 550 partners that represent business, non-profit and media organizations… and counting.
Metrics speak, as do the passionate voices of our campaign members and partners!
Turning Green’s motto is dream and do. And they truly live by it every single minute of every single day, always reminding me that anything is really possible if we first imagine the world that we want to live in and then take action to make it so. They effectively couple both the learning aspect of environmental issues and mobilization of students to take action based on what we have learned. TG essentially paves the way and shows students how easy, simple, fun and empowering it is to ignite positive change in our communities so that we can do it on our own whenever and wherever we go. I am one of those students. And with all that I have learned from TG, I have become a positive changemaker in my community.
I am inspired daily by the great work of the Turning Green community! It is amazing to witness true change happening right before my eyes as I observe conversations that spark more conversations about things our society should be questioning but don’t. Turning Green empowers youth and young adults to seek information, to ask the important questions, and to share what they learn with all who will listen. To reject the conventional that causes harm and to adopt the conscious choices that create improved health of our bodies and the planet.
Empowering. Moving. Meaningful. Necessary. Life-changing. These words encapsulate my experience with Turning Green. When I embarked on my journey with the organization, a passion and newborn vibrancy ignited inside me and a new chapter of my life filled with a social mission and purpose unfolded. I am no longer someone who simply just knows the facts. I am a driven, passionate global citizen who wants to develop ideas, mobilize others, and change the world in the best way that I can.
As I explored the challenges each day, I broadened my knowledge of environmentalism. Every challenge was a door to a new passion. The Fair Trade challenge inspired a new empathy for people all throughout the world. The Biodiversity challenge helped me find links between my own life, and all the things that make it great, and the world around me. I feel an indescribable sense of connection with the plants and animals around me. And the support that the Turning Green Team provided made me feel fearless in advocating what I believe in. PGC helped me gain perspective on my own life. It helped me connect to my principles and spurred me to envision the world that I want to live in.
The Conscious College Road Tour resulted in excitement, friendships made, and networking between clubs. There is undoubtedly a student interest in changing behavior on campus to be more sustainable and healthy. It is wonderful to report that as a result of all the effort of Turning Green, the WVU Office of Sustainability, and student participation, a student chapter of Turning Green was formed and many ideas are being planned so we can hit the ground running in the fall semester!
INTERN RECAP
PGC RECAP
ROAD TOUR RECAP
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