Earth Month Ecochallenge 2023: Sustainable Development Goals Collective Impact

Total Participants

17,107

across 89 countries and 55 states/regions

with 81% as first-time participants

Total Teams

1,103

Total Actions Completed

349,900

Total Posts Shared

35,316

Top Impactful Actions

Plant a tree

Mend Clothing

Share Your Eco Habits

Make Zero-Waste Meals

Choose Clean/Renewable Energy

Participant Engagement

Average # of daily check-ins: 12

One-time action success rate: 43%

Daily action success rate: 41%

ABOUT EARTH MONTH ECOCHALLENGE

For the month of April 2023, we put the SDGs into action to create substantial positive impact. Together, we build a sustainable world and a healthy planet. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a commitment to achieving sustainable development across three dimensions — environmental, social and economic — in an inclusive and integrated way.

For the month of April 2023, we put the SDGs into action to create substantial positive impact. Together, we build a sustainable world and a healthy planet.

"I'm very excited about this challenge. For years I've been trying to make small changes in my day-to-day life. One little thing I do is I always use cloth napkins. This reduces trash coming form my home and I throw them in with my dirty clothes."

— Jill

"Keep growing keep sharing. Sharing is caring because it remove selfishness, promotes better, equal and sustained use of limited resources! We are social humans but in todays world it is becoming easy to get trapped in the stigma of living in silos. Let's work on this."

— Mayank

"I joined this challenge because it helps me stay focused and mindful of my actions to do and be better. I always look forward to doing this every year and try to implement it into my everyday life."

— Judy

"What I love about Ecochallenges is that they encourage you to think creatively and critically about your habits and lifestyle choices. They also provide a sense of community, as you can connect with others who are also committed to making a positive impact on the environment. It also gives me a feeling of empowerment to make changes in my own life that contribute to a more sustainable future for all!"

— Jo-a

"What I learned was the importance of an individuals actions, every single action we take could result in some kind of impact for the planet. We need to do our part to ensure that those actions result in a positive impact rather than a negative one."

— Brady

"Ecochallenge always gives me the good excuse to get out of my comfort zone and try new things!"

— Mackenzie

"Practicing a work-life balance creates a peacefulness within."

— Yvette

"We all deserve clean air to breathe, clean water to drink, and a stable climate to live in. Let's do it together!"

— Deac

"Part of Ecochallenge is to help each one of us to reassess our daily living, making changes that improve our lives, and doing so in the spirit of joy, fun, education. Becoming a part of the solution is in helping our earth survive."

— Anne

"I am inspired to be involved, it is invigorating and energizing to see so many folks not only in our company but around the world who genuinely care and are interested in protecting, enhancing and making a difference to our wonderful planet earth, thank you!"

— B

"I informed a lot of my friends about the earth month challenges I am taking everyday and they also got inspired and have started taking up the SDGS."

— Akanksha

"During the Earth Month, I planted a tree, saved water, tried a vegan dish and reduced my carbon footprint. I made sure that my actions contribute to conserve precious resources and mitigate the impacts of climate change."

— Roshni

"From this challenge I have come to realize how each of us can together can a make a big impact on the effects of climate change to our home Earth. Each one of us can do the simplest of actions that together we would make big changes in what companies produce and how we consume. Some of these simple efforts could be bringing a mug to use for coffee at work rather than the paper cups provided. Buying lunchboxes rather than relying on paper bags. Using dish cloths or rags to clean up messes instead of paper towels or wipes. Bringing reusable grocery bags to the store rather than taking plastic bags home. If we all did these things the demand for these products would go down and there would be less production of them. Obviously this would make changes to factors leading to climate change. It really does take us all getting more conscious about our actions and how they effect our world."

— Brandon