Use the text function of cell phones to form communities, and transform the experience of going to public toilet facilities into a social one.

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Going through MRI is a terrible experience for children and their parents. GE came up with a great idea how to make the MRI experience less intimidating- they painted the MRIs with children's favorite characters and images from stories kids love...

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Even during a crisis, children around the world can continue their education with UNICEF's School-in-a-Box

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It's great to motivate people with material objects like gift cards, iPods and etc. However, there is great power in "story", providing compelling stories to which people can attribute their contribution is the best campaign.

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Situated at the edge of an urban area, this organic farm has made being an attraction as part of their business. They are open to any visitors, and many people come there with their kids to have them interact with the animals.

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The secret seed society provide fun eco gifts, tools and guides for your garden and kitchen helping to educate children and build their relationship with food. http://www.secretseedsociety.com

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I think the main thing for young kids is to get in contact with fresh food and vegetables. For older kids and teenagers its important to to learn about it and get further information about these things. And the most important thing: they have to see what this fresh food does to themselves? So I think you all know already tamagotchi or farmville on facebook. I think this principle could be usefull to learn more about fresh food and the benefit for yourselve.

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School-age children in immigrant families often act as translators and interpreters for their parents for a range of issues. How can we reach out to them to let them know the election resources available to them and their parents?

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make it COOL to eat healthy food

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Lemonade Day is a fun and experiential learning program to teach kids how to start, own and operate their own business through a lemonade stand.

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Terracycle (a company that upcycles waste), has been producing/selling these small Kids Vegetable/Herb Growing Kits.

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Promoting healthy alternatives to kids' 'favourite foods', with emphasis on engaging creatively with the meal-making process.

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Herbie the Hairy challenges kids to give it a full set of hair, using a fun planter pre-filled with compost, easy-to-grow herb seeds, & simple instructions/info for growing, cutting, & eating hair. Kids discover agriculture, cooking, nutrition, & new foods through play & the naturally encouraged adult interaction. The planter, which can be decorated as an art project, is made from repurposed items (yogurt cup, juice box, bottle, egg carton, can, etc.), ideally biodegradable for easy transplantation option.

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Playing in the Shadows is a documentary. You're taken on a kid's eye view and connected to the Woolloomooloo kids: Jaidyn, Celine, Jerry and Ainsley. A new night-time basketball program entered their neighborhood; it helped transform their lives.

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Imagine a co-operative by local moms (say 10 women), who sign up to cook nutritious lunches together for their families. A few of the women (3-4), who have signed up could assemble on rotation at a rented space in a “finca” (a mountain villa, quite common in Latin America) to prepare food in bulk quantity for all families in the area, who have signed up for the program.

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A small snippet from one of Jamie's programmes - a great call to arms!

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Enterprising Schools, an initiative of Gray Matters Capital Foundation, is sponsoring this challenge, focused on increasing the access of low-cost and appropriate learning tools for affordable private schools in India and worldwide. The submissions will contribute to the development of a catalogue of existing tools and would provide inspirational concepts to entrepreneurs who will be encouraged to take them forward and build businesses to provide affordable private schools with much-needed tools and materials. The purpose of this engagement is to provide access to quality learning tools and materials to affordable private schools first in India, and secondarily, worldwide.

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A TED TALK session with Kiran Bir Sethi, where she made everyone realize that real learning is embeded in the real world context. How " I CAN " bug makes a big impact in designing solution to diverse range of social problems around.

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Does artwork make toilets more inviting and influence sanitation behaviour, especially by children?

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Giving children power and responsibility over small decisions is a great way to show them that everything we do has an impact on everyone.

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