{"id":7022,"date":"2022-04-20T11:22:07","date_gmt":"2022-04-20T18:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/?p=7022"},"modified":"2023-06-06T10:02:07","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T17:02:07","slug":"these-students-are-tackling-climate-change-one-project-at-a-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intuit.com\/blog\/social-responsibility\/these-students-are-tackling-climate-change-one-project-at-a-time\/","title":{"rendered":"These students are tackling climate change one project at a time"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s going to require a commitment from all of us to successfully tackle climate change. At Intuit, not only have we been <\/span>carbon neutral<\/span><\/a> since 2015 but we want to empower our employees, customers and communities to join us in tackling climate action. <\/span><\/p>\n

Today\u2019s youth are the next generation and as part of our <\/span>job readiness<\/span><\/a> initiative, we want to help students develop the skills and mindset they need to enter the workforce and contribute to their communities \u2014 including helping the planet and changing our world for the better.<\/span><\/p>\n

Race for Climate Action<\/b><\/h3>\n

Solving real-world problems of any kind requires creative and critical thinking. Using our <\/span>Design for Delight program<\/span><\/a>, we help students leverage tools to identify big unsolved problems, gain customer empathy, run quick experiments with actual customers, test assumptions, pivot if needed, and much more.<\/span><\/p>\n

To help tackle the climate crisis, we teamed up with global education nonprofit <\/span>Enactus<\/span><\/a> to design and support the <\/span>Race for Climate Action<\/span><\/a>, an innovative student competition for students from around the world to develop solutions for their local communities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while creating jobs.<\/span><\/p>\n

Almost 2,000 students from more than 26 countries developed projects ranging from an early-stage idea to scaling a successful social enterprise in order to address the climate crisis. Whether projects addressed deforestation, creating eco-friendly fuels, solar <\/span>energy, or reducing crop residue burning, collectively they had a massive impact. Since kick-off, 175 projects were submitted, reducing a combined total of 25,000 metric tonnes of carbon as of July 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n

Year One of the Race for Climate Action culminated at Enactus World Cup, 2021, where three finalists were selected, each receiving additional funding to help amplify and scale their projects over the next year.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a look at three projects that are making a difference to tackle the global climate crisis:<\/p>\n

Project Arth<\/b><\/h3>\n

\"Two<\/p>\n

The team, created and implemented by Enactus Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India, tackled several major contributors to climate change including deforestation, pollution and waste while providing economic incentives to local beneficiaries. <\/span><\/p>\n

In India, 50M trees are burned during cremations each year resulting in 8M tons of greenhouse gas emissions. 2.4 million tons of cow-dung is wasted annually, contributing to high emissions and pollution of their holy rivers. With the daunting pollution in India, the team was determined to identify innovative solutions and met with crematoriums, priests and cow shelters to better <\/span>understand their processes and traditions. <\/span><\/p>\n

After collaborating, they found that cow-dung is acceptable for cremations and created a process to turn cow-dung into eco-friendly logs, thereby preventing deforestation.<\/span><\/p>\n

Project results: <\/span><\/p>\n