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Students Rebuild

The Extraordinary Earth Project

Students Rebuild is a ready-made adventure in global learning through art that engages the whole student, and helps change the whole world.

This year, we’re inviting students from around the world to learn about the environment and what we can do to protect our local and global ecosystems. The Challenge kicks off on August 17, 2023, and ends June 2024.
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Increasing global understanding through more than 6.5 million pieces of artwork and counting.

Introducing the 2024 Extraordinary Earth Project

We invite students to deepen their understanding of our environment and what they can do to protect our earth.

1. Register, set, go!

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Registration for the Extraordinary Earth Project is now open! Learn about how we can protect the extraordinary Earth through tackling global environmental issues like climate change. We provide the lessons, content guides and other website resources.

2. Create your art!

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Create art out of recycled materials that helps deepen connections with the following environmental themes: Repurposing Waste, Deforestation, Clean Air and Ecosystems.

3. Make a Change!

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For each piece of art we receive, the Bezos Family Foundation will make a $5 donation—up to $1.6 million—to organizations addressing some of our world’s biggest needs.

How Students Rebuild Works

Explore a global issue

Explore a global issue

Each Students Rebuild Challenge gives K-12 students the opportunity to explore an issue alongside fellow ‘artivists’ - or art activists - from around the globe.

In 2020, students learned about the impact of hunger and created their own creative recipes in response.

In 2020, students learned about the impact of hunger and created their own creative recipes in response.

Make art and mail it in

Make art and mail it in

Use our easy-to-follow instructions to create specific artwork related to the Challenge. When it’s finished, join hundreds of thousands of other participants in sending your art our way.

Student artivists have created nearly 6 million works of art!

Student artivists have created nearly 6 million works of art!

Your art activates donations

Your art activates donations

For every piece of art we receive, the Bezos Family Foundations donates funds to support community-based organizations serving youth around the world.

 In 2020, Students Rebuild helped Mary’s Meals USA expand its school feeding program to 24,541 children across India, Malawi, and Haiti.

In 2020, Students Rebuild helped Mary’s Meals USA expand its school feeding program to 24,541 children across India, Malawi, and Haiti.

"When you make something with your hands, it changes the way you feel, which changes the way you think, which changes the way you act."
— AUTHOR AND FORMER AID WORKER CARL WILKENS

Insights from participants

Sarah

High school student, Long Island, NY

“Through Students Rebuild and different classes at our school, I've been able to expand my mind and know more about the world in general. Also, it's sparked interest in what I want to pursue in the rest of my life.”

Challenges Challenges: 2

Artworks Pieces of Art: 3

Dollars Dollars: 6

Ms. Smith

Kindergarten Teacher, Roanoke Virginia

“I love how Students Rebuild allows my students to connect not only students within their own community but to students in other countries across the globe. They loved that they could be a part of that."

Challenges Challenges: 4

Artworks Pieces of Art: 200

Dollars Dollars: 500

Principal James

Middle School Principal, Athens, OH

“I believe projects like this bridge the gap and make our global community that much smaller. You're motivated to think about other people and see what you can do to improve a situation not just at home but somewhere else."

Challenges Challenges: 2

Artworks Pieces of Art: 2,957

Dollars Dollars: 6,248