Global Co Lab Network
The Global Co Lab Network empowers teens globally to take action on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, with opportunities for leadership development, cross-cultural collaboration and volunteering. To learn more, watch this two-minute video!
NSHSS handpicks its partners carefully, searching for nonprofits, organizations, and companies that directly align with our mission to provide the best resources for our members and their families. We may receive compensation from our partners, at no cost to you.
Why join the Global Co Lab Network?
Stand out in the admissions process and build your resume with key leadership and teamwork skills.
Establish networks with professionals at leading worldwide organizations like the United Nations.
Earn volunteer hours by acting on global issues you are passionate about.
Engage with teens across the world weekly and build cross-cultural proficiency.
By joining the Co Lab, you commit to:
- One-hour meetings once per week.
- Additional one-hour meetings once per month.
- Project work throughout the week as needed.
- Commitment to changing the world with the Sustainable Development Goals!
Types of Initiatives We Offer
Join one of our 9 teen-led weekly virtual meetings to move action forward on the UN Sustainable Development Goals for free. Each hub addresses important issues such as climate change, mental health, hunger, gender and racial equality, plastic pollution, quality education, and many more. Complete our interest form if you are interested!
Apply to the annual Teens Dream Changemaker Video Challenge, opening October 2025! Upload a short video about how you would address an SDG and be a trailblazer. Winners are honored at our annual Spring Celebration.
Each July, the Co Lab takes a teen delegation to the UN High-Level Political Forum in New York where the world assesses progress on the SDGs. Teens advocate on the SDGs to a global audience and build connections with other students and professionals. You can watch last year’s delegation present here.
Created by teens at the Co Lab, the Change Our Climate campaign aims to encourage individual action for sustainable living. Join us and take a pledge to change one daily habit that will reduce your carbon footprint at changeourclimate.org. Follow @GlobalCoLabNetwork and join Co Lab teens making reels to inspire others. Use our hashtag #ChangeOurClimate and make sure to tag us! You can enter to win $500 if you pledge by April 1.
Co Lab Documentary
Our documentary, Youth Voices on the UN Goals: Changing the World Together, has reached over 30,000 people worldwide. This 20-minute educational film is focused on empowering the next generation of changemakers with a focus on the UN SDGs.
Our Partners
