We Speak Sustainability
The 1,000 Small Things Project

1,000 people. 1,000 places. 1,000 things.

Our mission is to document 1,000 people, in 1,000 places, doing things that make the world more sustainable. Here is how far we have come.

20 / 1,000 stories

18countries
20towns and communities
20people and groups featured
32kinds of action
20ideas to copy
9lives remembered

Stories by problem

Urban waste4
Plastic waste3
Water3
Forests and deforestation3
Climate adaptation and resilience3
Ocean pollution1
Energy1
Biodiversity loss1
Soil degradation1

Stories by region

Africa6
Asia6
Latin America & Caribbean4
Europe2
North America1
Oceania1

These numbers update automatically every time a story is approved and published. They count stories, not environmental impact: we only report impact where a source has measured it.

Help us reach 1,000

Do something small? Know someone who does? Tell us the story.