Over the past 27 years, GEM has had the privilege to work with hundreds of schools worldwide. Click here to find out where these schools are, and connect to their websites. These schools have participated in GEM programs in person, online, and via videoconferencing.   

Design Science Lab 2007
The 2007 Design Science Lab focused on developing technologically practical, economically viable, and culturally appropriate real-world solutions to global and local poverty. It did this in the context of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals, a set of eight ambitious, but attainable goals, established and ratified in 2000 by 189 heads of state at the UN. The 2007 Design Science Lab focused on Millennium Development Goal #1 reduce by half the proportion of people living on less than a dollar a day.

Design Science Lab 2006
The 2006 New York Design Science Lab took place at the United Nations and United Nations International School from June 21st to June 30th. The program brought together 55 participants from more than 10 countries to develop solutions to reach the United Nations Millennium Development Goals #2, 4, 5, 6, and 7 dealing with issues of global education, health, the environment, and energy.

The Asheville Design Science Lab was conducted at the University of North Carolina, Asheville from July 19th to 28th to experiment with the development of comprehensive design science solutions to specific local and regional problems. As even the most globally focused problem-solving strategies must first be implemented locally, the Asheville Design Science Lab presented a unique opportunity, working with a group of committed individuals at the local and regional level, to plant the seeds of change.

World Water Day 2007
The Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center hosted a real time videoconference and webcast on March 20, 2007, with representatives of the United Nations' Food and Agricultural Organization in Rome. Students in schools in Philadelphia, Vancouver, Canada, White Plains, NY, Lindenwold, NJ, and Karachi, Pakistan, joined in the discussion of the world's water shortages.