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Welcome to the Cultivate Collective Hub—where innovation, education, and sustainability come to life. During your visit, you’ll step into a vibrant ecosystem intentionally designed to support whole-child learning, environmental responsibility, and community transformation.

What You’ll See and Experience:

• Sustainable Design in Action: From our regenerative approach to a living building to our sustainable urban farm, water conservation systems, and energy-efficient infrastructure, you’ll witness how our net-positive energy and net-positive water hub operates in harmony with the planet. Each feature reflects our vision for sustainable community development.
• Community-Centered Spaces: Explore multipurpose areas designed for collaboration, health, and growth. These include wellness zones, innovation labs, community gardens, our fresh food market, and even a solar-powered Love Fridge—all tailored to serve the needs of our neighbors and partners.
• Innovative Learning Environments: Discover how we bring education to life through project-based, real-world learning grounded in the International Baccalaureate (IB) framework. Our approach builds critical thinking, global awareness, and student agency—preparing young people to lead with compassion and purpose.
• Wellness at the Core: Learn how wellness is deeply integrated into our environment—from spaces that support mental and physical health to a food philosophy rooted in nourishment and care. Participants will also get to enjoy a delicious, scratch-made meal from our school lunch program, prepared with fresh, locally sourced ingredients. 
• Environmental Education in Action: See how environmental learning embedded throughout the hub. From hands-on labs to immersive outdoor experiences, students explore climate science, conservation, and sustainability in deeply engaging, place-based ways.
• Dual Language and Cultural Fluency: Experience how our dual language programming cultivates bilingualism and biliteracy while honoring cultural diversity. Students develop the confidence and skills to communicate across languages and communities.
• A Living Model of Sustainability: Tour our high-performance campus to see sustainability in action. With 550 kW of solar power, 50 geothermal wells, rainwater harvesting systems, and native landscaping, our hub serves as both a real-world classroom and a model for resilient, climate-forward design.
• A Vision for the Future: Learn about the broader mission of Cultivate Collective and how we’re advancing equity, innovation, and collective impact across Chicago’s South and West sides.

Whether you’re an educator, policymaker, advocate, or community member, your visit will offer a powerful glimpse into how we’re cultivating future-ready learners and building a more just, sustainable world.

To register, click here! We ask all of our tour attendees to consider a tax-deductible honorarium donation to support our small (but mighty!) team's capacity to host groups as we continue to expand the resources that we offer to our community.