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Niantic's Sustainability Campaign
How to get involved & count your participation:
We invite Niantic players and community members to join us in supporting our planet, one action at a time. This year, we’re focusing on the big impact that intentional, individual actions can make on combating climate change and caring for our planet in sustainable ways. Join us and earn in game rewards while you’re at it!
Step 1
Players can unlock 3 tiers of in-game rewards by doing one of the following:
Take Care of Your Community
Take Care of Your Community
Adopt A New Sustainability Practice
Adopt A New Sustainability Practice
Help Out a Local Cause Focused on Sustainability
Help Out a Local Cause Focused on Sustainability
Step 2
Record your sustainability action by posting the following on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram.
If you would like your engagement to be counted towards in-game rewards make sure to post on social between 1800 UTC on April 20 to 2359 UTC on April 23.
Use the hashtag #SustainableWithNiantic and tag @NianticLabs
Use the hashtag #SustainableWithNiantic and tag @NianticLabs
Take Care of Your Community
It is important that each one of us feels empowered to take care of our neighborhoods and the public spaces available to us. Here are some ideas for how to have a positive impact on your community:
  • **Get outside and pick up trash:** Pull on some gloves and a face mask, grab a bucket or reusable bag to collect trash, and even a trash picker if you have one.

    Get outside and pick up trash: Pull on some gloves and a face mask, grab a bucket or reusable bag to collect trash, and even a trash picker if you have one.

  • **Plant a tree, shrub or native plants:** If you have space at home or permission to plant in a local public space, talk to a local expert to find out what plants are most suitable for the environment you live in.

    Plant a tree, shrub or native plants: If you have space at home or permission to plant in a local public space, talk to a local expert to find out what plants are most suitable for the environment you live in.

  • **Build a bee hotel:** Research how to safely encourage pollinators to visit your yard or the green spaces around you.

    Build a bee hotel: Research how to safely encourage pollinators to visit your yard or the green spaces around you.

If you’re interested in a longer term project, check out our ChangeX Sustainability Challenge to apply for funding to lead a project in your community!

Please use a mask at all times to cover your mouth and nose, and ensure that you take the proper precautions according to public health guidelines.

Take a picture and share it with us on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram using the hashtag #SustainableWithNiantic and tag @NianticLabs to have your hard work counted towards unlocking in-game rewards!

Adopt A New Sustainability Practice
Each of us can make changes in our daily lives that collectively can have a huge impact on our planet. We encourage you to look at your daily habits and adopt one new sustainable habit. Some examples include:
  • **Commute Sustainably:** Ride your bike or walk to where you’re going.

    Commute Sustainably: Ride your bike or walk to where you’re going.

  • **Become a DIY Expert:** Learn how to fix something that you were going to throw out rather than buying something new.

    Become a DIY Expert: Learn how to fix something that you were going to throw out rather than buying something new.

  • **Choose Reusable over Disposable:** Eliminate one single use product from your life and replace it with something that will last a long time such as reusable shopping bags or water bottles.

    Choose Reusable over Disposable: Eliminate one single use product from your life and replace it with something that will last a long time such as reusable shopping bags or water bottles.

Tell us what you did so we can count your action towards unlocking in-game rewards by posting a photo representing your action along with the hashtag #SustainableWithNiantic and the tag @NianticLabs on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram.

Help Out a Local Cause Focused on Sustainability
There are organizations all over the world who are doing amazing things to help our planet. From cleanups to planting trees, removing invasive species to raising awareness, find a cause that speaks to you and volunteer or donate to a local organization making change in your community.
  • **Support a Local Cause:** Research organizations focused on protecting the environment near you to learn how you can help.

    Support a Local Cause: Research organizations focused on protecting the environment near you to learn how you can help.

  • **Volunteer Your Time:** Research ways that you can get involved with a cause you care about -- there are often ways to help without leaving your home. Click on the logos below to learn how you can get involved with our partners.

    Volunteer Your Time: Research ways that you can get involved with a cause you care about -- there are often ways to help without leaving your home. Click on the logos below to learn how you can get involved with our partners.

  • **Learn About Your Local Environment:** Find out more about the environmental issues affecting your neighborhood and region, then take action!

    Learn About Your Local Environment: Find out more about the environmental issues affecting your neighborhood and region, then take action!

Share the cause you’re supporting on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram along with why you chose to support them, a photo of their logo or website, a tag of their social media handles, tag @NianticLabs and the hashtag #SustianableWithNiantic to be counted towards unlocking in-game rewards!

Niantic will donate $5,000 USD to the three non-profits who get tagged the most in social posts.

Non-profit organizations identified by participants must be a 501(c)(3) or equivalent organization. Niantic reserves the right to select and provide the non-profit organization donation to another non-profit organization in its sole discretion.

Rewards

If enough players participate, there's a chance to unlock special in game rewards for Ingress and Pokémon GO. See details below for each game!

  • If 2,500 players across all games participate, Tier 1 of rewards will be unlocked globally.

  • If 5,000 players across all games participate, Tier 2 of rewards will be unlocked globally.

  • If 10,000 players across all games participate, Tier 3 of rewards will be unlocked globally.

Pokémon GO In-game rewards will appear from Sunday, April 25 at 10:00am local through Sunday, April 25th at 8:00pm local.

Ingress In-game rewards will appear from Friday, April 23rd 3pm to Monday, April 26th 9am PDT

Ingress
Ingress
Pokémon GO
Pokémon GO

Tier 1

  • 2x hack rate of Heatsinks, Multihacks, Shields (all rarity) and Power Cubes (all levels including Hyper Cubes)

Tier 2

  • Tier 1 bonus +
  • 2x AP Resonator Deployed

Tier 3

  • Tier 1 & 2 bonus +
  • 2x AP Resonator Destroyed

Tier 1

  • Unlock five-star raids appearing more often throughout the bonus window. (4/25, 10am - 8pm local)

Tier 2

  • Tier 1 bonus +
  • Unlock a free bundle in the shop available only during the bonus window, which grants 3 free Remote Raid Passes. (4/25, 10am - 8pm local)

Tier 3

  • Tier 1 & 2 bonus +
  • Unlock 2x Catch XP on all Pokémon during the bonus window. (4/25, 10am - 8pm local)
Ingress
Ingress

Tier 1

  • 2x hack rate of Heatsinks, Multihacks, Shields (all rarity) and Power Cubes (all levels including Hyper Cubes)

Tier 2

  • Tier 1 bonus +
  • 2x AP Resonator Deployed

Tier 3

  • Tier 1 & 2 bonus +
  • 2x AP Resonator Destroyed
Pokémon GO
Pokémon GO

Tier 1

  • Unlock five-star raids appearing more often throughout the bonus window. (4/25, 10am - 8pm local)

Tier 2

  • Tier 1 bonus +
  • Unlock a free bundle in the shop available only during the bonus window, which grants 3 free Remote Raid Passes. (4/25, 10am - 8pm local)

Tier 3

  • Tier 1 & 2 bonus +
  • Unlock 2x Catch XP on all Pokémon during the bonus window. (4/25, 10am - 8pm local)