Climate activists Nahid Perez Ayala, Kalaan Nibonrix Kaiman, Levy Nyirenda, and Cherry Sung report their takeaways on where the world stands on carbon capture and storage technologies, agroforestry, climate education and other critical solutions in the Race to Net Zero. Ayala, Kaiman, Nyirenda and Sung recently interviewed global experts Dan Schrag, UnaMay Gordon, Susan Chomba and Chris Dede. Voice of Orb: Peter Jude Ricciardi. Produced by Colby McGregor.

Improving care and access for youth mental health globally begins with understanding the problem. UNICEF's On My Mind 2021 Report and separately, Drs. Howard Gardner's and Wendy Fischman's The Real World of College, underscored the mental health challenges young people are facing. In this episode of Planet Classroom, Orb introduces us to the work of Harvard's Wendy Fischman and filmmaker Chelsea Jackson. We learn about the strategies used by young leaders from the Global Youth Mobilization movement to address mental health issues. We share perspectives from youth film critics on the work of acclaimed educator Molly Beauregard shown in the film Tuning the Student Mind. Mental Health should be on all our minds. Get the inside scoop on how change leaders are tackling the challenges.

Supported by the World Health Organization, the United Nations Foundation and the big 6 youth organizations, Global Youth Mobilization is a movement of young people taking action to improve their lives in a post COVID-19 world. To date this initiative has funded 134 local solutions and 74 national projects in over 100 countries worldwide. In this final podcast of our popular SHINE series, Planet Classroom is proud to introduce you to 6 of the young Awardees from these projects doing critical work to address the negative impact of the pandemic and build back better. Get the inside scoop on how these social impact entrepreneurs are tackling the challenges on mental and physical health, the digital divide, education disruption and poverty in their local communities. Hopefully this podcast will influence you to get up and join them!

You fight like a girl! The greatest compliment anyone could receive! Women are strong beings that go through numerous hardships everyday. They teach us how to be independent, healers, advocates, and strength holders. Planet Classroom presents a podcast that will put you into the shoes of the everyday woman. You'll find out just how strong she is. Join our virtual host, Orb, to find out how creative young leaders are finding ways to change the world for girls and women, and to empower them to be changeleaders.

Being able to learn and grow from what we have gone through during Covid-19 is a great tool to have under our belts. There are technological and personal achievements that have emerged from the pandemic. How might we reform global learning so that it supports the local good and the global good in our world? Planet Classroom in association with Creative Visions have invited youth globally to shine a light on their thoughts, feelings, hopes and desires for the world. In this new episode of the SHINE series, Orb, Planet Classroom's virtual host, asked eight young leaders to tell us what they hope to see in a world once covid-19 diminishes. As members of the UN Youth and Global Citizenship Foundation, they have taken their own tools to teach us how we can create a more sustainable world.

We can go about our lives thinking that in order to survive, we just have to get through each day. Or within each of those days, we can thrive and make life worth so much more. Orb, Planet Classroom's virtual host, introduces sentimental stories from the inspiring creators of 5 films now screening on the Planet Classroom YouTube Channel that will blow you away. We hear from musicians, filmmakers, and survivors about how they discovered what it means to thrive. Whether it be remembering the special moments, finding joy in unexpected ways, or learning a new skill, life can take us in all sorts of directions. Find out some of the ways we can thrive.

To dance is to show the world our passion and feelings without a spoken word. We continue our SHINE series as Orb, Planet Classroom's virtual host, is joined by 5 young finalists from the Royal Academy of Dance's flagship event, The Margot Fonteyn International Ballet Competition. The Fonteyn is one of the world's most prestigious ballet competitions, attracting the finest young dancers trained around the globe. In this episode, you will find out how these dancers were impacted by COVID19 in the best and worst of ways. Get the inside scoop on how the dancers dealt with their mental health through the pandemic and what their opinions are on technology and how it can globalize dance education. Who knows, maybe this podcast will influence you to get up and dance!

The Protect Our Planet Movement has youth in over 95 countries throughout Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, the United States, Asia and the Pacific finding new ways to combat climate change. In this episode, Orb, Planet Classroom's virtual host, invites 13 of these impressive young leaders to share their work and unique experiences and inspire others to do the same. What are these young people looking for in a world post-Covid? Is it expanding media platforms? Government and global learning reform? Or an artistic/scientific collaboration throughout communities? Eco-justice is possible and the multimedia project, SHINE, will take you into the minds of these individuals to show you their hopes and dreams of a greater tomorrow.

Every one of us has been impacted by Covid-19 in one way or another. As we are released from the grasp that the virus had on us, returning back to a normal life may not be the way it used to be. Planet Classroom and Creative Visions have invited international youth groups around the world to submit their interpretation to the word SHINE. In this first episode of the SHINE podcast series to support this multi-media initiative a number of talented creators were asked what they want in a life post COVID19 world, and what role the arts have played during this period. Their answers might inspire you to find creativity through these difficult times. Mental health, community effort, inner-peace, and equality are only just a few of the topics that our young creators discuss. Let Orb, Planet Classroom's virtual host, take you on a journey of self discovery and overall realization of the vast possibilities a Post-Covid world can hold for all of us.

From growing gardens, to beating drums, and to powerful rhythmic words, we all find a way to tell our stories. Planet Classroom presents three filmmakers and their powerful masterpieces which help others learn to prevail and heal through difficult times. Drumming circles have helped Craig Norton find a musical connection with the world around him. Director JLove Calderon and film subject DJ Cavem teach young adolescents that growing fresh products is an escape from the turmoils life throws at us. And finally, expressing our emotions and cries for change through poetry is what Luke Azille captured in his BlackLivesMatter poem. We all take different paths to heal. In this episode Orb, Planet Classroom's virtual host, takes us on a global learning journey to explore how these three stories and their creators can impact your life.