SDG Talks

Why is it so important to get involvement from the youth as we develop our future institutions of governance?  As Generation Z continues to grow, the role of the youth in the development of strong institutions has never been more important.

So what can we do about it?

In Pakistan, Talha Saleem is doing just that.  Talha Is the president of the Youth Parliament in Karachi Pakistan & empowers youth to take action in politics across the country.

In this SDG Talks, Talha will elaborate on:

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How do we create the leaders of the future?

Memorizing textbooks and taking tests is surely not the recipe.

In this SDG Talks, Mohit Rauniyar gives his insights about the future of Quality Education #SDG4.   As the Co-Founder and Director of Canopy Nepal, which is a social enterprise working in the field of education, Mohit offers a range of unique perspectives to the global education challenges and opportunities. He has been in the education field for the past 9 years working with students, teachers, and parents.

To empower the leaders of our future, we must empower students to learn via storytelling and hands-on experiences instead of focusing on the old school educational models. Mohit gives insights into the lack of access to education, how we measure learning impacts, and what we can all evolve the education model to the current market needs.

https://canopynepal.com/

https://kathmandupost.com/columns/2020/06/02/education-under-covid-19?fbclid=IwAR0X06G9RnMN1fzIyL06uAIRZSvrdvUEVsxsoA3nHOgCSeR58CarbCwOkR8

How can we provide increased access to food, education, and safe spaces for marginalized communities? Sammy Mwanja, the founder and Director of Tumaini Hand Mision, knows that you can’t just have food to provide success. It requires addressing all the SDGs to provide sustainable development for the marginalized communities in Kenya.

Tumani means HOPE which drives everything Sammy does to provide HOPE to marginalized communities in Kenya. Sammy is boldly helping communities around Kenya (especially children, youth, and women) through livelihood projects such as organic farming and educational services. Sammy has over 4 years of experience as both an in-house grant writer and as a grant consultant to various nonprofit organizations across Africa.   Sammy is passionate about helping others and combines his passion for the environment, education, youth, leadership, homelessness, community service, nonprofits, and social entrepreneurship.

To learn more about Sammy and his organization, please visit the Facebook links below

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Tumaini-HANDS-Mission-900121076699008

Crowdfunding page: https://www.gofundme.com/f/tumaini-hands-children039s-mission?utm_medium=social&utm_source=messenger&utm_campaign=p_lico%20share-sheet%20exp4vb&fbclid=IwAR15kqSmfpC_EfzN5aB_v1YUdCjKYQ2a6zFHx_q88uKS25k_I3QJxNPRT2o

Lance Kittel is the Associate Director of Inland Ocean Coalition based in Colorado. Lance has worked on global sustainability and ocean-related issues since 2018, and coordinates both national and international programs and campaigns targeted towards ocean protection and conservation. Lance holds a Masters in Environmental Management from Western Colorado University. 

Why is mental health such an important aspect within the SDG 2030 Road Map? In this SDG Talks, Vasundharaa S Nair discusses the roadblocks to mental health services, debunks the myths around mental health and the importance of seeking help.

Vasundharaa is a mental health clinician and a senior research fellow at the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences.  She is passionate about education, health, and strives to build partnerships for better SDG implementation across the globe.

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Avinash Jhangiani (Avi) is a senior, award-winning digital transformation and innovations leader with more than 20 years of experience with large enterprises and consulting firms in the US and India, such as Deloitte, Reliance and Omnicom Group in India.

Avi left his fast-growing, cushy corporate career at the age of 42 to find his true calling, which is to make our children and younger generation as future ready as possible. He founded Play2Transform, that uses principles of human-centric design and play as a catalyst to accelerate transformation for the corporate and education sectors.

Avi curated India's first Book of Dreams titled "I dream...", co-authored by children of India. It serves as an eye-opener for policy makers and changemakers by aligning each dream to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. With an exclusive foreword by Nobel Peace Laureate, Kailash Satyarthi, this book (downloadable) is a result of a year-long social initiative called "Dream On, India!" that captures dreams of over 10,000 children visualizing the future of India. A few months back, this project went global with a movement called “#DreamOnX” (www.dreamonx.org). This gives children around the world a platform to visualize the future of the world, and will result in the world’s first multimedia Book of Dreams.

He was honored as “Exemplary Mentor of Change” by Government of India’s innovation capability building initiative for children called Atal Innovation Mission. He is #teachSDGs global ambassador for India and advocates SDGs to children in schools and teaching community at large.

Avi is author of the book - ‘Flawesome Mind of a Daydreamer’. He serves as faculty for Design Thinking at many premium Business institutes in India.

What does the India of 2050 look like and how can YOU work to influence it? Due to the impacts of climate change, there is an increased frequency and severity of cyclones that are changing the landscape of India. We cannot sit on the sidelines and watch.

In this SDG Talks, you will all get to hear from Ranjan Panda, popularly known as Water Man of Odisha & Climate Crusader, was awarded the first “Green Hero” in Dec 2010 by NDTV, received it from the President of India. Recently he was also profiled as “Odisha’s Conservation Master” by Hindustan Times. Very recently, recognized as ‘Mahanadi River Waterkeeper’ by the New York-based global ‘Waterkeeper Alliance'. His research works on sea rise, desertification, and traditional knowledge in weather forecasting.

We will address the issue of climate deniers, the importance of free-flowing rivers, how to respect science and mother earth, and what citizens can do to implement REAL change.

To learn more about Ranjan's works, please review all the links below:

Article - https://www.downtoearth.org.in/author/ranjan-panda-318

Article - https://www.sixdegreesnews.org/archives/28047/healthy-and-free-flowing-rivers-are-essential-to-meet-the-sdgs

Article- https://www.sixdegreesnews.org/archives/28973/if-food-is-the-vaccine-forests-conserved-by-indigenous-communities-is-what-we-need-the-most

Twitter- https://twitter.com/ranjanpanda

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ranjan-k-panda-bb4a7b4/

Blog: http://www.climatecrusaders.blogspot.com/

We know the next cyclone is coming, but what are we going to do about it?  How we can design cities and communities to withhold, sustain, and thrive in uncertain climatic conditions?

In this episode of the SDG Talks, Animesh Behera shines a light on the challenges and opportunities of Cyclones.  This is such a big issue in India that the upcoming UNLEASH HACKS event will focus solely on this challenge of cyclones.  If you have a great idea of want to learn more, make sure to visit the UNLEASH hack pages and get involved.  https://www.linkedin.com/company/unleash-hacks-india/ https://unleash.org/hacks/

Throughout the episode you will learn about urban planning, building with earth in mind, leveraging simple technology, and how to develop in the present for the future.  You will learn a lot from multiple perspectives as Animesh carries a unique background around architecture, sustainable urbanism, resource efficiency, and entrepreneurship.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/animeshbehera/ 

How can we change the story from the Tragedy of the Commons to the Happiness of the Commons?

Praharsh Patel communicates how we can flip this switch by providing proper incentives to farmers. We hear a unique first-person story from Praharsh and how this can drive tangible change for the farmers in India; and the world.

Praharsh Patel is a young enthusiast working in the field of Policy Research that graduated with a Masters in Mathematics from the Department of Mathematics and Statistics from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur.  He is trained as a BigData analyst and holds a MicroMasters in Data, Economics, and Development Policy from J-PAL, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/praharsh-m-patel/

Did you know it is the 75th Birthday of the United Nations this year?  How do we know if there has been any progress in the past 75 years?

In this SDG Talks, Vidyadhar Prabhudesai explores past and future issues around how the 17 SDGs intersect to drive a positive impact around people, the planet, peace, and prosperity.  Throughout the chat, we explore the impacts of weather, migrations, how we can measure impact, and what we can do next!

Vidyadhar Prabhudesai is a diversified professional. He founded LeadCap Trust which empowered more than 10 million youth between 2007 and 2012 and LeadCap Ventures which consults for national governments and international institutions like the UN, World Economic Forum. He is a Curator of Global Shapers of the World Economic Forum and Fellow of UN and Ford Foundation. An alumnus of Thunderbird and Aegis, he shares board seats on institutions such as International Foundation for Sustainable Peace and Development, Harvard Business Review, Dalham Foundation. He is also a member of Principal Scientific Advisor’s Consultative Group, Mentor of Change, NITI Aayog, and Ambassador of Jagriti Yatra.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/vidyadhar/?originalSubdomain=in