Welcome to episode 7 from the SDG Agency SZ Podcast Channel.

We are the heroic agents of change throughout this sustainable city of the future -Shenzhen.  Our noble crusade is more commonly known as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

We are speaking to Justin Barrett or NOMO as he is now comical referred to at SWIS Shenzhen during this month for his much publicized struggles to grow a Mustache as part of Movember.  

Movember is an annual event involving the growing of moustaches during the month of November to raise awareness of men's health issues, such as Anxiety, prostate cancer, testicular cancer, and men's suicide.

Justin is a drama and INS teacher at Shen Wai international School in Shenzhen China.  He is an proud Ozzie and a passionate St.Kilda’s fan like my previous guest Andrew Vadas on PRS Radio SZ.  Being a fan of St.Kilda’s can’t be good for your health so it’s probably lucky that Vista Clinic Shenzhen is offering a comprehensive health check for men during the month of November at the cost of 450rmb with an additional charge of 300 rmb if you want the report translated in to english. 

Promoting health and well-being is one of 17 Global Goals that make up the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. An integrated approach is crucial for progress across the multiple goals.

As part of our commitment at SWIS to play our role in raising awareness about SDG 3 our teachers are downgrading their natural beauty and growing an unsightly mustache as part of the Movember Charity Movement which raises awareness about men’s health throughout the month of Movember.

Justin 'NoMo' Barrett talks about the value of Mindfulness/Meditation which he has adapted as part of his own effort to maintain a healthy mind. The App we talk about is Headspace which we both use and highly recommend. A full yearly subscription costs about $100 but it is well worth the money.  In this TedTalk listen to the founder of Headspace (former monk) Andy Puddicombe talk about the value of Mindfulness. 

We also speak about the value of walking and listening to podcasts at the same time as a form of therapy (#TherPod).  Finally we speak about the value of Gratitude and we both have started an excellent 90 Day Gratitude Journal every night.  

Justin is going for a check up at Vista Clinic on Tuesday and he speaks about the value of going for regular check ups to look after your physical health as well as taking steps to look after your mental health. 

We hope you enjoy the show and please speak to a member of SWIS Shenzhen staff if you'd like to donate to our Movember Team. 

SDG Agency SZ 

Welcome to episode 6 from the SDG Agency SZ Podcast Channel.

We are the heroic agents of change throughout this sustainable city of the future -Shenzhen. Our noble crusade is more commonly known as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

We will be speaking to Allan Moore, our new AD from Canada at Shen Wai International School in Shenzhen China .

Promoting health and well-being is one of 17 Global Goals that make up the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. An integrated approach is crucial for progress across the multiple goals.

As part of our commitment at SWIS to play our role in raising awareness about SDG 3 our teachers are downgrading their natural beauty and growing an unsightly mustache as part of the Movember Charity Movement which raises awareness about men’s health throughout the month of November.

SDG Agency SZ is available on Apple and Google Podcasts, Spotify and many more platforms. You can find us on anchor.fm/sdganencysz and my twitter handle is @EugLeonard

We hope you enjoy the show;

Mr. Matthew Manfredi from Long Island, joins SDG Agency SZ Podcast to promote Movember @SWIS Shenzhen.  

The Sustainable Development Goal 3 aspires to ensure health and well-being for all, including a bold commitment to end the epidemics of AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and other communicable diseases by 2030. It also aims to achieve universal health coverage, and provide access to safe and effective medicines and vaccines for all. 

As part of SWIS' commitment to raise awareness of SDG 3, we participate in the yearly Movember Charity Movement.  

What is Movember? 

Movember is an annual event involving the growing of moustaches during the month of November to raise awareness of men's health issues, such as Anxiety, prostate cancer, testicular cancer, and men's suicide. The Movember Foundation runs the Movember charity event, housed at Movember.com.The goal of Movember is to "change the face of men's health." (Wikipedia) 

Movember at SWIS - Quiz Night  

Join the SWIS Movember Team and help raise awareness about Men's Health. We have a quiz night in aid of Movember on the 20th of November at 6.30pm with several teams already signed up including a team from Shenwai Longgang International School. To sign up for Quiz Night click this link and add your name. 

Movember Walk - Parents/Staff Mr.Justin Barrett, while seriously struggling to grow a mustache,  has proposed a walk with staff/parents along the bay on the 28th November at 6am to raise awareness about the charity as well as cash. We have discussed this idea with the PTA and hope to make it happen. More information to follow. 

 If you can help in any way or wish to donate to this worthy charity, please get in touch with any of the MO Men @SWIS.  Next Week we will be speaking to Allan Moore about his motivation for getting involvement in Movember @SWIS.  Enjoy the show.  SDG Agency SZ 

The inspirational crew of Aaron Moniz, Steve Sostak and Kavita Tanna from Inspire Citizens are joining forces with the powerhouse that is 21CLHK under the stewardship of Justin Hardman and will be presenting a pre-conference workshop entitled; 

'The Empathy to Impact Approach - Designing Educational and Curricular Systems for the Good of All and Sustainable Development of the World'

In this pre-conference workshop, Inspire Citizens will work deeply with participants on applying the Empathy to Impact Approach into personalized pedagogical contexts in order to seamlessly embed Global Competence strands, Sustainable Development Goals, and active citizenship into pre-existing units and curriculum.

Secondly, participants will have the opportunity to delve into the Inspire Citizens’ Global Impact School framework: 9 pathways and 50 benchmarks that encompass school-wide visioning, strategic planning, wellness, media literacy, and the building of internal capacity for sustainable education, service learning, and impactful action across an entire school and local community.

Beginning with a pre-assessment via the pathways and benchmarks, participants will ideate long and short term goals while actively experiencing tools to amplify diversity in school culture, global impact, and student learning.  By integrating the Global Impact School model with best-practice design principles for long-term, successful professional learning, participants will walk away with a tangible plan to transform their schools, classrooms, and student outcomes.

In this short 10 minute podcast you will hear from Justin Hardman live from #21CLTeachMeet Shenzhen talking about this and the work of 21CLHK in general and it will conclude with Aaron Moniz who took some time out from his busy schedule to record some additional details for us. 

This promises to be an excellent 12th Annual Conference and with this additional pre-conference event and many more such as the Job-A-Like it really is an event you don't want to miss. 

For more information on the Pre-Conference event by Inspire Citizens and how to register for it and the main Conference go to the 21CLHK Website.

#SDGagencySZ

Jingcheng Yang and Ray Wang - the inventors of the award winning App Minus Footprint are the guests on the second ever episode of the SDG Agency Shenzhen Podcast. 

We hear the story about the development of this App as well as what they would like to change in the world and what they value in their lives. 

This is a particularly insightful interview with the boys where their passion for the #SDGs and their quest to change the world in a positive manner is clear for everyone to hear. 

Their humility, honesty and decency is a joy to hear and they speak highly of the mentorship of Ms. Joanne Anderson (Twitter: @sdggeek) at SWIS. We hope you enjoy the show.  

It is something special (in my humble opinion) and they have been honored with the title of  ‘SDG Agents of Change 001’ from the SDG Agency SZ. 

#sdgagencysz #sdgagent001 #sdgagents 

*****we apologize for the interference in audio during a 5 minute segment****

This station was created as part of Eugene Leonard's  ‘Amplifying Voice through Podcasting’ workshop at the Shekou SDG Summit.

The short term aim of the podcast channel is to demonstrate to the workshop participants the ease of podcasting using Anchor.

The long term aim of the podcast is to create a community podcast channel dedicated to raising awareness of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. It is my hope that this podcast channel will be utilized by everybody; not one school, not one individual but by all stakeholders in this community to improve the lot of one and all.

After all, this is our home. It may only be our home for short time but let’s make that home as amazing as we can while we are here.

The time to Podcast is here! Let’s Embrace the power of the voice!

There has never been an easier time to share our voice and get our message out to a global audience.

On today’s live show, we will speak to Steve Sostak and Aaron Moniz, the ShekoU Summit Keynote speakers during my workshop. They are Co-Founders of Inspire Citizens (which can be found at https://inspirecitizens.org)

Inspire Citizens works with school communities to help design, customize, & implement problem-based learning & student-centered solutions for positive impact on the good of all & the sustainable development of the world

#ShekouSDG #Empathytoimpact #SDGagencySZ #SDGagents #SDGagentsSZ #SDGs #PRSradioSZ #SWISrocRadio 

@inspirecitizen1 @inspirecitizen2 @KavitaTanna @mr_leonard_SWIS 

It promises to be an excellent podcast and we are kick starting a global project transforming empathy to impact…..

Eugene Leonard Agent of Change 007

Aaron Moniz Agent of Change 002

Steve Sostak Agent of Change 003

Who wants to claim 001? 

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A Time to Podcast

A Time to Change 

A Time to Grow. 

It's not too late......