SDG Innovators:
We empower students to innovate products, programs and solutions to help their communities be sustainable and foster innovation.
By connecting students with Youth Social Entrepreneurs who are transforming their community we can help students see their unlimited potential.
- The BlogThoughts, musings, and ruminations.January 3, 2017How can we help students believe they can make a difference in their local community through action? What if we connect youth driving change in their community with students? We asked youth SDG innovators who faced great odds and demonstrated creativity, bravery and perseverance while innovating...January 3, 2017There are lots of amazing initiatives tackling the SDGs happening all around the world. The idea to connect students with youth leading innovative SDG initiatives came when I was working with a student and he was wondering if he could really make an impact. I hopped on fb and messaged one of the...
SDG Innovation Process
.We believe developing global citizenship, empathy and skills such as human centered design, youth can solve the global goals while transforming local communities.
Providing youth opportunities to connect with like-minded peers, explore global issues, and learn from youth mentors allows youth to redefine their ability and have courage to build their capacity to change the world.
View sample lesson:
1. Lesson on Passport to Global Citizenship: Click Here!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5trTeFxE9WURFJHTDFGUFMtTG8/view?usp=sharing
2. Passport to Global Citizenship: Click Here!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5trTeFxE9WUbUxjMHI3N0thT1E/view?usp=sharing
3. Taking action
Resources
The Toolkit is a series of customizable lessons unpacking design thinking, organizational and collaborative skills to build capacity for social entrepreneurship. It begins with the Passport to Global Citizenship where youth identify their talents, strengths and interests and describe what global citizenship means to them.
The SDG Innovation App allows Educators to quickly identify clusters of students, passionate about similar local issues in their classroom, within each SDG, and help youth believe in a better future by connecting them to other youth and mentors working on similar issues both locally and around the world.
Pedagogical documentation is streamlined through the App and progress, reflections, and research are recorded with the project management features.
Meet the Goals
http://www.globalgoals.org/
Our SDG Mentors:
Youth who have shown bravery in the face of adversity and developed innovative local solutions to help us achieve the SDGs by 2030.
Our SDG Mentors, are passionate about solving the global goals and connect, collaborate, with small groups of students to share their innovation story.
Our Youth SDG Mentors help inspire our students because they are relatable and students are able to identify with them.
Join Us
Kuldeep Aryal:
Affordable and Clean Energy
Co-Founder Solar Forward
Saumya Aggarwal:
Peace Justice and Strong Institutions
Founder Youth for Peace International
Yashraj Bhadwarj:
Industry Innovation and Infrastructure
Co-Founder Zenith Vipers
Yuvraj Bhadwarj:
Quality Education
Zenith Vipers
Suranga Nanayakkara:
Reduced Inequalities
Finger Reader
Rugunzo Bruno:
Sustainable Cities and Communities
Playgrounds made of Trash
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