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Collaborative publication on the sustainable development goals - WWW.SDGZINE.ORG

SDG challenges: thinking out of the box

International School of Geneva / Years 7-8-9 / 2021

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Investigate, initiate, innovate.

FROM URGENCY TO AGENCY – Sustainability at the Heart of Learning The UN has called ‘Code Red for Humanity’ in its most recent IPCC report. Students are deeply concerned and while it has been a relatively short time since school strikes made the news, it is undeniable that the urgency behind this global movement demands a response from schools. What makes for a relevant education when the IPCC estimates that the human species has a window of no more than 8 years to drastically reduce its emission of CO2 to avoid irreversible climate change? What role can schools play to address the concerns of their students and to be on the right side of history? Schools can, and should, play an active role in mitigating climate change. Indeed, they should use it as an opportunity to innovate and improve.

(SDGs) can be used as a roadmap to display the challenges humanity faces today and they are what we, at La Chataigneraie, have been using as a backbone of our Year 7-9 projects for the last three years. In our view, the SDGs should be more than another list for students to be aware of. After all, the IB Mission is to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world. Doesn’t this also mean that IB educators have a responsibility to raise awareness about the SDGs as well as give opportunities to make changes in their own lives and their communities?

By allowing students to actively engage with the Sustainable Development Goals through such projects, they will learn about Systems Thinking, Design Thinking and collaboration, equipping them with the skills and attitudes required to meet the challenges of their times.

Schools should reinvent themselves to become learning communities that go beyond preparing for the future; instead they should help shape that future, by allowing students and educators to prototype solutions for today’s challenges. These challenges include, but are not limited to climate change. The Sustainable Development Goals

This SDGZINE issue is a special school cover image edition with content generated by students Nicola Curtin of the International School of Geneva.

(Head of Year 8)

SDGZINE.ORG is an initiative from the ADDICTLAB ACADEMY and partners contributing to the sustainable development goals of the United Nations.

school contact sarah.lalaz@ecolint.ch

ecolint9innovate team 2021 Nicola Curtin and her year 7 mentors, Sonia Eastham and her Year 8 mentors, Paul Grady and his Year 9 mentors, Sarah Lalaz

with special thanks to Jan Dijkstra, Sarah Watson & Alex Conchard

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SDG PROJECT BACKGROUND The 8 week SDG Projects have been a major catalyst to bring sustainability into the heart of the curriculum at La Châtaigneraie. The projects challenge students in year 7,8 & 9 (11-14 y.ear olds) to work on real world problems linked to the SDGs. The 7iNVESTIGATE project equips the year 7 students with a deep understanding of the SDGs, which then enables them to utilise this to bring about awareness of an issue of their choice in their 8iNITIATE Year 8 exhibition. In their 9iNNOVATE project, Year 9 students are presented with a global issue linked to one of six themes. In groups of six, they are required to address this issue and bring about a local solution coached by an ‘expert’ in the local community (who has suggested it) and who is also a specialist in their field.

Throughout these 8-week projects, students develop a deep understanding of the SDGs, Systems Thinking, Design Thinking and Project Drawdown. In addition, they learn to collaborate, design creative solutions and present their work to a critical audience.

Each project is accompanied by an assessment tool, which identifies the main competencies developed in the course of the project. These are linked to UNESCO’s macro competencies and the CAS learning outcomes.

Together they form a scope & sequence of a curriculum that integrates knowledge and understanding of the world around them. This curriculum has been named ‘the Continuous Core’, with the vision that it will eventually be substantially developed to run from Year 7 (where it connects the exhibition in the PYP) to CAS in the IB DP.

The 9iNNOVATE project culminates in a TEDx talk where students present their global issue and local solution to an audience of peers, teachers and experts who in turn give detailed feedback about the feasibility of their ideas and the impact of their action.

Sarah Lalaz, CAS coordinator

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YEAR 7 investigate Learning Outcomes: 1. The student can explain what The Sustainable Development are.

2. The student can identify which goal they think is the most important and why.

3. The student can divide the 17 goals into 4 relevant groups and explain what each goal in one group means and why they matter.

4. The student can explain which SDGs are relevant to a specific country and why.

5. The student collaborates well fellow team members and shows both good listening skills and the willingness to take initiative.

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Aim:

To investigate the SDGs.

Outcome:

For each of the 6 mentor groups to produce 2-3 wooden iNFO cubes with details of specific SDGs and details relating to them.

Learning to think outside the box.

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1. No Poverty

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2. Zero Hunger

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3. Good Health and Well-being

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4. Quality Education

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5. Gender Equality

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6. Clean Water Sanitation

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7. Affordable and Green Energy

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8. Decent Work and Economic Growth

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9. Industry, innovation and infrastructure

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10. Reduced Inequalities

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11. Sustainable Cities and Communities

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12. Responsible Consumption & Production

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13. Climate Action

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14 . Life Below Water

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15. Life on Land

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16. Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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17. Partnerships for the Goals

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1. No Poverty What is our global goal?

Our global goal is NO POVERTY We think that this is important because it appears in many other goals. If we fix this one then all of the others will become slightly easier since it is the most important and first global goal.

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Data and charts that help us understand the importance of this global goal.

Photos that help show the significance of this goal.

Sources: (1)https://www.dosomething.org/us/facts/11-facts-abo ut-global-poverty (2)https://www.pinclipart.com/maxpin/iToTmJx/ (3)https://borgenproject.org/causes-of-poverty-in-om an/

These images are some examples of people around the world who don’t have the same advantages that we are lucky to have.

This is why we have to do something about this global problem that many people have to go through from a very young age.

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Sources: (1)https://howmuch.net/articles/people-livin g-in-extreme-poverty-2018 (2)https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/childmortality-by-income-level-of-country

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https://www.worldvision.org/sponsorship-news-stories/global-poverty-facts https://www.dosomething.org/us/facts/11-facts-about-global-poverty https://www.pinclipart.com/maxpin/iToTmJx/ https://borgenproject.org/causes-of-poverty-in-oman https://howmuch.net/articles/people-living-in-extreme-poverty-2018 https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/child-mortality-by-income-level-of-countr y https://www.unicef-irc.org/article/1087-luisas-story-an-11-year-old-girl-living-i n-poverty.html https://blogs.worldbank.org/opendata/march-2021-global-poverty-update-worl d-bank https://ourworldindata.org/child-labor#:~:text=The%20International%20Labo ur%20 Organisation%20states,of%20the%20 worldwide%20child%20 population.

We appreciate your listening

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Why is it important?

People living in poverty live in less than sanitary conditions, which leads them to getting diseases and since they can’t afford adequate medical care they have a high chance of dying.

Children that live in these conditions often can’t go to school, they are overworked with various chores and don’t get paid enough or at all.

Many people suffer from poverty. For example: ○ Globally 9.3% of people suffer from poverty(1) ○ In 2013 265 million children were working (was around 17% of children in the world) (2)

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Sources: (1)https://blogs.worldbank.org/opendata/march-2021global-poverty-update-world-bank (2)https://ourworldindata.org/child-labor#:~:text=T he%20International%20Labour%20 Organisation%20states,of%20the%20 worldwide%20child%20 population.

Brainstorm some SOLUTIONS towards this Global Goal. ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

More job opportunities for entry level qualifications Affordable healthcare & sanitation Reduce tax on necessary products eg. Period products, non prescription medications etc.

More affordable living and housing Higher taxes for higher income earners Lower cost of water and sanitation in homes More education opportunities Raise minimum wage Cancel student loan debt Not over-paying for essential school supplies Stable payment for work Reduce child labour

Describe some REAL WORLD examples of this global goal There are places in our world which are in need of money where the government system takes too much of what their people deserve. Here is a story from someone who has experienced this. (1) Luisa shares a three-roomed apartment with her mother, step-father and 9 other family members. Her step-father lost his job in construction in 2007 and her mom has been unable to find any lasting work. The family relies on a soup kitchen for food and donations of clothing from neighbors.

'One day my friend saw me at the soup kitchen and since then my friends don’t talk to me anymore and treat me like someone who is in need.'

'What I would like in the future is to change the world, to do what I can to help people, to help the poor and give them what they need. Everybody will have a stable house. Everybody will be well and nobody will be in need.'

Source (1) https://www.unicef-irc.org/articl e/1087-luisas-story-an-11-year-old -girl-living-in-poverty.html

Questions

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What is our Global Goal?

Our Global Goal is No Poverty

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What is the number of our Global Goal?

Number 1

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Give an example of a solution to our Global Goal?

One that is true

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In the chart of people living in extreme poverty what is the colour of Switzerland?

Dark green

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What could the government do that could result in extreme poverty?

Take all the money for its own

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What happens to children who are not educated?

They get overworked and not payed.

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How many million children live in multidimensional poverty?

644mil

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BONUS QUESTION:

9.3% (If close to 9.3% give 3 points)

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How many people suffer from Poverty?

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Ryan Puck Juliette Lorcan

Laura Hugo Nathan Airi

2. Zero Hunger

What is your global Goal

Why is this important

ZERO HUNGER This global goal is Zero Hunger this means that by 2030 Hunger shouldn't be an issue in the world.

This goal is very important because a lot of people die of hunger and don't have access to food. This is a big problem as you can see in “Slide 5” there where over 800 million people undernourished in 2017.

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Brainstorm some solutions

Statistics Globally, about 8.9% of the world's population — 690 million people — go to bed on an empty stomach each night. More than 820 million people in the world suffer from chronic hunger. It's a major contributing factor in premature death. Hunger is most dangerous to the most vulnerable, children. Every year, about 20.5 million babies are born with low birthweight because their mother didn't get proper nutrition.

Like said on slide 4 there are charities funding companies that send a whole bunch of food to less fortunate countries.

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Describe some real world examples of this global goal

Include some data and charts to help us understand

People are supporting charities that send a months worth of food to villages around the world struggling with hunger.

These graphs are representations of the approximate amount of people that are undernourished, and the country that have made the most progress tackling hunger 4

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Include some photos that help show the significance of this goal

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Lise Dimitri Willem

3. Good Health and Well-being Our focus

❏ Describe some REAL WORLD examples of this global goal

❏ Include some data and charts that help us understand the importance of this global goal.

Everyone will die less because they wouldn’t die of smoke, or less die of cancer.

Water will be clean and less people will die of hunger Tout le monde mourra moins parce qu’ils ne mourront pas de fumée, ou moins de cancer.

L'eau sera propre et moins de gens mourront de faim

Healthy World

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Why is this goal important?

1. Because a lot of children are dying in poor countries at a young age.

2. Many pregnant women don’t have access to proper safe birth.

3. Poor countries don’t have access to vaccines and medication.

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❏ Include some photos that help show the significance of this goal.

Pourquoi cet objectif est-il important?

Parce que beaucoup d'enfants meurent très jeunes dans les pays pauvres.

De nombreuses femmes enceintes n’ont pas accès à un accouchement sans risque.

Les pays pauvres n’ont pas accès aux vaccins et aux médicaments.

❏ Brainstorm some SOLUTIONS towards this Global Goal. ●

Des impôts plus haut sur l'alcool et le tabac.

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Higher taxes on alcohol and tobacco.

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Améliorée les standards de santé

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Improve health standards.

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Améliorée la recherche sur la médication

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Improve research on medication

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Soutien transnational

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Transnational support.

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Réduction de la consommation

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Reduction in consumption.

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FAIRE CONNAÎTRE LE MESSAGE!

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Reduce corruption

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Utilisé le mask et du gel pour empêcher la

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Promote vaccinations

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SPREAD THE WORD!

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Reduire la corruption

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Use mask and use some sanitiser to prevent spreading Covid!

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Promouvoir les vaccinations

propagation du covid

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4. Quality Education

Quality Education

❏ What is quality education?

-Group definition- Quality education is an education that gives people a chance to have a brighter future. Many people in poor countries are barely able to afford education, poor education. But with quality education, they could thrive -Google definition- A quality education enables people to develop all of their attributes and skills to achieve their potential as human beings and members of society.

Charts and data related to quality education

❏ Include some photos that help show the significance of this goal.

❏ Brainstorm some SOLUTIONS towards this Global Goal.

● Persuade wealthier people to donate money to poor schools ● Persuade the country’s government to donate money to public schools, then kids can go to school without having to buy material

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“Every student is entitled to a quality education”-Kati Pearson

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❏ Include some photos that help show the significance of this goal.

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ANSWERS Questions (some from slides,

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Name 3 solutions for quality education

Make funding schools a priority, Raise standards for Teachers, Stop expecting parents to act like teachers at home.

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How do YOU define an equality education?

Quality education is an education that gives people have a brighter future.

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Why is equality education important?

It aims to ensure universal pre, primary and secondary education leading to effective and relevant learning outcomes for all children.

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If schools were free would that be better?

Yes, if that would happen the impact of a free collage would be more progressive, and they would save a lot of money on tuition.

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❏ Why is it important?

It aims to ensure universal pre, primary and secondary education leading to effective and relevant learning outcomes for all children, youth and adults as a foundation for lifelong and lifewide-learning.

Quality education is important because it makes people have a brighter future so

❏ Describe some REAL WORLD examples of this global goal -

Children in africa have a very bad education and most children don't get to have any education at all. Most children there need to work or help their parents to earn money.

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Jo Naissha Eva Zoe Julia

Agatha Gwynneth Maya Gianna

5. Gender Equality What is Gender Equality?

Gender Equality

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Gender Equality is when both genders are treated equally.

It is when both genders have equal rights Gender equality is justice for all genders.

The state of having the same rights, status, and opportunities as others, regardless of one's gender.

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Zoe, Julia, Agata, Jo, Gwynneth, Eva, Ava, Maya, Naissha, Gianna maya

Why does society think males are more powerful than females? ➔

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Over the years, men have decided that they are more powerful than women because they think they have more rights than women and that they can treat women as they like.

Not all men but some of them think they can physically hurt women without consequences, this needs to be changed.

According to BBC, women are the stronger gender.

Studies have shown that a newborn girl can survive extreme mortality hazards better than newborn boys.

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Gender equality: men

Men always are known to live up to the expectations of other people.

This is not right, men should live up to THEIR own expectations.

Men have to live up to people's expectations like: stereotyping their body’s, (having to be strong) jobs, ( job that pays well) lifestyles, (work everyday, pay for their wifes who stay at home cleaning, cooking and caring for the children.) clothes, (pants and shirts.)

There are the same amount of boys as girls who don’t go to school for different reasons. 6% of countries have more girls than boys who go to primary school.

In some countries men are put to work 24/7 while the women stay home and look after their children, cook and do the housework such as cleaning and washing.

Men should be aloud to wear dresses and skirts without being judged for it.

Men can do whatever job they want, they don’t need to do the stereotypical jobs.

Men should not be discriminated by gender equality.

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Which global goal is it?

Gender equality is global goal number 5. And it is very important!

It needs to be brought to everyone's attention!

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Gender equality is important because it prevents violence against women and girls. Societies that value women and men equally are safer and healthier. Gender equality is not only for women men also suffer from it. People suffer from gender equality every day but not mutch is done if we all work together and make womens salary the same as men and make men allowed to wear what they want without being judged then we all did a good job. Gender equality is a human right!

Gender Equality women:

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We need gender equality for women. Every day many women come home from their jobs with a salary lower than the men that work the same job and same amount of time as the women.

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Women should be able to be respected and be treated the same way men are.

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Women play the same sports as men like football but as always they get paid much less this NEEDS to be changed

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Women have been stereotyped to stay home all day cleaning, cooking and caring for their children while the men go to work, and get paid.

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Why is Gender Equality Important?

Men and women should get paid the same for the same job.

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Women are sexually abused and don’t have the guts to speak up and raise awareness of it.

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Some men don’t understand how hard it is for women to stay home all day cleaning and cooking.

Sources ❏ ❏ ❏ ❏ ❏ ❏

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/7b6484fb-3b00-46d6-a557-ac2a0b6f8591 https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(19)31295-4/full text https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/sl/press-room/20201016IPR89582/parliament-launches-its-first -european-gender-equality-week https://easyeconomicssite.wordpress.com/2016/03/11/gender-inequality-and-its-implications/ https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/time-real-reset-gender-equality-iris-maria-alexis-van-der-veken https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_equality

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Solutions for Gender Equality ➔

In countries such as Belgium, Denmark, France, Latvia, and Luxembourg could make so the pay is equal, the jobs are just as hard no matter the gender and possibly reinforce jobs that require more ‘muscle’ to women

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Give girls access to education. There are over 1 million girls in the world who are not in school only because they are considered ‘not smart enough’ by the society

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Give women platforms to be in power and achieve economic success

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End violence and sexual assault against women

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Assure girls and women have access to menstrual health facilities.

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End child marriage - it is not right, if she wants to, she will when she’s ready

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Gender equality for women is just as important as gender equality for men

Questions

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What are one of the solutions to fix gender equality? - women

Give girls access to education.

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Which global is gender equality?

Number 5

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How many girls around the world don’t go to school?

Over 1 million

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By what age do girls believe that boys are more powerful than them?

By the age of 6

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In the past what have women been expected to do while men go and work

They stay home, look after the kids and clean the house.

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How are men stereotyped?

Well paid jobs, strong bodies, ware shirts and pants, etc.

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What top 5 countries need to make a change towards solving gender equality

Belgium, Denmark, France, Latvia, and Luxembourg

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Source: https://www.global goals.org/

Brainstorm some SOLUTIONS towards this Global Goal

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Source: https://www.theworldc ounts.com/challenges/ planet-earth/freshwate r/deaths-from-dirty-wa ter/story

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7. Affordable and Green Energy

By Gabriel, Pietro, Abe, Jean-Louis and Luca

Goal N°7: What is it ?

Gabriel

Global goal Seven says “Affordable and Clean Energy”.

This means that right now a lot of the ways energy is made are bad for the environment and that they need to change.

Renewable Energy

Wind Energy

Luca

Wind energy(or wind power) describes the process by which wind is used to generate electricity. Wind turbines convert the kinetic energy in the wind into mechanical power...

Mechanical power can also be utilized directly for specific tasks such as pumping water. It’s the cheapest renewable energy source.

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Hydroelectric Energy

Jean-Louis

Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is electricity produced from hydropower. In 2015, hydropower generated 16.6% of the world's total electricity and 70% of all renewable electricity, and was expected to increase by about 3.1% each year for the next 25 years.

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Why it’s important ?

Abe

Currently 80% of total energy comes from fossil fuels. Fossil fuels are nonrenewable so eventually they will run out. When they are used fossil fuel put a considerable amount of pollution into the air. The pollution heats up the air which is causing the polar ice caps to melt away. This causes sea levels to rise destroying homes sinking islands and even cause deaths. We need to do something before it’s to late.

Tidal/Wave Energy

Gabriel

Tidal energy is produced by the surge of ocean waters during the rise and fall of tides. Tidal energy is a renewable source of energy.All methods use special generators to convert tidal energy into electricity. Tidal energy production is still in its infancy. The amount of power produced so far has been small.

Solar Energy

Pietro

Solar energy is energy transmitted by the Sun in the form of light and heat. This energy is virtually inexhaustible on the scale of human times, which is why it is classified among renewable energies. The solar panels sit in the sun for a long time and collect the heat and light energy.

QUESTIONS Questions

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What are the two types of renewable energies based on water?

Hydroelectric and Tidal.

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If renewable energy sources are used more what will the hoped effect be?

The amount of greenhouse gases in delivered each year in the atmosphere will go down.

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Name the 4 energy types we covered?

Solar, Wind, Hydroelectric and Tidal.

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What is the current main sources of energy?

Burning Fossil Fuels

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What is the cheapest renewable energy source.

Wind energy.

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8. Decent Work and Economic Growth PROBLEMS

DECENT WORK AND ECONOMIC GROWTH 📈📈 💵💵 📉📉

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➢ Everyone should have an opportunity to be successful in life ➢ There should be more equality between everyone in terms of wealth ➢ People should be paid equally ➢ Every group should be equally successful ➢ No one should ever be in slave labour

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What are some world examples of this goal?

1. 5% An estimated 172 million people worldwide were without work in 2018 - an unemployment rate of 5 2. for every child to be not in labour, for every company to be successful, etc 3. 23% 4. 600 million 5. buy local products, support unstable companies, etc

Why do we need this goal?

Across all regions of the world, what’s the approximate pay gap between genders?

Around how many jobs are estimated to be created by 2030?

What are some ways to contribute?

BONUS QUESTION:

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HERE ARE SOME REAL WORLD EXAMPLES OF THIS GLOBAL GOAL 5% An estimated 172 million people worldwide were without work in 2018 - an unemployment rate of 5%.

1 million As a result of an expanding labour force, the number of unemployed is projected to increase by 1 million every year and reach 174 million by 2020.

700 million Some 700 million workers lived in extreme or moderate poverty in 2018, with less than $3.20 US dollars per day.

48% Women’s participation in the labour force stood at 48% in 2018, compared with 75% for men. Around 3 in 5 of the 3.5 billion people in the labour force in 2018 were men.

In countries such as Mexico, Myanmar, Cambodia, an average person has more than 2500 hours of working time per year, some

WHY WE NEED THIS GOAL ❖ For every child to be not in labour ❖ For every country to be economically stable ❖ For every individual to have an efficient job ❖ For every price to be reasonable ❖ For every group of people to be equally paid

including labour work.

HERE ARE SOME SOLUTIONS ➢ Organizations of finance should look into these problems and inform what we could do to contribute to this problem. ➢ The United Nations could continue on trying to prevent slavery and getting the law on their side. ➢ They could also distribute jobs to people who desperately need it.

WHAT CAN I DO TO CONTRIBUTE? ➢ Even if you can’t help out in a very international way, here’re some things that will help the economy: ➢ Support local businesses. Get products/service from local organizations. They need much more help financially than for example, McDonald’s. Donating to small companies/businesses in need. ➢ Organize a fund to donate to companies in an economical crisis. ➢ Raise awareness to this situation and spread the word. ➢ Be creative and get more ideas!

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Why is it important?

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● Institute higher taxes on expensive items. ● Educate underprivileged people to generate a stronger workforce and jobs. ● Eco friendly alternatives power sources through innovations. ● Educate young children to respect shunned workers.

❏ Builds resilient infrastructure. ❏ Promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation.

QUIZ or Q & A TEMPLATE : Answer (hide this column with a shape!)

What is one of the main ideas for sustainability in industry infrastructure and innovation?

Educating everyone will provide jobs and awareness.

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Why is it important?

What's a real world example of the global goal?

How can anyone help?

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Promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation.

❏ Creates jobs and promotes prosperity .

What Industry was affected the Aviation most during covid

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Name 1 thing that could happen if $2 trillion in infrastructure was invested in the US economy

Bigger paychecks and an increase in the workforce.

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On average how much CO2 does industry produce per year?

More than two thirds of all co2 is produced by industry.

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BONUS QUESTION: By how much percent did the air passenger numbers fall by.

51%

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Power machines using oils dug up from coals, oils, and other resources and minerals.

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By donating to charity, having fundraisers and raising awareness.

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What is our Global goal?

Our goal is to produce a sustainable amount of industries.

To produce sustainably and invest in innovations or new technology.

Since around 59% of the population globally have access to the internet. The remaining 41% does not.

Our goal is to develop countries, and help them have more technological advancements, and sustainable industries, for less exploitation.

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Why is it important?

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Industry, innovation and infrastructure is important because without it humanity would not function.

Without industry we would not be able to get money and jobs.

Humans would become rogue and uncontrolled. The civilization we know now would become something much different and society would collapse before us..

So that's why our global goal is important

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Describe some REAL WORLD examples of this global goal Gabriel mejia’s slide When making infrastructure you have to make resources.

Power machines using oils dug up from coals, oils, and other resources and minerals.

The problem with these resources are that they are finite, and will run out, these resources will also affect the climate change by increasing global warming.

The solutions to this is renewable energy since it is infinite and will never run out, it will also not affect our environment around us as much.

When you purchase a product in a market depending on what product.

Chocolate, palm oil,

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10. Reduced Inequalities ❏ What is your global goal?

This is a short video about our Global Goal.

Reduced inequalities

❏ Describe some REAL WORLD examples of this global goal

Hadrien

❏Here are a few photos about our sdg

Global Goal Number:10

QUIZ or Q & A Leo Answer

What is the earnings gap between men and women

18%

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What was Alberts einstein's quote

Racism is a disease of white people

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What is the earnings gaps between white and mixed (1983-2024)

90,000-100,000

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How much do black people make in there lifetime

1.3M

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11. Sustainable Cities and Communities What is our global goal? šŔŜÃĉĦÃßğê˘àĉŜĉêŔ˘ÃĦæ˘àĬĥĥšĦĉŜĉêŔ˘ĉŔ˘Ãğğ˘ÃßĬšŜ˘ šŔĉĦĀ˘ŎêĦêŸÃßğê˘êĦêŎĀž˘ŔĬšŎàêŔ˘ŜĬ˘ŋĬŸêŎ˘žĬšŎ˘ ĆĬĥêŔʶàĉŜĉêŔʧ˘EŜ˘ĥÃĜêŔ˘àĉŜĉêŔ˘ÃĦæ˘ĆšĥÃĦ˘ ŔêŜŜğêĥêĦŜŔ˘ĉĦàğšŔĉŷêʨ˘ŔÃÿêʨ˘ŎêŔĉğĉêĦŜ˘ÃĦæ˘ ŔšŔŜÃĉĦÃßğêʧ

How a sustainable City could be...

Data and charts

ĆĉŔ˘ĉŔ˘ÃĦ˘êŽÃĥŋğê˘Ĭÿ˘Ã˘ ŋĬŜêĦŜĉÃğ˘ŔšŔŜÃĉĦÃßğê˘àĉŜžʨ˘ÃŔ˘ žĬš˘àÃĦ˘Ŕêê˘ŜĆêŎê˘ĉŔ˘ğĬŜŔ˘Ĭÿ˘ ŜŎêêŔ˘ŜĬ˘ßŎêÃŜĆê˘ŜĆê˘àÃŎßĬĦ˘ æĉĬŽĉæêʧ˘°ĆĉàƢàĬšğæ˘ßê˘ŎêÃğğž˘ šŔêÿšğ˘ÃĀÃĉĦŔŜ˘ŜĆê˘ĀêĦêŎÃğ˘ àÃŎßĬĦ˘ÿĬĬŜŋŎĉĦŜʧ˘EŜ˘ĥšŔŜ˘šŔê˘ ŔšŔŜÃĉĦÃßğê˘ÃĦæ˘ŎêĦêŸÃßğê˘ êĦêŎĀž˘ŔĬšŎàêŔʨ˘Ĭÿ˘àĬšŎŔê˘ÿĬŎ˘ ĦĬŸ˘ŜĆĉŔ˘ĉŔ˘Ã˘ƎàŜĉĬĦÃğ˘ĉĥÃĀê˘ßšŜ˘ Ÿê˘ŜĆĉĦĜ˘ĉŜ˘àĬšğæ˘ßê˘ŋĬŔŔĉßğêʧ

SOLUTIONS!!!!

QUIZ Questions on the Goal

Here are a few pictures of these energy sources:

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Reduce fossil fuels and have more sustainable energy sources for our communities, such as: solar energy, wind turbines, biomass, geothermal energy and tidal energy.

Carbon emission taxes.

In what ways can we make sustainable energy?

What is the percentage of covids most cases in urban areas?

What are non-sustainable items?

Why is this goal important?

What are some solutions?

What is a real example of this global goal?

What is a goal for this goal?

What number is this global goal?

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Why is it important? ❖ ĆĉŔ˘ĀĬÃğ˘ĉŔ˘ĉĥŋĬŎŜÃĦŜ˘ßêàÚŔê˘ĉŜ˘ĆêğŋŔ˘ŋêĬŋğê˘ ÿêêğ˘ĥĬŎê˘ŔÃÿê˘ĉĦ˘ŜĆêĉŎ˘àĉŜžʧ˘ ĆêĦ˘ÃğŔĬ˘ŜĬ˘ğĉŷê˘Ã˘ ßêŜŜêŎ˘ğĉÿê˘ŸĉŜĆĬšŜ˘ŸĬŎŎĉêŔ˘ĬĦ˘ŸĆÃŜ˘žĬšŎ˘ ßŎêÃŜĆĉĦĀ˘ĉĦ˘ÃĦæ˘ÃĦĉĥÃğŔ˘ĆÃßĉŜÃŜŔʧ ❖ šààêŔŔ˘ĉĦ˘ÃàĆĉêŷĉĦĀ˘ŜĆê˘ŜÃŎĀêŜŔ˘šĦæêŎ˘ #<˘ʎʎ˘ ŔêŜŔ˘ŜĆê˘ŔŜÃĀê˘ÿĬŎ˘ÃàĆĉêŷĉĦĀ˘ŜÃŎĀêŜŔ˘ĉĦ˘ĥÃĦž˘Ĭÿ˘ ŜĆê˘ĬŜĆêŎ˘ #<˘ĀĬÃğŔʧ˘

Data and charts

Some REAL WORLD examples of this global goal ❖ ˘ŸÃž˘Ĭÿ˘ĥÃĜĉĦĀ˘àĉŜĉêŔ˘ĥĬŎê˘ŔšŔŜÃĉĦÃßğêʨ˘àĬšğæ˘ ßê˘ŜĬ˘ĀŎĬŸ˘ŋğÃĦŜŔ˘ĬĦ˘ŎĬĬÿŜĬŋŔ˘Ĭÿ˘Ãğğ˘ßšĉğæĉĦĀŔʧ˘ ĆĉŔ˘ĥêÃĦŔ˘ŜĆÃŜ˘ĉŜ˘Ÿĉğğ˘Ćêğŋ˘ŎêĥĬŷê˘àÃŎßĬĦ˘ æĉĬŽĉæê˘ÿŎĬĥ˘ŜĆê˘ÃŜĥĬŔŋĆêŎêʧ ❖ ˘ŎêÃğ˘ğĉÿê˘àšŎŎêĦŜ˘êŽÃĥŋğê˘ĉŔ˘ÃğŔĬ˘ŜĆê˘ŋŎĉĥÃŎž˘ ŔàĆĬĬğ˘ßšĉğæĉĦĀʨ˘êĦĀĉĦêêŎêæ˘ŜĬ˘ßê˘ÃŔ˘êƌàĉêĦŜ˘ ŸĉŜƢêĦêŎĀž˘ĥšàƢÃŔ˘ŋĬŔŔĉßğê˘ŸĉŜƢŔĬğÃŎ˘ŋÃĦêğŔʧ

Sustainability of cities Unsustainability growing in lots of city’s means that we need to come up with ways to stay sustainable and alive.

Questions on the Goal Planting trees, reduce fossil fuels

90% Fossil Fuels, Plastic grocery bags,Coffee pods and plastic plates What you’re breathing in and animals habitats.

Reduce fossil fuels, use more sustainable energy sources. ĀŎĬŸ˘ŋğÃĦŜŔ˘ĬĦ˘ŎĬĬÿŜĬŋŔ provide access to safe, affordable, accessible and sustainable transport systems for all

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12. Responsible Consumption & Production Julian

Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production

Created by: Brasen, Sebastian, Kamaal, Shawn, Rohan, Julian, Satyan, Ciro

Julian

A b o u t this G lo b a l G o al an d w h a t i t i s ...

Satyan

Before Covid - 19, the world continued to use natural resources unsustainably.

Nowadays, the pandemic offers an opportunity to develop recovery plans that build a more sustainable future.

A b o u t this G lo b a l G o al an d w h a t i t i s ...

Kamaal

W e C a n ’t D o M u c h …

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From 2017 to 2019, 79 countries and the European Union reported to at least one policy to promote sustainable consumption and production.

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What can we do to help…?

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Rohan The food supply chain is the pathway by which food moves from farms to our plates. Food is produced, stored, processed, and distributed before being sold by retailers to consumers.

Explanation

Food loss refers to food intended for human consumption that leaves the food supply chain between being produced and reaching a retailer.

Slide Below has Graphs and Statistics

The most common causes of food loss are damage during harvesting, loss during storage due to unsuitable temperatures, and humidity or infestation.

Food waste refers to food that is discarded by retailers or consumers—for instance, because it has reached its “best by” date or as a result of spoilage.

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This is a slide about how much people pollute. And what people use to pollute not on purpose. LOOK HOW MUCH YOU ARE POLLUTING!!!!

We Need To Stop Waste!

Sebastian

Halve global food waste per capital and ensure the efficient and Sustainable use of natural resources by 2030.

Fight pollution, reduce the overall waste generation, and improve the management of chemicals and toxic wastes.

Support companies' transition to green infrastructures and practices.

QUIZ or Q & A TEMPLATE : Please work in pairs and answer the following questions:

Global Goal Number:

Questions (some from slides, some from cube)

Answer

Points

From 2017 to 2019 how many countries and the European Union reported to at least one policy to promote sustainable consumption and production?

79 countries

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Which of the below statement is false: The most common causes of food loss are: 1. Damage during harvesting 2. Loss during storage due to unsuitable temperatures.

3. Loss when shipping due to bad weather.

4. Humidity or infestation

Loss when shipping due to bad weather.

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Why is it important?

Sustainable consumption and production aims at “doing more and better with less,” increasing net welfare gains from economic activities by reducing resource use, degradation, and pollution, while increasing the quality of life.

Real World Photo Examples...

Sustainable development will be achieved not only by growing our economies, but minimising waste in the process of doing so. Growth that contaminates the environment sets development back.

What is the global footprint in 2017?

85.9 billion tons

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BONUS QUESTION: What part of which continents has the most waste left?

North Africa, West and Central Asia

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https://sdgtracker.org/sustainableconsumption-production

Sources/Bi bliography

https://datatopics.worldbank.org/s dgatlas/goal-12-responsibleconsumption-and-production/ https://sdgs.un.org/goals/goal12

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13. Climate Action What is climate action?

Climate action

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OECD countries still rely on fossil fuels for about 80% of their energy supply.

Industries producing energy and transport are the largest emitters of greenhouse gases (GHG).

Energy and surface transport are also by far the largest recipients of #GreenRecovery measures across OECD countries and partners.

Climate action is to make efforts and start acting to stop the emissions of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. The Paris Agreement is 197 countries that signed to cut down their greenhouse emissions.We need to cut down our greenhouse emissions so that the world doesn't heat up. Why shouldn't the world heat up, you ask?? Well in the next slide we will talk all about the issues if we don’t stop global warming.

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What if we don't do anything to stop global warming?

If we do not act the situation will get a lot worse as you can see on the chart we are already doing work but according to scientists if we heat up the earth more than two degrees then the world will collapse. So what if we did nothing? Well as you can in the best case scenario we would have about 4 degrees of warming and with that drastic droughts, unpredictable heatwaves ( lasting for years at a time) more floods and more extreme weather. So life would not look good.

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REAL WORLD examples of this global goal This action takes many forms, but it commonly includes developing a greenhouse gas inventory to understand sources of emissions, followed by creating a climate change action plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and prepare for climate change impacts. Overall, glaciers are melting at a fast rate. Ice in the Arctic Ocean around the North Pole is melting fast with the warmer temperatures.

Permafrost is melting, releasing methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, into the atmosphere. Sea levels are rising, threatening coastal communities and estuarine ecosystems. We need to do something!

Solutions ●

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Renewable energy. Changing our main energy sources to clean and renewable energy...

Sustainable Transportation...

Air Pollution Prevention...

Waste Management & Recycling...

Sea and Ocean Preservation...

Circular Economy...

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14 . Life Below Water ❏ Why is it important? ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Plastic can harm and kill the fish and the other animals who eat them.

Shark fin soup is endangering sharks which will deconstruct the whole marine food chain.

The corals are dying, they are protection for the fish and produce oxygen for marine life.

Oceans are a major source of food and oxygen, and it absorbs carbon dioxide.

The marine ecosystems perform a number of key environmental functions.

The ocean helps regulate weather and climate patterns .

Many ingredients in lots of medicinal products come from the sea.

Marine animals that go up to the surface for air drown when entangled in plastic

❏ Brainstorm some SOLUTIONS towards this Global Goal.

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Example of biomagnification

Pacific Garbage Patch Biomagnification, the bigger the fish, the worse the toxins The north pacific ocean contains around 2 trillion pieces of plastic Some animals mistake the plastic for food Coral is also being affected, which affects the 25% of marine life living in coral reefs

Questions (some from slides, some from cube)

Answer (hide this column behind a shape!)

Points

Global Goal Number:

How much does water get polluted?

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Why plastic is not good for the ocean?

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Why there will be no more sharks?

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how we can stop polluting

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What are the sea animals the most in danger due the plastic?

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❏ Quantité de déchets dans l’eau -

Les déchets de pêche et d'expédition représentent environ 1,75 % du plastique océanique, 0,50 % du plastique provient de la terre, 5 % du plastique océanique provient des plages, le fond marin contient environ 94 % du plastique de l'océan.

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La plupart des déchets du Pacifique en 2018 consistait en environ 1,8 billion de morceaux de plastique. La masse totale étant d'environ 80 tonnes, 92% étant de gros morceaux dus à la décomposition en microplastique

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How much does water get polluted?

Approximately 40%

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Why plastic is not good for the ocean?

Because of biomagnification and mammals get entangled and drown

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Why there will be no more sharks?

Because there is a lot of pollution in the water

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how we can stop polluting

1.Use paper bag not plastic 2.use less plastic

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What are the sea animals the most in danger due the plastic?

Turtle

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Helmi Martino Elijah Zino

15. Life on Land Life on land

What is this global goal?

Sustainable goal number 15 Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss. Goal 15 in Action

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2.6 billion people depend directly on agriculture, but 52 per cent of the land used for agriculture is moderately or severely affected by soil degradation As of 2008, land degradation affected 1.5 billion people globally Arable land loss is estimated at 30 to 35 times the historical rate Due to drought and desertification each year 12 million hectares are lost (23 hectares per minute), where 20 million tons of grain could have been grown 74 per cent of the poor are directly affected by land degradation globally

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Describe some REAL WORLD examples of this global goal

60% of the world’s ecosystem services have been degraded over the past 50 years and we continue devaluing our natural resources at an alarming rate. Estimates indicate that 2-5 trillion USD of ecosystem services are lost each year from deforestation alone. While many of the effects are felt locally first, the long-term consequences are global and the scale is highly relevant to business, presenting risks and opportunities.

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QUIZ or Q & A TEMPLATE : Please work in pairs and answer the following questions:

Try reducing our deforestation, and prevent acid rain Integrate ecosystems, with lots of biodiversity.

Around 1.6 billion people depend on forests for their lives.

Forests are home to more than 80 percent of all terrestrial species of animals, plants and insect The white rhino was almost extinct there was one left in the whole world they had people with guns to protect it.

Already 21 to 41% of the amazon forest has already been destroyed

Reduce degradation of any sort of natural habitat.

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End poaching in all different sort.

Protect the most endangered species and make decisions of which to do

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Prevent invasive species to invade Ensure conservation of ecosystems and species.

End desertification and restore degraded land.

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Riku Karolina Priyatham Lucas

16. Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions Peace justice and strong institutions ●

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Justice

Strong institutions

❏ What is your global goal?

Karolina

This goal is promoting peaceful and inclusive societies. It is trying to get rid of violence, protect children abuse, violence and more. Trying to promote access to justice all around the world. Trying to prevent violence and terrorism. Enforcing non-descrimination laws. They are trying to provide legal identity and birth registration.

127 countries have joined the global goals.

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The number of people fleeing war, persecution and conflict exceeded 70 million in 2018, the highest level recorded by the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) in almost 70 years.

Violence against children affects more than 1 billion children around the world and costs societies up to US$ 7 trillion a year.

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50 per cent of the world’s children experience violence every year.

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Every 7 minutes, somewhere in the world, a child is killed by violence 9 in 10 children live in countries where corporal punishment is not fully prohibited, leaving 732 million children without legal protection.

1 in 3 internet users worldwide is a child and 800 million of them use social media. Any child can become a victim of online violence.

246 million children worldwide affected by school-related violence each year.

1 in 3 students has been bullied by their peers at school in the last month, and at least 1 in 10 children have experienced cyberbullying.

❏ Brainstorm some SOLUTIONS towards this Global Goal.

Corrupt leaders are thrown out and have to be ACCOUNTABLE for their actions. They are not allowed to continue to spend the countries money on unwanted wars nor continue corrupt practices.

Set up a World Wide Court so that dictators do not get away with it. ●

Find a Goal 16 charity you want to support. Any donation, big or small, can make a difference! See the "Get Involved" section above.

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Speak up! Ask your local and national authorities to engage in initiatives that don’t harm people or the planet.

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Know your rights at work. In order to access justice, knowing what you are entitled to will go a long way.

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Vote! Take advantage of your right to elect the leaders in your country and local community.

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Run for a public post.

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Stay informed. Follow your local news and stay in touch with the Global Goals online or on social media at @TheGlobalGoals.

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How many countries have joined in on the global goals

127 countries

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What number is our goal ( Peace justice and strong institutions )

16

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Has the crime actions increased or decreased in the past 70 years

increased

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How many kids are living in countries where corporal punishment is not fully prohibited

9 out of 10

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How many percent of kids have experienced violence in a year ?

50 %

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❏ Why is it important?

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Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels. Compassion and a strong moral compass is essential to every democratic society.

❏ Describe some REAL WORLD examples of this global goal

Priyatham Biridepalli

The number of people fleeing war, persecution and conflict exceeded 70 million in 2018, the

highest level recorded by the UN refugee agency in almost 70 years.

In 2019, the United Nations tracked 357 killings and 30 enforced disappearances of human rights defenders, journalists and trade unionists in 47 countries.

Peace, stability, human rights and effective governance based on the rule of law are important conduits for sustainable development. We are living in a world that is increasingly divided. Some regions enjoy sustained levels of peace, security and prosperity while others fall into seemingly endless cycles of conflict and violence. This is by no means inevitable and must be addressed.

❏ Margherita and Lucas

I fight for JUSTICE & EQUALITY!!!!!!!!!!!

JUSTICE SAVE THE WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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17. Partnerships for the Goals ❏ What is your global goal?

17 - Partnership for the goals Olivia, Amelle, Sofia, Cyrus, Jeremy, Andreas & Jerry

Partnership for the Goals This goal explains the importance of every single goal and that we all need to put pressure on people to act and take action to accomplish the goals.

Our global goal is the goal number 17 in the UN :partnership for the goals.

It means enhancing the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development.

❏ Include some data and charts that help us understand the importance of this global goal.

❏ Why is it important?

This might be the most important one because if we didn’t have it no one would have any knowledge about any of the goals.

This is important Partnerships are also crucial for capacity building in developing countries. Capacity building involves empowering individuals and organisations with the knowledge, tools, and other resources they need to reach their goals. International support is important for strengthening skills in communities around the world.

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❏ Describe some REAL WORLD examples of this global goal

❏ Brainstorm some SOLUTIONS towards this Global Goal.

Widely distribute knowledge about a certain topic with the aim of reaching the largest number of people possible.

Raise awareness

Tell others about this goal

The Global Goals can only be met if we Solution towards this global goal

work together. International investments and support is needed to ensure innovative technological development, fair trade and market access, especially for developing

Get involved!

countries. To build a better world, we need

Help others

to be supportive, empathetic, inventive, passionate, and above all, cooperative.

Global Goal Number:

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What is goal 17

It means enhancing the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development.

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Is it the most important goal

This might be the most important one because if we didn’t have it no one would have any knowledge about any of the goals.

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What does partnership for the goals mean

This goal explains the importance of every single goal and that we all need to put pressure on people to act and take action to accomplish the goals.

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Why is it a goal

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What are some solutions to solve this goal

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BONUS QUESTION: What year was goal 17 agreed to by the world leaders

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❏ Include some photos that help show the significance of this goal.

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Gregor Carla Shashi

Global Goals ❏ Why are these important?

GLOBAL GOALS Justine, Gregor, Hyeongjin, Carla, Savannah, Poloma, Shashi

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It makes earth a better place Better way to live in Be equal to everyone, treated the same way Live a fulfilled life Healthy planet A peaceful and Equal Future Good Business A Happy and Healthy Life

❏ Describe some REAL WORLD examples of these Globals.

❏ Include some data and charts that help us understand the importance of these global goals.

Around the world millions of people are either starving, dying from thirst, or dealing with inequality and animals are suffering as much we are if not more, ex: sharks get their fins cut off and get thrown back in the ocean to either die of blood loss, or pain to bring us soup. Not to mention the animals in the arctic not being able to live in their natural environment because of climate change, but most people don’t care because they don’t know about what is happening, therefore, we must make our voices heard to educate people and to help stop these kind of things from happening in the future.

Global Goal Number:

QUIZ or Q & A TEMPLATE : Please work in pairs and answer the following questions: Questions (some from slides, some

Answer

Why will solar power help our planet?

Because it is a renewable energy and therefore i will slow down climate change.

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Why are shark fins being ripped off?

To bring people soup.

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What can you do to contribute to the planet’s well being?

Turn lights off when you don’t need them on, use less plastic, don’t waste so much food.

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When do the global goals need to be accomplished for?

2030

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When were the global goals created?

2015

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What are the goals…

❏ What is your global goal?

Our global goal is about everything and to show how important every single goal is for us and our planet.

Created in 2015, The Sustainable Development goals are goals for a better future for everyone and it must be achieved by 2030. These are targets accepted by 193 countries in the UN.

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Brainstorm some SOLUTIONS towards these Global Goals.

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We need to let everyone know about all of the global goals and why these are important so we can fight together against the problems of this world and come out victorious

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Try to do little things such as turning lights off when you’re not in a room, using less plastic, and not wasting food and water so you can contribute to the well being of our planet as well

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Try to use sustainable energy sources such as solar power to help us fight against climate change HELP US FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE

Peaceful and Equal Future Obviously, the world needs peace, equality, and, well, a lot of the goals, so an equal and peaceful future can be achieved.

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YEAR 8 initiate Learning Outcomes: 1. The student engages actively with the various parts of the issue and demonstrates curiosity and creativity.

2. The student collaborates well the fellow team members and shows both good listening skills and the willingness to take initiative.

3. The student does relevant research and there is evidence of reflection and critical thinking.

4. The student can explain which SDGs are relevant to their chosen issue and how they are addressed in their local action.

5. The student participates actively in the preparation and execution of their exhibition.

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Aim:

To investigate and raise awareness of a topic of choice in relation to the SDGs

Outcome:

For each group of students to produce a leaflet and a short video linked to a chosen SDG and a topic pertaining to it.

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8B/Mentor: Maria Poacher

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8D/Mentor: Bernadette Salignac

Sustainablity education in schools

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Solar energy and battery packs

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Solutions for transport in cities

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Sustainable cities - Solar energy in urbanisation

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Coral reefs

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Manatees

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Endangered species below water

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Lake Geneva

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How clean are our clothes?

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Sustainable cities

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Local action for global water pollution

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Water and sanitation in Eritrea

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How to improve clean water accessibility in South Africa

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How to improve sanitation in 3rd world countries by accessing clean water

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Que peut-on faire pour que l’eau potable soit plus accessible?

8E Mentor: Aurore Rudolf

8F Mentor: Jason Murphy

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Gender inequality in sports

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Gender inequality

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Sustainable seafood

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Care of aquatic life

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How do we prevent overfishing

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Do women and men have equal opportunitie

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Does pollution truly affect the oceans?

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Pink tax

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Sustainablity education in schools Education forms the basis for a developed, liberal, equal, and functional society. For the best education possible, school communities should be sustainable both physically and in their learning environments. They should provide courses and awareness, change should be made by all parties involved to accommodate the changes in the larger world, and all schools should be made to benefit the students, the staff, and the environment.

Small changes made through organizations helps to encourage change, but full sustainability is far from reality at the moment.

An action people can take is to educate children about sustainability and the environment. If we can start by changing our way of learning and teaching we can then go bigger and make a bigger impact. Even small changes can make a difference and benefit your community. Only by working together can we change anything.

We chose to do this topic because we be-

lieve that the key to change is to start with our own community. That is why we want our school to become more sustainable to then inspire others to do the same.

THE TEAM Annabel, Finlay, Ella, Julia, Adelaide, Peter

We produced a video that discusses the main challenges facing ecological schools, the reasons for producing sustainable schools, and the primary aspects of a sustainable school. The video contains some brief but important information regarding: The basis of change; the resources and learning environments; food supplied and the wastage of food; recycling of resources; the layout of a sustainable school; the three legged stool analogy. There are many more aspects to a sustainable school that we were unable to include.

Interview with Urban Furlan From J’aime ma planète

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Solar energy and battery packs Our global issue is Solar Energy and Battery Packs.

How do they work?

Photovoltaic cells absorb the sun’s energy that turns into DC electricity ( DC stands for direct current). Energy that isn’t consumed can then be stored in battery packs for later use.

Importance and Effects Switching to solar panels and battery packs is important to combat greenhouse gas emissions, reduce fossil fuel use, and decrease health risks.

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Experts Consulted Prof. Sophia Haussener - Laboratory of Renewable Energy

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Sustainable cities and communities: slums

What are slums?

Slums are filthy and overcrowded urban streets or districts inhabited by extremely poor people that can’t afford to depart.

There are two sorts of slums, notified and non-notified. Notified slums are generally able to afford education whereas non-notified slum areas are mostly disconnected from basic services and necessities. Slums are predominantly found in developing countries. For example the Orangi Town in Pakistan.

Why do slums develop?

The key factors that cause slums to develop are overcrowding, economical choices, elevated unemployment rates, politics, natural disasters, and overall social conflict. As the world continues to urbanise rapidly, people migrate from rural areas to cities and natural overcrowding occurs. Slums are located all over the world. For instance, there are slums situated in Lyon, France, and others also in Kenya, India, or Brazil.

Causes Slums are dangerous for the people living inside. The lack of community planning and poor quality of construction is extremely likely to cause incidents throughout the area in question. These may include floods, fires and landslides. Therefore, we must act on this issue before more harm is done.

Development To help slums develop into more advanced settlements, there are solutions we can act

on. The traditional plan was to tear down slums and replace them with new public infrastructure, but this idea contains many problems. In Thailand for instance, the ‘Baan Mankong’ program is providing loans to unofficialized communities for them to invest in much more sustainable redevelopment plans.

THE TEAM Lucie, Rosie, Tasmine, Alicia, Amalya, Emma

What can we do to help?

To help slums develop into more advanced settlements, we can continue spreading awareness to raise concern.

Slums are located all over the world!

About our video…

We created a video which not only explains the definitions of slums, types of slums and how smart cities work, it also talks about how it would be possible to turn slums into smart cities.

Why did we make this type of video?

We chose to make this type of video to promote this topic because it clearly explains the global issue. It lets people know and understand what is actually happening in other places around the world. The explanation understandably makes you comprehend what type of action should be taken.

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Solutions for transport in cities.

We need to take action now to improve our sustainability, starting in cities. There are many improvements we can do to sustainability such as more lanes for public transport and carpooling. Even though these are good solutions we are going to tell you about some of the solutions you might not know.

To help create more sustainable transportation in cities, it will also be helpful to decrease the amount of car usage used for takeaways and deliveries. A solution for this is drones, like amazon use to deliver their products. Another method of achieving this is to encourage more usage of public transport such as buses and trains.

A good way of doing this is to increase the efficiency of such transportation. This way you can have more people use these sorts of transportation without forcing them.

The implications will mean that an increasing move of people from rural to urban, for example in America many areas will be deserted outside the city. Another good change that we could start implying in cities are new inventions such as bio fuelled cars.

If the cars are bio that means we can fuel it with grass and replenishable foods this could also be beneficial to animals. We will be using vegetables and fruit more often so there will be a decrease in the need for meat and fish.

Electric cars Everybody believes that electric vehicles are the solution we are looking for but electric vehicles are not the solution we think they are, because to make the batteries it requires massive amounts of C02 production. In addition most electric cars are found within the luxury market, therefore it’s rather implausible for everyone to utilize such cars.

FUN FACT! At one point in time people thought that nuclear cars could be the future but it was quickly put down as there is no way to add shielding for the radiation of the reactor. In addition the radiation of the car would infect the world and slowly the whole world would become infected from the radiation used to power the car.

Part 2 Our team came up with a way to have transport that is public with sustainable sources of energy. For example they could have bus and taxis run off of sustainable energies To create a sustainable way of transportation humanity shall ideally find a new more sustainable way to obtain energy that doesn’t involve burning fossils. One such way might be to increase wind gain electric-

ity from windmills, but we cannot solely rely on this as if there is no wind then there will be no electricity. So more solar panels can also be employed, alongside these ,water and wave based ways to generate electricity can also be used. Another way is geothermal energy, but such energy should be used scarcely as it is limited. Aside from using energy gained from these methods, just like how electric cars were invented there may be cars developed to be based around these methods of energy.

THE TEAM William Harri Erik Andrew Kairan

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Sustainable cities-solar energy in urbanisation Example, uses…

The implementation of renewable energies in urban environments is usually constrained by the mismatch between supply and demand, and their integration within the energy system.

Smart grids can provide the required interconnections and control and manage power provision effectively. The implementation of measures within the urban environment provides several benefits, including improved energy security and reliability, has reduced transmission costs through bringing local energy supply closer to a demand, employment of existing infrastructure and minimizing a 50 demand for land.

How to help?

• Reduce the use of lights, water and petrol when your using the cars • Install solar panels in your house instead of electricity • Be aware of this information and share it with family and friends • Combat poverty by promoting economic growth • Involve the local community in local government • Incorporate the care of planting trees in the city

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Coral reefs WHAT ARE THEY?

FACTS

Big underwater structures, made up of the skeletons of the colonial marine invertebrates called coral.

Soft sac of bodies protects them from any harm.

‘Soft’ corals, flexible organisms often look like plants or trees.

They are all over the world’s oceans.

They need sunlight to grow, which is why they thrive in shallow water Visible reefs, like in Australia are between 5000 and 10000 years old Coral reefs improve the structural integrity of the sea bed. This is because they encourage growth of seagrasses and other sea plants.

WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THEM?

WHY SHOULD WE CARE ABOUT THEM?

Coral reefs are facing:

They are important because they provide an important ecosystem for life under water.

They protect coastal areas by reducing the power of waves hitting the coast.

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Pollution Overfishing Climate change Raising sea water temperatures Coral bleaching

CORAL BLEACHING: When the water is too warm, corals will expel the algae living in their tissues, making them white.

Corals being white does not mean they are dead.

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Conserve water You could volunteer to preserve them You could spread awareness Save energy You could recycle and dispose of trash every day Don’t touch the coral reefs when you go diving.

DIFFERENT TYPES OF CORAL REEFS Fringing reefs They either have an entirley shallo backreef zone or none at all. If it grows directly from the shoreline, the reef extends to the beach and there is no backreef zone. Some fringing reefs grow hundreds of yards from the shore and contain extensive backreef areas. They contain water and food for everyone!

Barrier reefs They are roughly parallel to the shore and separated by a lagoon or another body of water They are usually pierced by several channels that give access to the lagoon and island /continent behind it The Great Barrier Reef is a very beautiful reef on the Nort-East coast of Australia.

The Great Barrier Reef contains the world’s largest collection of coral reefs with 400 types of coral, 1500 species of fish and 4000 types of mollusc. It also has a lot of the species that are going extinct.

Atoll Reefs They are ring-shaped coral reef islands.

Surrounds a body of water called a lagoon.

They sometimes protect a central island.

Backreef zone: consisting of or belonging to a restricted lagoon behind a barrier reef.

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Manatees GLOBAL CHALLENGE

ACTION

FUN FACT

Lack of warm water Manatees cannot tolerate cold for a long period of time, when the water reaches 20 degrees celsius or lower, manatees start seeking for warm waters and usually huddle together near warm water springs and power plant outflows. Warm water sources are at risk of disappearing because of spring flows being affected by the increase in population of humans in cities near manatees and power plants going offline. This results in manatees dying in large numbers during the winter.

One way to save the manatee is by keeping their habitat clean and by participating in beach cleaning events around where they live. You can also raise awareness by purchasing car accessories (car plates, stickers, etc.) which raise awareness. You should also spend some of your time educating others on this situation.

Manatees are actually more closely related to elephants than they are to other marine creatures!

Loss of habitat As new human inventions are built along waterways, the natural habitat of countless sea creatures, including manatees, are destroyed. Sewage, manure, and fertilizer cause something called algal blooms. Algal blooms are toxic and can kill manatees if ingested.

Collision with boats These collisions are often deadly and are endangering the Florida manatee. Even if some manatees manage to survive, they are left with horrible injuries.

Global Issue Number: A minimum of 512 manatees collide with watercrafts

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Why did you choose this topic?

We chose this topic because most of us had already heard about the issues that manatees face thanks to social media.

THE TEAM Elsa Sofia Van Oppens Charlotte Lippis Louis Lenora Jaqupi Valentina King

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Endangered species below water GLOBAL CHALLENGE

ENDANGERED SPECIES

Our global issue that we’ve been working on is Life Below Water, this is a very serious issue. Our SDG Challenge is: Endangered Species

1. Southern Sea Otter (Romulus) The main reasons for Southern Sea Otters being endangered is because of limitation, (the number of sea otters is in lower than the available prey), oil spills and the otters getting stuck in sea fishing nets.

What is the problem?

Every year over 10 million tonnes of plastic are dumped into the ocean which makes many animals eat that plastic waste and kill them, also because of poachers and illegal fishers many animals are going extinct because of it Importance: The reason why this topic is very important is because if no one does anything about this, the ocean life will continue to suffer and many more species will go extinct Effects: The effects of our problem is that 1. Many great species can go extinct, 2. This can cause Global Warming 3.It can cause acidification of the oceans.

Life Below Water Goals ● Reduce and prevent pollution ● Protect ecosystems ● End overfishing and illegal fishing ● Help fishing communities ● Scientific cooperation ● Make and maintain international laws.

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2. Great Hammerhead Shark (Toby) The Great Hammerhead Shark is a type of Hammerhead Sharks, that is the most endangered, it is the biggest of all hammerhead sharks (20 feet long), and it is endangered because 1. It can only live in 20° celcius, shark fin trade because of their large fins, hunt from poachers and they are very easy to spot.

3. Blue Whales (Tweya) Blue Whales were significantly depleted by commercial whaling activities worldwide.

Today, Blue Whales are listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act and protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act.

5. Hawksbill Sea Turtle (Yash) The hawksbill sea turtle is CRITICALLY endangered. It is part of the Cheloniidae family. These species are critically endangered by the loss of nesting and feeding habitats, fishery related mortality, pollution etc… However, the majority are threatened by wildlife trade. Hawksbill turtles are omnivorous and they feed on sea sponges which are 70-95% of its diet although their diet also consists of algae, marine plants, jellyfish, crustaceans etc.

6. Beluga Whale (Isaac) The Beluga Whale is currently being threatened by us humans. They have been hunted since ancient times by indegenous arctic people of Alaska, Canada and Russia. They are being hunted for their meat, blubber and skin. The Europeans made the Arctic Beluga’s population decrease because they also hunted the Beluga for it’s melon oil.

4. Trichechus (Curtis) Trichechus also known as Manatees are large, fully aquatic, mostly herbivorous marine mammals sometimes known as sea cows. There are three accepted living species of Trichechidae, the Amazonian manatee, the West Indian manatee, and the West African manatee.

THE TEAM Isaac Blank

Toby Clark

Curtis Rhodes-stampa

Tweya Mote

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Lake Geneva GLOBAL CHALLENGE

LOCAL ACTION

VIDEO

Our main goal is to stop polluting lake geneva. The first primary source of pollution in Lake geneva is car tires. When cars drive by, small remnants of tires are rubbed off and remain on the roads. Eventually, the rain washes them off, and microplastics from the tires are washed into Lake geneva (about 50% of all pollution in lake geneva 30 tons per year).

The second-largest source of plastics/ rubbers in Lake Geneva is trash and discarded plastic (about 10 tons per year).

This can not only be bad for the environment but also the water quality.

There are many simple actions to reduce pollution some at a local scale for example buy food with less plastic packaging. And some at a more international scale where groups of people can start campaigns and and spread the word or help clean the lake.

Ones small thing can do wonders.

Our video contains information about our lake and how to help the environment. We wrote a song with lyrics containing this information. It also shows one of our actions by going to Lake Leman (from different parts of the lake). For example, Stella went to Nyon and picked up rubbish around the lake.

Hugo went to the Geneva lake and picked up trash. The other action we did was to give some more information about the lake and what is going on. We want our video to raise awareness about how pollution is in and around the lake. We hope this changes your point of view when you see trash in our lake.

Did you know that only one-tenth of the plastic that gets in the lake is cleaned up?

We chose this topic in the hope of gaining further knowledge of pollution in lake Geneva.

One thing that you can do to make a difference is when you see some rubbish in the lake or close, put it in the bin. If everybody starts doing that we will get a cleaner lake and environment.

Local Action: We went to different parts of the lake and picked up trash.

Action: Deeper explanation of what is actually going on.

LINK TO VIDEO

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Jeremy Jung

Ilan Pinto

Hugo Winsinger

Reid Clayton

Yasmine Canovo

Stella Panaligan

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Sustainable cities

GLOBAL CHALLENGE The global issue we are currently working on is sustainability in cities and communities, which abounds in places like school, our hometown, the supermarket, and so forth...

We will address what sustainability is and what YOU can do to improve, as well as our research process over the last few weeks, in this document.

What is it?

The act of being sustainable is when something is able to be maintained at a constant level or pace within a community or group of people. Sustainability focuses on addressing current needs without jeopardizing future generations’ ability to fulfill their necessities.

Importance of sustainability: Sustainability is critical for a variety of reasons, including sustainable populations, environmental quality, and a nontoxic climate.

Our health and the well-being of everything around us will deteriorate if we do not live sustainably.

What can YOU do?

You should carry your own items to the supermarket to avoid having to use plastic bags or other store products. Consider how you could make your everyday lives better.

Consider if you can live more sustainably.

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How can local action reduce global water pollution?

GLOBAL CHALLENGE

LOCAL ACTION

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SDG 14 has 10 different subsections to work on. These include plastic pollution, overfishing and ocean acidification.

We have decided to focus mostly on subsection 2 which is directed to acidification,

We have taken samples of water in nearby bodies of water to test the general water quality. We used fish tank quality checkers to measure this. The results were mostly neutral showing that Switzerland does not have a lot of water pollution.

In our video we show the results of our water samples. We also talk about the problems that go on in the rest of the world.

Solutions are mentioned to make people try and act on their own.

We live in Switzerland which is a rich and developed country. After testing water we realised that Switzerland does not have many water problems. But our small daily life activities that we do without thinking might affect the oceans somewhere else in the world.

A very simple example of this is taking the car. We don’t always realise it but the pollution coming out the tailpipe is not the only problem. Cars also let out a lot of particles from the tires. These particles are not being filtered properly and are leading to the pollution of water. Rubber polution in water can kill marine life and the land quality surrounding the body of water.

Our group chose this subject because pollution is everywhere around us in lakes and rivers but we don’t necessarily see or even know it. There is also the problem of chemicals that very few people know about which is why we looked at the water and the PH of water.

The ocean contains a total of 269 000 tonnes of plastic

Lastly, we have a short motivational movie made by Eric. This video is meant to raise awareness on the problems currently ongoing on our planet. Everyone can help and you should try to take action no matter what.

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There is of course the problem of CO2 being released into the atmosphere which leads to ocean acidification but we will not cover that.

Some proof to show that our activity is affecting the environment is actually covid-19.

Before the pandemic, the acidification levels were rising at an immense rate but slowed down and even decreased as the pandemic restricted the movement of the population.

This is because people were not allowed to travel in cars, busses and planes. This just shows how much impact you can have by reducing movement in vehicles.

THE TEAM Oscar Groenendijk

Lelia Walter

Elliana Snider

Eric Ashmore

Maya Kalen

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Water and sanitation in Eritrea

The Water Supply Problem Eritrea’s water supplies have been deemed contaminated and polluted.

It has been estimated that 40 to 90 percent of the country’s water is contaminated. Sewage being the main cause. This leads to Eritreans using contaminated water and health problems, especially in young children.

The reason this is happening is because the risks are not fully understood/being taught, improper toilets that defecate into the open and floods that damage the sewer system.

The Water System Problem Eritrea’s water system is extremely poor.

Around 40 percent of people in Eritrea do not have access to clean water. Almost all of them have to drink untreated water. If people in Eritrea still drink this water, it can cause extreme illnesses such as diarrhea and cholera.

UN Sustainable Development Goal 6, clean water and sanitation Source: https://aquaporin.com/ The Affected The country has faced years of drought issues. Eritrea’s lack of sanitation affects more than 80percent of the citizens. 80.7 percent of the people from the country do not have basic water services. A lot of the farmers rely on clean water because they need it to wash their crops.

The Solutions To help Eritrea’s water crisis. We can educate people about the current situation, to raise awareness. Developing new technology, recycling wastewater, and turning it into

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clean water as well as appropriately pricing water. Donating to organizations is also a possibility.

The JICA (Japanese International Corporation Association) has designed a project to help thousands of Eritreans have access to a clean and sustainable drinking source. The project is intended to improve safe water supply and sanitary conditions, by developing groundwater resources and building water distribution points. The project aims at raising the water supply ratio from 22% in 2007 to a staggering 100% today.

Sources www.borgenmagazine.com https://Borgen Project.org https://storymaps.arcgis.com https://www.circleofblue.org https://wholebankcottonpress.live

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How to improve clean water accessibility in South Africa

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Clean water and sanitation in South Africa

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Sanitation is very important for everyone’s health.

It is very important because if you don’t have clean drinking water than you have high chances of getting infected by a virus, bacteria or germs in your system. Though it is also important to share the water sources in the country equally for the sake of everyone’s lives.

More than 70% / 340 million people of the population in Eastern & Southern Africa have no access to basic sanitation services, and that means no clean water to drink. Only 19%/98 million people practice open defecation, 179 million are using unimproved facilities, 63 million shared sanitation facilities.

18 Million people in South Africa live their lives without clean water. That is over a third of the South African population, which is 58.56 million people. However the situation is improving as stats show that 83 % in 2001, turned into 91% in 2015.

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The meaning of the water goal The number 6th goal is water sanitation. What does this mean? Sustainable Development Goal 6 goes beyond drinking water. Let me tell you the main aspect to ensure clean water, and sustainability for South Africa. In South Africa, the majority of the population doesn’t have these privileges.

While the odd millionaires can afford it, and hospitals and services of that kind require them, many people in South Africa can not afford clean water.

How to implement solutions Everyone is capable of helping. There are products available to the public such as water filtration kits, & water purification tablets. If Companies have the infrastructure to manufacture this to the masses of paying customers, Why not use it for good?

Aquatabs are used in most emergency situations and can treat up to 2,500 Liters of Water. If the Average household uses 349 Liters of water, imagine what we can do with the amount we need but all the water we use when not necessary. Let’s Stop the Discussion , the 10 Year Study, and The Negotiations with The Corporations.

Stop Stalling. We Need Action, And We Need It Now.

We need your help South Africa has a lot of dirty water that isn’t being cleaned, and often after, used again without being sanitized. Organizations are constantly working round the clock to improve the water situation in South Africa. For instance, the world health organization is trying to help countries with water worldwide. One of their main targets, is South Africa. However it could be difficult for them to help South Africa, during the Covid 19 pandemic.

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How to improve sanitation in 3rd world countries by accessing clean water

Comment améliorer l’assainissement dans les pays du tiers monde en accédant à l’eau potable Maladies : Le choléra, la diarrhée, la dysenterie, l’hépatite A, la typhoïde et la polio sont tous des virus transmis par le manque d’eau propre dans les installations sanitaires.

L’eau contaminée utilisée pour les cultures peut également permettre aux consommateurs d’attraper ces virus.

Jusqu’à 80 % des maladies sont dues à un manque d’eau.

Des problèmes tels que la pauvreté, le changement climatique et la mauvaise gouvernance font que les pays du tiers monde ont de l’eau contaminée.

5 millions de personnes meurent chaque année de maladies dues à la consommation d’eau insalubre.

Environ 88 % des décès dus à des maladies diarrhéiques dans le monde sont imputables à une eau insalubre.

Selon l’ONU-Eau, d’ici 2025, 1,8 milliard de personnes vivront dans des pays ou des régions où les ressources en eau sont insuffisantes ou l’eau insalubre.

Le manque d’eau constitue une menace majeure pour plusieurs secteurs, dont la sécurité alimentaire. L’agriculture utilise environ 70 % de l’eau douce accessible dans le monde.

Ou cela sera utile?

Lieux dans lesquels l’accessibilité à l’eau potable sera utile : Ghana, Somalie Au Ghana, seulement 36% de la population a accès à une eau saine et contrôlée.

Au Ghana, environ 19000 habitant meurent de diarrhée par an, dont 5100 enfants.

90 % de ces décès sont dus à un manque d’eau, d’assainissement et d’hygiène.

Qui est concerné?

Selon l’OMS, 785 millions de personnes n’ont même pas accès à un service d’eau potable de base.

Sur ces 785 millions de personnes, 144 millions dépendent de l’utilisation directe des eaux de surface telles que les lacs et les rivières.

Dans le monde, au moins 2 milliards de personnes utilisent une source d’eau potable contaminée par des matières fécales. (Les fèces sont les déchets qui restent après la digestion des aliments et qui sont évacués par les intestins ; les excréments).

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Une personne sur trois n’a pas accès à des toilettes.

Toutes les deux minutes, un enfant meurt de maladies liées à l’eau.

Solutions: Solutions de conversion des déchets en eau. Des systèmes qui recyclent les déchets humains et les eaux usées en eau sont déjà opérationnels.

Dessalement. Le dessalement est la solution pour purifier l’eau de mer ou l’eau salée pour la consommation humaine.

Pailles filtrantes personnelles. Les individus font passer l’eau à travers un support extrêmement fin qui piège la saleté et les bactéries dans ses pores, produisant ainsi une eau propre et potable. (y compris l’eau de mer) Les nourrissons et les jeunes enfants sont particulièrement sensibles aux maladies, car leur système immunitaire fait l’expérience de tout pour la première fois. Même dans les pays développés, de nombreuses mamans font bouillir l’eau avant de la donner à leurs enfants - juste pour être doublement sûres. Dans les pays pauvres, le combustible pour le feu peut être si cher que les mères n’ont pas les moyens de faire bouillir l’eau et de cuire les aliments.

Bibliographie https://www.globalwaters.org/wherewework/ africa/ghana https://www.international.gc.ca/world-monde/ issues_development-enjeux_developpement/environmental_protection-protection_environnement/ water-eau.aspx?lang=eng https://www.borgenmagazine.com/10-clean-water-solutions/ https://pacinst.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/ water_related_deaths_report3.pdf https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/ detail/drinking-water#:~:text=Water%20and%20 health,individuals%20to%20preventable%20 health%20risks. https://www.zaragoza.es/contenidos/medioambiente/onu/825-eng-v5.pdf https://www.worldvision.org/clean-water-newsstories/global-water-crisis-facts#:~:text=785%20 million%20people%20lack%20access,hours%20 hauling%20water%20every%20day. https://www.borgenmagazine.com/10-clean-water-solutions/

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Que peut-on faire pour que l’eau potable soit plus accessible?

Introduction 2,1 milliards de personnes (soit 29% de la population mondiale) n’ont pas accès à l’eau potable. Selon les Nations unies, près de 850.000 personnes meurent chaque année en raison d’un manque d’accès à l’eau potable, à l’assainissement et à l’hygiène. Plus de 360.000 enfants de moins de cinq ans meurent sur terre après avoir bu de l’eau insalubre et non filtrée. Chaque année, 485.000 décès dus à la diarrhée seraient causés par de l’eau potable contaminée.

Pourquoi filtrer votre eau, me direz-vous? En éliminant le chlore, les toxines, les pesticides, les métaux lourds et les polluants bactériens, la filtration de l’eau permet d’obtenir une eau potable au goût et à l’odeur meilleurs, mais surtout une eau plus saine et non dangereuse. Boire de l’eau filtrée et propre protège l’organisme des maladies et améliore l’état de santé général et l’énergie.

La diarrhée, le choléra, la dysenterie, la typhoïde, la polio et d’autres maladies peuvent être transmises par de l’eau contaminée.

1. Quentin LifeStraw est un tube d’environ 23,5 centimètres de long et 2,5 centimètres de diamètre, qui sert à filtrer l’eau. La paille est faite avec un plastique durable et avec une ficelle attachée pour que les utilisateurs puissent la porter autour du cou. Pour l’utiliser, il suffit de placer le LifeStraw directement dans la source d’eau et de le boire comme on le ferait avec une paille. Le tube a des pores de 0,02 micron ce qui permet de boire de l’eau en toute sécurité, mais il reste tout de même un petit problème c’est que le lifestraw ne peut pas filtrer les eaux salées.

écologique de l’entreprise, il essaye de rendre cette petite paille 100% recyclable et toujours aussi efficace. Ce que je trouve dommage que l’entreprise lifestraw n’essaye pas de les envoyer dans des endroits défavorisés et en manque d’eau potable. Même si d’autres associations essaient d’en acheter pour après les envoyer dans ces pays défavorisés, ces pailles sont assez chères ducoup cette invention n’est pas très accessible.

J’espère que d’ici quelque année l’entreprise sera plus ouverte et qu’ils la rendront plus accessible financièrement, mais ça reste toujours une très bonne invention de première nécessité.

Water purifier powder C’est une poudre qui contient à la fois des coagulants et une forme de chlore avec une libération chronométrée. Il est offert en emballages à usage unique pouvant contenir 10 litres d’eau. Pour extraire la turbidité et les bactéries de l’eau, le produit utilise la coagulation et la désinfection. Lorsqu’il est appliqué dans l’eau, le coagulant aide d’abord à la formation de gros amas de particules en suspension, ce qui facilite leur dépôt au fond.

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Dans les endroits où l’eau douce est difficile à trouver, comment trouver de l’eau potable?

C’est simple : en extrayant l’eau de l’excrément. C’est une idée scientifiquement fondée, et Bill Gates a une vidéo pour le prouver. Dans cette vidéo, publiée cette semaine, il se tient devant l’Omni processor Janicki, une nouvelle machine géante capable de transformer les déchets humains en eau potable en quelques minutes. Il attend patiemment que Peter Janicki - l’ingénieur qui a inventé l’engin - remplit son verre d’eau cristalline provenant de la machine.

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Sans la moindre hésitation, Gates prend une gorgée. “L’eau était aussi bonne que celle que j’ai pu boire à la bouteille”, écrit-il sur son blog. “Et après avoir étudié l’ingénierie qui se cache derrière, je serais heureux d’en boire tous les jours. C’est aussi sûr que ça.”

3. Raphael

L’entreprise a aussi choisi de faire des gourdes et des carafes d’eau, mais ces invention là ne sont pas destinées à sauver la planète. Pour améliorer l’empreinte

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Gender inequality in sports GLOBAL CHALLENGE

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What is it?

Gender equality is the inequality of men and women’s rights. Men have more freedom and have less stereotypes to deal with, whereas women have to be “perfect”.

Women’s state of action and opportunities are affected by their gender, for example in sports. This should have never been a problem on Earth, but there are many people like us trying to equalize gender equality.

Action: what actions can people take to improve the situation?

We decided to go with a tiktok because it is a short way of spreading awareness and we all love to post on social media!

importance: Gender equality is a big problem worldwide.

Especially in sports. For example many women get paid a lot less money for their job in professional sports. Professional women football players in the UK earn £200,000 a year whereas professional men football players in the UK earn £3,000,000 a year.

Effects: The result of people not supporting women’s sports as much as men’s professional sports, is that women get paid less and receive less coverage overall.

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People can get more interested in women’s sports like women football, netball, volleyball, tennis, ping pong, etc. You can purchase tickets to watch female sports and support them on social media and protest to normalize female and male sports.

We chose this topic because it really melted our heart that us as females still don’t get paid as much, viewed as much, talked about as much as males so we decided that it’s time to take action and prove society wrong.

0.4% of the total commercial investment in sport goes into women’s sport.

photo of men and women’s income in different sports.

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INTERVIEWS We interviewed Chemmy Alcott, a retired Olympic skier, who now coaches young athletes to pursue their dreams.

1. Did you ever feel like competing against the boys?

Actually, when I was younger as a mini there wasn’t gender-specific racing it was just ‘burns’ racing which I think in Scottish means ‘little people’. I didn’t think that I shouldn’t be racing against the boys or that they supposedly have an advantage. I felt I was in a ‘win-win’ situation because I pushed myself to be the very best I could be regardless of my gender. Later on in life, I competed in races in retirement, pro races against the boys and it is interesting because there are definitely certain hills and conditions that I am weaker than my level compared to the boys compared to other conditions where I’m on par with my level. Now I think I think that having the tors set is really important for our industry because we have different fans and it creates more interest. I remember Lindsey Vonn was very vocal about wanting to race against the boys and FIS not letting her.

2. Has a male ever told you weren’t good enough, if so how did it make you feel?

I think I have a very strong and confident personality. I definitely had a coach told me that I’ll never be a speed skier, that I’ve got an ‘A frame’, you won’t be good enough. He tried to make me ski like a girl in my team, who wasn’t as fast as me, because technically she was a prettier and a better looking skier. I remember questioning him because I had my own style, and it worked because I was beating her, so why would I try and mold myself into skiing like someone else. I don’t think this was a gender issue, but he was a male coach and he did say that to me, and all it did was give me a chip on my shoulder to push myself that I could do it. I obviously did end up as a speed skier and I did get rid of my ‘A frame’.

3. Skiing is a very even sport, during your career have you ever felt as though there was a gender barrier?

No, I think of all the sports out there, skiing has done an amazing job at having equal prize money, equal attention. I feel like FIS have worked really hard to make it happen, and we have different fans across the world: I know that the German fans are really into female skiing and Austrians are really into mens skiing, I think skiing as a sport is very much at the top end of doing the best to celebrate women and men.

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We also asked to name 3 male athletes and then 3 female athletes.

We saw that when we asked for male athletes they put more than 3 and most of them were soccer players. While for the female athletes most people wrote idk or just Serena Williams or Lara Gut. BIBLIOGRAPHY https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/gender-identity/sex-gender-identity/ what-are-gender-roles-and-stereotypes#:~:text=For%20example%2C%20girls%20 and%20women,different%20from%20group%20to%20group. https://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/ourwork/space4sdgs/sdg5.html https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/sep/03/england-womens-and-mensteams-receive-same-pay-fa-reveals https://thepfsa.co.uk/football-wages-how-much-do-footballers-get-paid/ https://thesportjournal.org/article/exposure-to-womens-sports-changing-attitudes-to-

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ward-female-athletes/#:~:text=Gender%20inequality%2C%20as%20noted%2C%20 has,than%20men's%20sports%20(40).

Lili Cohen

https://nchschant.com/17512/investigative/gender-wage-gap-with-professional-athletes/

Charlotte Donaldson

Emilie Roiser

Henry Hansford

Amelia Graet

https://totalwomenscycling.com/lifestyle/gender-equality-sport-8-things-learned-bbcwomens-hour-discussion

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Knowledge: explain in detail your global issue

Question for interview: ● What are your thoughts on gender equality? ● What does it mean to you? ● Do you think it is still a problem we should be worried about in 2021? ● Do you think women should have jobs that are usually run by men, eg. construction workers? ● What are your thoughts on women’s sports? ● What are your thoughts on arranged marriages?

https://www.businessinsider.com/gender-wage-pay-gap-

We have created a Google Form that we sent around to all the year 8 classes, to see what people thought about gender equality

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Gender equality is a big issue even in today’s world, for example, women could vote in Switzerland only after 1971! Many genders are not given the same opportunities and rights as others. For example, in Switzerland, women are paid 19 percent less on average than men, which is unfair and unjust. Everyone should be paid the same regardless of their gender. Treating other genders differently is also very unfair for the reason that gender is not something we can control, if you are going to judge someone for something, judge them for something in their control.

Action: what actions can people take to improve the situation?

Treating genders the way you want to be treated, and see them as equals. Spreading the word is also really important. The easiest thing to do is treat everyone equally, pay them the same, give them the same jobs, give them the same rules that they have to follow, etc.

We chose this topic because gender equality is still a big issue in today’s world, even though today’s world is meant to be “perfect”. We feel that everyone should get the same opportunities in life, and no one should be treated differently than someone else, just because of their gender.

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charts-2017-3?r=US&IR=T#men-have-earned-morethan-women-since-1979-the-first-year-with-availabledata-1 https://comparecamp.com/marriage-statistics/#:~:text=Arranged%20Marriage%20Statistics,-Despite%20 the%20modern&text=55%25%20of%20marriages%20 that%20happen,rate%20of%20arranged%20marriages%20globally https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/ PMC4772313/#:~:text=We%20estimate%20that%20 37%E2%80%9339%20%25%20of%20 men%20 globally%20are%20circumcised https://lenews.ch/2017/11/25/swiss-fact-some-swiss-

Women work two-thirds of the world’s working hours.

THE TEAM Catherine Green

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Sustainable seafood GLOBAL CHALLENGE Knowledge: explain in detail your global issue: The ocean is currently in a dire state of disrepair, as the oceans heat up and the natural order is disrupted as mass fishing becomes more and more of an issue.

Other problems are affecting the ocean as well, such as oil leaks, coral reef bleaching and plastic pollution in the ocean. There are several reasons for this, such as the increased amount of waste being dumped in the ocean which can cause the destruction of both nautical ecosystems and the biodiversity of the ocean. The ozone layer is essentially our shield against solar radiation, excess amounts of CO2 are causing the ozone layer to thin, which is obviously a great problem.

We chose Goal 14 because many of ourgroup members are interested in marine life and feel that it is one of the lesser-known goals, so we wanted to bring attention to a goal. If people can achieve this goal it can possibly get rid of pollution in the ocean, which in turn can improve life. If we want to achieve this goal we have to spread awareness.

Ever since COVID-19 started, human activity in oceans has reduced significantly and is giving the ocean a chance to recuperate a little because all humans were locked inside and weren’t allowed to leave their houses.

17 out of 20 people eat seafood. 3 don’t 13 out of 20 people eat it once a week. 2 people eat it twice a week, one person eats it three times a week and another person eats it 4 times a week.

People’s favorite fish : Salmon = 8 Haddock = 1 Striped red mullet = 1 Cod = 1 And other people didn’t have a favorite type.

Most people found themselves educated on this subject but 7 people didn’t.

And 10 out of 21 people said that they paid attention to the labels of the fish they bought.

ACTION We sent a google form to inform ourselves to know what fish people prefer in this school.

Action: What actions can people take to improve the situation?

There are many actions that we as a community can take to improve upon the situation.

Firstly we can create more marine protected areas to retain biodiversity. Another action we can take is to take time to check for sustainability labels for example MSC, these labels ensure that the fish or seafood product has been procured sustainably. Another action we can take to improve is by using reusable items that can be used in the place of plastic to reduce waste, such as glass bottles. An action we can take to reduce the bleaching of coral reefs is by using either public transportation or by using more eco friendly forms of transport, such as bikes, buses

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FUN FACTS

BIBLIOGRAPHY

30 years ago a cargo ship full of rubber ducks crashed, and only now are rubber ducks turning up on beaches, this shows how even if stuff is dumped years before it only appears after a while meaning it’s been floating in the ocean for a while.

https://www.undp.org/sustainable-development-goals#-

The Coral reefs in the ocean generate more oxygen than trees and plants and therefore we need to save them. Coral reefs only cover less than 1% of the ocean floor.

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below-water https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/ozone-depletion

Liam Strait

Abbie Thomas

Oscar Ashton

Samuel Auger

Cameron Sharman

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Care of aquatic life GLOBAL CHALLENGE

ACTION

We will be covering everything from global plastic, the sheer amount of it winding up in our oceans. The truth behind Underwater Sanctuaries. The details about Overfishing & Destructive Fishing and Commercial Whaling and other big issues such as Shark finning. All of these can have massive effects on aquatic life, and have been going on unnoticed for the past few decades.

What we can do to help our SDG is reduce overfishing and destructive fishing, protect and restore ecosystems and stop sea and commercial whaling.

The problem with the governing bodies who take care of the oceans is that they give us fake promises to make us feel good about ourselves. For example, take underwater sanctuaries. Experts say that 5% of our oceans should be protected by now, and they admit that only 2% have actually gotten done. However they have not admitted that only about 1% is actually protected from dangerous types of fishing or even just overfishing.

The problem with global plastic is that it is a man-made material that many of the sea creatures have never encountered before. Issues such as animals being trapped in fishing nets, crustaceans getting stuck in bottles, turtle shells being deformed due to growth within a plastic object, and animals mostly consuming plastic can all be major issues with plastic pollution.

Almost 40 % of the ocean is heavily affected by plastic pollution.

Around $3 trillion are brought in per year.

Around 3 billion people rely on coastal wellbeing and biodiversity.

8.3 million tons of plastic are thrown into the sea yearly.

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To reduce overfishing and destructive fishing you can Create More Marine Protected Areas or Stop Consuming Fish Currently, marine parks cover less than 2% of the world’s fisheries, and less than 1% of the oceans are protected from all fishing. To ensure fishing for future generations, more no-catch zones must be created to enable fish stocks and habitats to recover and replenish themselves.

To protect and restore areas you can Mind Your Carbon Footprint and Reduce Energy Consumption: Reduce the impact of climate change on the ocean by driving less and becoming more aware of your energy use at home and at work. Here are a few things you can do right now to get started: To stop over setting your thermostat, switch to compact fluorescent light bulbs, take the stairs, and wrap up or use a fan. .

If you want to contribute in a more indirect way, you can donate money to groups that work to end whaling / shark finning. Before you offer or send money, be cautious and do your research. You want to ensure that you are not being duped and that your money is being used for legitimate testing and support.

To reduce plastic pollution you can Recycle and use Biodegradable Products: This may sound really simple, and it is. We would assume that the majority of you already recycle, and therefore as you can tell, it doesn’t take too much effort. So if you can just take the time to make sure that you are recycling products or even making sure that they are biodegradable, you will really be helping the world.

Because all living things deserve a fighting chance to survive. We can defend ourselves, but these creatures cannot, and it is only fair that we try to help them survive. It is also important due to the fact that the seas are one of the only things keeping this planet from releasing too much carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. By destroying the wildlife, you are destroying the natural order, and therefore seeking to speed up climate change.

The problem is that a lot of the issues with this topic get covered up by the government who do not want people ruining their industries, and therefore their national

FACTS 1) In 2014, it was reported that the ocean had 5.25 trillion fragments of plastic waste.

According to scientific surveys, more than 269,000 tons of garbage drifted on the ocean’s surface, with a shocking number more littering the deep sea. www.greenpeace.org/usa/oceans/issues/.

drainpipes. More plastic than fish. Eight million metric tons: That’s how much plastic we dump into the oceans each year. That’s about 17.6 billion pounds — or the equivalent of nearly 57,000 blue whales — every single year.

THE TEAM Alexandra Vererska

Sophia Tazi-Riffi

Leo Larsen

Augustin Thuriaux

Harry Moat

Aleksander Larsen

Bibliography -“Sustainable Development Goals: United Nations De-

2) Each square kilometer of the ocean floor contains an average of 13,000 pieces of plastic.

velopment Programme.” Sustainable Development Goals

3) Almost 40 % of the ocean is heavily affected by plastic pollution. Around 3 trillion pieces are brought in per year. www.undp.org/sustainable-development-goals#below-water.

greenpeace.org/usa/oceans/issues/.

| United Nations Development Programme, www.undp. org/sustainable-development-goals#below-water.

-Oceans Issues & Threats.” Greenpeace USA, www.

Blue Planet Aquarium, www.blueplanetaquarium.com/ blog/conservation/5-facts-you-need-to-know-about-endangered-sea-creatures/.

4) Three times as much oil is carried out to sea via runoff from our roads, rivers and

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How do we prevent overfishing?

GLOBAL CHALLENGE There are different ways that we can prevent overfishing, one of them being raising awareness. There are different ways you can raise awareness such as: posting an awareness post on social media informing friends and family members and many other ways.

Raising awareness isn’t the only way you can help though you can also stop buying food products which support the action of overfishing such as fish, octopus and other sea life creatures.

Coral reefs are some of the most diverse ecosystems in the world. Coral polyps and the animals responsible for building reefs.

Reefs can take many forms. Large reef building colonies, and even small organisms.

Thousands of species of corals have been discovered in coral reefs. Some live in warm, shallow tropical seas and others in the cold, dark depths of the ocean. Most coral reefs are worked from stony corals, whose polyps bunch in gatherings.

It can change the size of fish remaining, as well as how they reproduce and the speed at which they mature. When too many fish are taken out of the ocean it creates an imbalance that can erode the food web and lead to a loss of other important marine life, including vulnerable species like sea turtles and corals.

What are the consequences of coral reefs dying?

There are many consequences of coral reefs dying. We are losing our reefs very fast, in two years the Great Barrier Reef has lost nearly half of its reefs. The reef is a wonderful place that many snorkelers and divers go to visit, therefore it provides jobs for many people. Local fishermen also fish there. Coral reefs grow very slowly on average they grow 0.2 to 0.3 cm per year. Therefore it takes 10,000 years for a small reef to grow. Some of the bigger reefs have taken 30,000,000 years to grow to their full size.

There are many consequences of coral reefs dying. We are losing our reefs very fast, in two years the Great Barrier Reef has lost nearly half of its reefs. The reef is a wonderful place that many snorkelers and divers go to visit, therefore it provides jobs for many people. Local fishermen also fish there. Coral reefs grow very slowly on average they grow 0.2 to 0.3 cm per year. Therefore it takes 10,000 years for a small reef to grow. Some of the bigger reefs have taken 30,000,000 years to grow to their full size.

We can prevent the pollution of coral reefs in many ways such as the food we eat or even the sun screen we wear. Many of them harm the reefs, You may ask why? It is quite simple, in the sunscreen there is something called oxybenzone, this leads to the coral absorbing it, which then kills them. Another thing we as humans can do is the food you decide to eat. So 1 thing you can do is make sure the food you eat is fished in reasonable quantities.

17% of fish stocks worldwide are overfished!!

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Charlie Barton

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Do women and men have equal opportunities?

GLOBAL CHALLENGE

Why we chose this topic:

When choosing a topic it’s important to know and be passionate about the topic. When choosing the topic we chose this one because Women earn 84% of men’s pay in the same we see it as a big problem in the world, we job working the same hours. Why is this? know about it and we wanted to spread the In most of the poorer countries, girls are supposed to stay at home and do chores and word. boys play the role in being educated. WomWhy this is happening? en have smaller chance of getting elected for being president or gaining a role with high value, as less people confide in them. In One of the main reasons is because of having children. Most women have children and they some countries, women are not allowed to vote. It was only on February 7th, 1971, that have to take care of them and be with them, as well as being pregnant, which means that Swiss women were finally granted the right they will spend less time at work which leads to vote, and Appenzell, the last canton to to not getting promoted. On the other hand, allow this, was in 1990. for men they aren’t the ones getting pregnant and are less likely to stay at home and look Examples of this happening: after the kids so they go to work and get There have been numerous examples of this more opportunities. Women are more likely happening in workspaces and when deciding sacrifice their work for their kids whereas not as many men perform this. who is the best for the job. For example, in the United States only 34% of people with the profession of a lawyer are female There are so many examples whereas men make up 66% of this field. As where we see women getting less well as lawyers, of the 1 million professional opportunities... physicians, only 360, 000 are female which is a ratio of 1 female doctor to 1.8 male This needs to change! doctors.

The different opportunities:

What can you do to help?

To help, we can inform people about the subject, speak up about it, and not accepting the ways that people might behave that promotes inequality just because it’s been like this for many years. An easy and effective way to spread the word is to just speak to your friends and family. It’s easy, it’s simple and it’s very effective.

We are all the same and it is not important as to whether we are a male or female.

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Caitlin Aziz

Nour Mansour

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Does pollution truly affect the oceans?

GLOBAL CHALLENGE How would you feel if your home, and neighborhood was almost 100% full of plastic and other waste? Well, that’s how it is for every single organism below the water.

In fact, 90% of the worldwide ocean debris comes from 10 rivers alone.

80% of global marine pollution comes from agriculture runoff, untreated sewage, discharge of nutrients and pesticides.There are 5.25 trillion pieces of plastic waste estimated to be in our oceans. 269,000 tons float, 4 billion microfibers per km² dwell below the surface. Over 300 million tons of plastic are manufactured every year. And out of that 300 million tons at least 8 million tons of plastic end up in our oceans every year, and make up 80% of all marine debris from surface waters to deep-sea sediments.1 in 3 marine mammal species are found entangled with plastic around their whole body.

100,000 marine animals die from getting entangled in plastic yearly – these are just the creatures Condor Ferries find!

Types of water pollution Rubbish and microplastics (bags, water bottles, straws, cutlery,, etc.) is an immense danger to survival tp aquatic species.

Sunscreen: body salve, bug anti-agents, fundamental oils, hair items, and cosmetics can all advance into the water. These substances negatively affect green growth, sea urchins, fish, and warm-blooded animals in the sea just like coral reefs.

Oil Spills: while oil drainage from profoundly compressed ocean bottom stone happens normally in certain spaces all throughout the planet, there are a lot of alternate ways people are adding to the issue. Oil from vehicles out and about wash off and stream into the sea. Boats in some cases spill oil straightforwardly into the water. Obviously, there are additionally incidental disastrous oil spills.

Regardless of how the oil leaks, it’s unsafe to marine life.

Shipping is a silent killer. It is responsible for more than 30% of all world nitrogen oxygen emissions and 9% of all sulphur oxide pollution. shipping boats contribute to climate change and pollution by releasing small black carbon particles which are created by the combustion of marine fuel. Around 90% of all world trade is carried across by more than 90,000 marine vessels. Fishing can also affect sea life (Whales, Dolphins, Turtles and sharks). Over 75 spesies can be struck and killed by fast traveling shipping boats.

According to wikipedia: “An oil spill is a type of contamination that occurs when a liquid petroleum hydrocarbon is released into the ocean and affects especially the marine ecosystem, as a result of human activity.

Typically, the term refers to oil leaks that occur in the ocean or coastal waters, but spills may also occur on property.”

This makes a huge impact on the ocean because that petroleum that fall into the ocean will affect every single species that have a habitat in that area. This will kill every single fish and animal that was infected by

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the petroleum. Without fish most of the our fish would be dead and we wouldn’t have fish to eat one day.

About 5 million litres of petroleum are falling into the ocean every year in only the U.S and imagine how much oil is spilled in the whole world. The ocean would become toxic and unswimmable. We need to find a sustainable way to deliver things to other countries without oil spills.

Ghost fishing gear is fishing gear that is lost into the ocean. Mostly these include nets, ropes, lines and others. This pollution leads to animals like turtles and mostly big fish to get trapped in them. The victim then has a slow painful death through strokes or even exhaustion as the net is making it harder for them to swim. Ghost fishing gear is also one of the biggest silent pollutioners of the ocean. In fact, between 500’000 and 1’000’000 tones of fishing gear is lost into the ocean every year. These catastrophic numbers have also led to that the Great Garbage Patch consists of 46% of fishing gear.

What we can do to stop pollution is to learn to conserve water such as turning of faucets when you are brushing your teeth or Fish responsibly and not use cyanide or tnt to fish. The Government has already made Solar powered catamarans that are cleaning the Ocean.

THE TEAM Adam Shelbaya-Grace

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Pink tax

GLOBAL CHALLENGE

HOW CAN WE TAKE ACTION?

Pink Tax is a form of gender-based price discrimination and refers to an inherently invisible cost that women have to pay for products designed and marketed specifically for them. Products designed and marketed for men are often available for less. Although people say women’s products are more expensive to manufacture, on balance, is it really fair that women pay more.

One way you can take action against the pink tax is to support change in legislation.

Over the past years, people have been voicing their concerns with the tax and are trying to push leaders of the world to act.

You can also try to shop strategically.

When you notice a price difference between a male product and a female product you might want to consider investigating different brands. You could also consider switching to male marketed products since most of the time they dont have much of a difference. You can also attempt to shop for gender neutral products.

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7% more for toys and accessories 4% more for children’s clothing 8% more for adult clothing 13% more for personal care products 8% more for senior/home health care products Gender wage gap of 20% Products for women and girls cost 7% more than comparable products for men and boys.

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YEAR 9 innovate Learning Outcomes: 1. The student engages actively with the various parts of the challenge and demonstrates curiosity and creativity.

2. The student collaborates well with fellow team members and shows both good listening skills and the willingness to take initiative.

3. The student does relevant research and there is evidence of reflection and critical thinking.

4. The student can explain which SDGs are relevant to their challenge and how they are linked 5. The student can demonstrate an understanding of the global issue (using Systems Thinking) and address an aspect of it (using Design Thinking) to bring about local action 6. The student participates actively in the preparation and execution of the presentation.

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Aim:

To raise awareness of a specific SDG challenge and bring about a local action.

Outcome:

For each group of students to work with an expert from the UN /NGO, to produce a leaflet and a TEDx talk outlining what they have learned and what they have done to address it.

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Expert: Nathalie Olijslager Mentor: Alex Dale Experts: Nathalie Birt, Robert Dann Mentor: Damien Misiaszek Expert: Brian Iselin Mentor: Rich Robinson

Expert: Annika Sandlund Mentor: Matt Welling Expert: Chris Jones Mentor: Michael Shevlin Expert: Scott Poynton Mentor: Owen Davies

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Nathalie Olijslager DPR/Ambassador Permanent Mission Kingdom of the Netherlands to the United Nations and other international organizations at Geneva

COVID-19 & MENTAL HEALTH

Expert: Nathalie Olijslager (DPR/Ambassador Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the United Nations) Background Details: https://www.interpeace.org/member/ms-nathalie-olijslager/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZvuTHH_K5I

GLOBAL ISSUE: What can YOU do to raise awareness of the issue of mental health amongst adolescents?

LOCAL ACTION: Can you think of any creative ways in which YOU can take action to promote positive wellbeing for La Chat students?

You are only truly healthy if your body and your mind are functioning well. This is especially true for children and adolescents, when the foundations are built for developing knowledge and skills for lifelong learning. Children and adolescents develop emotional intelligence to cope with stress and other feelings and thus become more resilient.

For children everywhere, COVID-19 has turned lives upside down, disrupting comforting and familiar patterns like going to school and playing outdoors. For adolescents, lockdown has deprived them of the real (maybe not virtual) social and peer connections that are so crucial at this time of life. Uncertainty about the disease itself and it’s cure have added to the anxiety of following the rules necessary to prevent the spread of the disease. Severe disruption to learning and working, compounded by the health crisis, has seen a deterioration in young people’s mental well-being. The Global Survey on Youth and COVID-19 conducted by partners of the Global Initiative finds that there has been a recent rise in mental health disorders among under 18-year-olds. Young people whose education or work was either disrupted or had stopped altogether are almost twice as likely to be affected by anxiety or depression as those who continued to be employed or whose education was on track. This also shows that there are linkages between mental well-being, educational success and employment.

Relevant Links for Research https://www.time-to-change.org.uk/ https://www.unicef.org/coronavirus/how-teenagers-can-protecttheir-mental-health-during-coronavirus-covid-19 https://www.un.org/en/un-chronicle/covid-19-and-need-actionmental-health https://www.unicef.org/lac/en/impact-covid-19-mental-health-adolescents-and-youth https://www.adolescenthealth.org/Resources/Clinical-Care-Resources/Mental-Health/Mental-Health-Resources-For-Adolesc.aspx https://www.nami.org/Your-Journey/Teens-Young-Adults

Sadly, not many children and young people seek help because of fear that it might not be understood, because they might be mocked, because they don’t want to cause an extra burden. Research suggests that there is still stigma and discrimination around mental health distress. But with children and young people facing so much challenge to their mental well-being, this pandemic is also an opportunity to both talk about and learn about mental health among adults and children.

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Mental health and how friends and family can affect it GLOBAL CHALLENGE

LOCAL ACTION:

Mental health is a growing issue for the younger generations. The isolations and lockdowns due to Covid19 saw an exponential growth in the amount of kids and teens suffering with mental health issues. This is because interacting with others outside one’s household can improve one’s mental health.

A jingle remix of the song Complicated For our local action we decided to do a cover of the song Complicated, by Avril Lavigne.

The song is about friends being left out and how they feel when they do get left out.

From this we learned that even something as small as a song can bring people together to talk in a relaxed way.

Lyrics:

Mental health issues can lead to very bad outcomes. It can lead to lack of sleep, stopping eating or overeating, lack of exercise and it can also increase the risks of many physical health issues like strokes or heart disease.

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I saw on your story, That you are without me If only you could, see how sad you make me.

I know I am worthless Follow you cause i’m useless You never talk to me no more, because you’ve become…

Somebody else ‘Round everyone else You’re watching your back Like you can’t relax You try to be cool You look like a fool to me

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Depression and how it effects teenagers and students GLOBAL CHALLENGE

LOCAL ACTION:

The Global Issue that we have been given is mental health. With there being a focus on depression and how it affects teenagers and students.

Our Local Action involved sending a survey around our year in which the students would answer some questions about stress This would help us as not only would it give us a more varied array of opinions but it would also help with our actions for the future..

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As seen in this image, Nearly 18% of teen’s have suffered at least mild symptoms of depression.

Why is mental health important?

Mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel, and act. It also helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others, and make healthy choices. Mental health is important at every stage of life, from childhood and adolescence through adulthood. This means that although we are focused on teens mental health is important for everybody

the image it shows that a staggering amount of students believe that school is their main source of stress, so from this one question alone we can start to form a solution to our issue, such as; If school is the source of stress then what needs to be asked is ‘what is it in school causes that stress’? And from there you can ask, ‘how might we reduce the stress from that source’? And so even from one picture we can start to formulate the next steps in our action.

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Mental health and how friends and family can affect it GLOBAL CHALLENGE

LOCAL ACTION

Mental illness is a worldwide problem which affects 1 in 4 people in the world population (see healthpovertyaction.org).

Our local action is that we will be posting a story on instagram a motivational self-care post.

Many groups of people are especially affected around the world for example women, people struggling with poverty and refugees.

These may include quotes by authors or novelists (such as Mandy Hale and Eleanor Brown).

Mental health issues impact other areas of our lives as people suffering from bad mental health may also turn to alcohol addiction, drugs, abuse or even violence SDG Challenge According to WHO, health has a central place in SDG 3 “Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages”. It’s a challenge to implement this as there is many mental health issues.

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In order to enhance our mental health we have to look after ourselves.

Self-care is anything you do to take care of yourself so you can stay physically, mentally, and emotionally well.

Research suggests self-care promotes positive health outcomes, such as living longer, and becoming better at managing stress.

Self-care isn’t difficult, but it does require effort to make gradual adjustments and improvements.

Sebastien Tommy Willian-Billy

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Mental health and how friends and family can affect it GLOBAL CHALLENGE

LOCAL ACTION

Although it might not seem like a major issue, mental health can really affect someone’s environment. It might even damage other people’s environments as well.

What did we do?

What is it?

It is a wide range of mental health conditions that might affect your mood. For example anxiety, depression, eating disorders and addiction disorders.

Why is it important?

This might not just affect the way you interact with other people but it will also affect the people you are surrounded by. This can also lead to a lot of dangerous disorders from the examples from before. .

With our group we went around to our friends and gave them surveys to fill out about how they felt about being in this country and about their emotions in school.

How did it affect us?

For our group this really made us think about ways we could change their unliked perspectives on the environment we lived in.

We also found out that a lot of people had family issues which might affect them during school.

Why did we do this?

Our group came up with the idea to do this experiment because we really wanted to know all about what we were investigating in first hand.

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How to help emotional wellbeing during COVID-19 GLOBAL CHALLENGE CHALLENGES TO STUDENT’S MENTAL HEALTH DURING COVID 19. ● To have good health ● Worry for people’s health ● Not sleep well ● Not seeing friends after school ● Not going to school last year for some time during lockdown ● Changes at home (mom/dad always home, not going to the office) HOW TO HELP EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING DURING COVID-19 ● Watch less news of covid 19 all day ● Eat healthy food ● Get enough sleep ● Breathing exercises ● Keeping routines/planning of the day ● Positive thoughts get fresh air ● Relaxing hobbies such as sports. eg play ping pong ● Be outdoors ● Social media ● Playing with pets ● Listen to music ● Reading books ● Drawing

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ASKING FOR HELP FROM OTHERS: COMMUNICATING WITH FAMILIES AND FRIENDS. VIRTUAL MEETINGS AND ASK PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT

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GLOBAL ISSUE: COVID-19 & THE IMPACT UPON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND FAKE NEWS

Expert: Robert Dann (Chief of Political Affairs Office of the UNSpecial Envoy for Syria) Nathalie Birt (Mediation and Dispute Resolution Specialist) Freedom of expression and media freedom are crucial to the functioning of a democratic society. The global crisis of the COVID 19 pandemic has led to intense societal debate as to the role the media (print broadcast and digital) plays in facilitating it. Journalists have been designated “key workers” in a number of countries so that they might have the freedom to gather and publish all relevant information, whilst abiding by the highest professional standards and ethics.

However, the very nature of the lockdown has imposed restrictions on a wide range of activities, extending also to the media. Limitations on freedom of movement have made it harder for journalists to move around and report, whilst measures to combat disinformation have impacted on what the media can publish. Some countries have seen public unrest and a rise in incidents of violence against journalists (including at anti lockdown protests). Physical attacks against journalists in relation to their coverage of the pandemic were documented across Europe and many of these often took place during demonstrations or public unrest. For example, a Croatian journalist was attacked for filming an Easter Mass that took place in breach of lockdown near the city of Split; Spanish journalists were assaulted whilst reporting on a protest; and during protests in Rome, journalists were attacked and labelled as “terrorists”.

There has also been widespread concern at the potential spread of panic as a result of information considered “fake news” or “misinformation”. In February 2020, the World Health Organisation announced that the coronavirus pandemic was accompanied by an “infodemic” of mis- and disinformation, which represented a serious risk to public health and public action. The danger of coordinated disinformation campaigns cultivating distrust in the ability of democratic institutions to deliver effective responses has also been highlighted. Counter measures have been introduced in many countries promoting high quality information and analysis together with the removal of ‘fake’ or ‘distorted’ information. Severe restrictions and criminalisation for promoting misinformation have also been implemented.

Nathalie Birt, Mediator, Dispute Resolution Consultant and Coach.

Robert Dann, Chief of Political Affairs, Office of the UN Special Envoy for Syria

COVID 19 is a new virus and science is evolving. A central question raised by such measures, is how to decide – and who decides – what is “false” or “distorted”. In the eyes of the law, even in a state of emergency, every effort must be made to safeguard the values of a democratic society, such as pluralism, tolerance and broadmindedness. (source: https://www.coe.int ) GLOBAL ISSUE: Assess the importance of having freedom of speech for society.

What can YOU do to raise awareness of the issue of fake news and what it can lead to on a global scale? Can you highlight this using a specific case study?

LOCAL ACTON: Do you think it is important for students’ voices to be heard in a school environment? Why or why not?

Can you highlight the issue of fake news and think of any creative ways in which YOU can take action to combat it?

Relevant Links for Research https://blog-iacl-aidc.org/2020-posts/2020/7/28/future-of-freespeech-in-the-wake-of-covid-19 https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/02/11/covid-19-triggers-wavefree-speech-abuse https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/02/24/limiting-free-speech-undermines-fight-against-covid-19 https://www.article19.org/coronavirus-impacts-on-freedom-of-expression/ https://worldcrunch.com/coronavirus/how-governments-are-usingcovid-19-to-curtail-free-speech https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/reading/advanced-c1-reading/rise-fake-news https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-46206675 https://www.teenlife.ngo/the-fake-news-effect/ https://yskills.eu/stimulating-adolescents-news-literacy-through-news-credibility-evaluation-skills/ https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/ full/10.1080/10926771003788979

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Freedom of speech GLOBAL CHALLENGE What is it?

Freedom of speech is expressing ideas or opinions freely without fearing the consequences.

Why is it important?

Freedom of speech is important because every individual or community should have the right to express ideas or opinions to be able to communicate and improve our lifestyle and society, without fear of censorship or violence. Without freedom of speech our communities would not be able to debate, and therefore progress on issues.

Freedom of speech is an essential value to a democracy and is a human right.

If this global issue is not addressed it could have a corrosive and corrupting effect on society as a whole.

Impact?

Lots of journalists are killed because they attempt to expose wrongdoing of the government or corruption. But we have to remember that journalisme is exposing to light what people don’t want you to see, it’s giving the public relevant information.

In the past 10 years , 800 journalists and media workers have been killed due to their work and most of this abuse is still unpunished.

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LOCAL ACTION:

DRESS CODE SURVEY What is it about?

We made a survey for the whole class, the survey is going to be about their opinions on the dress code of the school. We are going to make things work and see how our class can contribute too.

Results?

For our survey, we learnt that a lot of people think the same way as us which is : we should dress up how we want but in a appropriate way.Most of the people who never experienced it, they don’t understand us and say that the dress code is correct.

A difficulty we encountered was we had to think about how we are going to address it to the class with an impact in our voice so they could be interested and they can understand it’s a big problem.

Other We liked understanding why this subject is important in our world, why we should have more peace, freedom and freedom of speech. We knew that peace and governance was a problem already, but we understood it was way more important that we thought to have freedom and peace in this world.

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Louder voice for STUCO GLOBAL CHALLENGE Freedom of speech has been heavily affected by social media. Technology and social media promote and support certain movements and activities regarding freedom of speech.

People can also be influenced by social media and change their own personal opinion to match to someone else’s is. Social media has invented a whole new way of how we express ourselves.

Whether this be good or bad, we have to accept it. People have more information and access through social media.

While this can educate people, it also means that some can become discontent. This could then lead to forms of hate speech, an issue that is connected and related to Though this comes with many negatives, theremany positives such as creating a whole new way of communication which will make freedom of speech a lot more accessible.

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LOCAL ACTION

THE TEAM

Dress Code Survey What is it about?

We made a survey for the whole class, the survey is going to be about their opinions on the dress code of the school. We are going to make things work and see how our class can contribute too.

Results?

For our survey, we learnt that a lot of people think the same way as us which is : we should dress up how we want but in a appropriate way.Most of the people who never experienced it, they don’t understand us and say that the dress code is correct.

Scarlet Cara Sophie Maya

A difficulty we encountered was we had to think about how we are going to address it to the class with an impact in our voice so they could be interested and they can understand it’s a big problem.

Other We liked understanding why this subject is important in our world, why we should have more peace, freedom and freedom of speech. We knew that peace and governance was a problem already, but we understood it was way more important that we thought to have freedom and peace in this world.

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Gender stereotypes GLOBAL CHALLENGE

LOCAL ACTION:

What is a gender stereotypes?

A gender stereotype is a generalised view or preconception about attributes, or characteristics that are or ought to be possessed by women and men or the roles that are or should be performed by men and women. A gender stereotype is therefore harmful when it limits the capacity of women and men to develop their personal attributes or professional skills and to take decisions about their lives and plans.

GOOGLE FORM

What are the effects of gender stereotypes?

Gender stereotypes shape self-perception, attitudes to relationships and influence participation in the world of work. In a school environment, they can affect a young person’s classroom experience, academic performance, subject choice and well-being. The assumptions we make about boys and girls may be conscious or unconscious and can result in students being treated differently or offered different opportunities based on their gender.

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THE TEAM

Why? We are sending a survey to our class because we want to see their aspects of gender stereotypes and if they have been affected by it and how they’d cope. Gender stereotypes shape self-perception, attitudes to relationships and influence participation in the world of work. In a school environment, they can affect a young person’s classroom experience, academic performance, subject choice and well-being.

What?

In the survey we asked students questions like have you experienced gender stereotypes because of the way they dress or have a haircut. We also asked if they have been discriminated because of it.

Tamara Muller Bien Patrick Billy Wass

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9iNNOVATE & COVID-19

EXPERT

EDUCATION & EMPLOYMENT STRAND

Brian Iselin (Chief Executive Officer of Swiss NGO, Slave Free Trade

COVID-19 & MODERN DAY SLAVERY

Expert: Brian Iselin (Chief Executive Officer of Swiss NGO, Slave Free Trade Background Details: https://se.linkedin.com/in/brianiselin-slavefreetrade/sv-se There is no globally agreed definition of ‘modern slavery but put simply - it’s the illegal exploitation of people for personal or commercial gain. It covers a wide range of abuse including people trafficking, forced labour, child labour and a range of slavery type practices. The COVID-19 pandemic has made some groups more vulnerable due to their social and economic inequality.

Essential workers, especially migrant workers are amongst the most negatively affected. Prior to the COVID-19 crisis,they were already at heightened risk of modern slavery, due to their reliance on daily wages and being excluded from any social support services in the destination country. Globally, lockdowns have reduced the demand for casual and temporary labour industries, such as retail and hospitality, leaving workers without income. Many migrant workers are unable to return to their home countries due to border closures and lack of affordable transport.They have been left with limited access to food, accommodation and health care, which poses significant health and humanitarian risks and increases their vulnerability to modern slavery.

For more information regarding slavefreetrade, please refer to the following website: https://slavefreetrade.org/ GLOBAL ISSUE: What can YOU do to raise awareness of the issue of modern day slavery, its causes and its effects?

LOCAL ACTION: Can you think of any creative ways in which YOU can canvas support for, find and buy slave free products & services?

You can also contact the following who will be able to guide you with the feasibility of your ideas: Sumati Mattu, Chief Marketing Officer, slavefreetrade: sumati.mattu@slavefreetrade.org Relevant Links for Research https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/helping-consumers-find-fair-fashion/7075594 https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/COVID-19.aspx https://m.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=13&feature=emb_ logo&v=5zm0KdSRwnk

Workers in global supply chains are particularly vulnerable to job termination and subsequent economic destitution. Widespread unemployment means that major sections of the global population are at greater risk of exploitation. Family members of workers are also at risk. For example, as parents’ access to work decreases, the risks of child exploitation, through child labour and trafficking for forced marriage is increasing.

COVID-19 is causing major disruption for NGOs and other organisations that provide direct support to vulnerable persons and victims of modern slavery. As the pandemic continues an increasing number of people become vulnerable to slavery. Ways must be found to combat the negative impacts of COVID-19 on vulnerable persons, including migrant workers and on those already in situations of slavery. (source: https://www.globalpolicyjournal.com/)

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Mentor: Rich Robinson

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Modern day slavery

Rich Robinson’s mentor group had a session with, Brian Iselin, the Founder of Swiss NGO, slavefreetrade International. In a video call, Brian explained the nature and extent of modern slavery in the world; more than 160 million children in exploitative labour conditions, involved in producing everything from the prawns in the freezer, the shirts on their back, the phones in their backpacks, the chocolates they eat for Christmas, and the shiny stuff (called mica) in their Mum’s eye shadow.

Shocked to hear about the huge numbers of children exploited, abused, and neglected, to make or farm the things we all take for granted, the class wanted to take demonstrative action in response. Two of the boys in the mentor group, Henri-Lasse Hensch and Mateo Lejeune, suggested a community sporting event. They wanted to acknowledge the privileges they, as students at La Chatâigneraie, took for granted: friendship, a sense of community and opportunities to play and enjoy themselves as children.

Things they felt the children Brian had talked about would not experience so easily.

The event took place during a Thursday morning at school. The whole year group was off timetable and the mentor group organized football, basketball and table tennis competitions.

All 144 students in year 9 chose a sport and represented their mentor group in a mini competition. Students were asked to donate to play and ice creams were also sold - all funds went to slavefreetrade. Before the event itself, representative of the group visit-

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9iNNOVATE & COVID-19

EXPERT

SOCIAL EQUALITY STRAND

Annika Sandlund (Head, Partnerships and Coordination at UNHCR)

COVID-19 & THE IMPACT UPON REFUGEES AND MIGRANTS

Expert: Annika Sandlund (Head, Partnerships and Coordination at UNHCR) Background Details: https://ch.linkedin.com/in/annika-sandlund-a2754433 While the need to address the refugee crisis is at an all-time high, unfortunately so is the level of anti-refugee rhetoric and misinformation about refugees. Migrants, refugees and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) are particularly vulnerable to stigma, xenophobia, hate speech and related intolerance. They face multiple barriers to gaining access to employment and social protection measures. This is particularly apparent in the time of COVID-19. In addition to the frequent lack of access to the right to work in host countries, there are added barriers of lack of visibility of refugees’ skills and difficulty in verifying qualifications. Migrants, stateless, refugees and IDPs across the world face loss of jobs and may be excluded from social benefits adopted to address the impact of COVID-19. Undocumented migrants may not seek health care because they fear being detained or deported.

Relevant Links for Research https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/23/refugees-got-talent-un-backed-event-challenges-perceptions https://www.oxfam.org/en/how-does-it-feel-be-refugee-hear-theirwords https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/covid-19_coronavirus-leaves-irregular-migrants-in-switzerland-in-precarious-situation/45735958 https://www.unhcr.org/news/stories/2020/3/5e7878d94/syrian-refugees-aid-vulnerable-swiss-amid-covid-19-outbreak.html https://www.un.org/victimsofterrorism/sites/www.un.org.victimsofterrorism/files/un_-_human_rights_and_covid_april_2020.pdf

Yet, they are ordinary people like you and me, who have lost everything. They’ve left their entire lives behind, often with just the clothes on their backs. They come here to start over. They want to make sure their kids can go to school. They want to work and they want to contribute to our communities. Just like us, they seek a life of dignity, freedom and security.

GLOBAL ISSUE: What can YOU do to raise awareness of the refugee crisis?

LOCAL ACTION: Can you think of any creative ways in which YOU can take action to help refugees and migrant workers in your local community?

Additional people to contact who can help for your local action: Rachel Reilly: penguinrer@gmail.com (volunteer coordinator for Caravan de Solidarite) https://www.facebook.com/caravane.de.solidarite/ ) Catherine Christ-Revaz catherine.christrevaz@partage.ch (Partage Food Bank, Geneva) https://www.partage.ch/fr/

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Sofia Maria Max Danny

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Group A

Covid19 & the impact upon refugees and migrants

GLOBAL CHALLENGE

LOCAL ACTION

Our global challenge is the Covid-19 pandemic and its impact on migrants, refugees and Internally Displaced People (IDPs).

We focused our local action on migrant and refugee children and their integration in school and community life.

Who are these groups?

International migrants are persons who are foreign-born. Refugee is a person who has been forced to leave their country to flee from war, persecution, or natural disaster.

We decided to: ● donate school supplies (notebooks, textbooks, pens, pencils, calculators and donate); ● dedicate time and help with learning the local language to assist integration into the community. This has included volunteering with the Geneva Red Cross since it has a special language tutoring program for migrant and refugee children; ● include migrant and refugee children into our friendship groups and make them feel welcome.

An internally displaced person is someone who is forced to leave their home to seek protection but remains his/her own country.

Importance.

Migrants and refugees are often among the most vulnerable groups on the labour market. They often experience discrimination and xenophobia, inadequate working and living conditions. At the same time, they often work as key workers in essential jobs, such as medical staff, long term career, cleaners, or in sectors like food processing, agriculture, transportation and construction.

The COVID19 has left many of them unemployed or even forced them to return home.

Effect.

Since migrants and refugees are often excluded from national COVID-19 policy responses, such as wage subsidies, unemployment benefits or social security and social protection measures, there could be serious economic repercussions and disruptions in daily life.

Why we decided to do these actions: We felt that it was easier to focus on migrant and refugee children since they are our peers. Despite coming from different cultures and places, we felt it was easier to find a common language and understanding, and it would be easier to address school- and community integration issues.

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Lilas Nael Gabriel Maximilien

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Group B

Covid19 & the impact upon refugees and migrants

GLOBAL CHALLENGE

LOCAL ACTION

As the coronavirus pandemic accelerates those at greatest risk include almost 26 million refugees, more than three quarters of whom live in developing countries.

With weak health systems, some of these countries are already facing humanitarian crises.

Many governments across the world closed their borders and restricted access to asylum in response to the spread of coronavirus, but the UN Refugee Agency has been clear throughout that it is possible to both protect against the pandemic and ensure access to fair and speedy asylum processes.

give food to the food bank.

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The pandemic has thrown up a number of challenges and led to setbacks for refugee protection. At the height of the crisis, 168 countries fully or partially closed their borders, with around 90 making no exception for those seeking asylum. Some have pushed asylum seekers, including children, back to their countries of origin.

With fewer opportunities for resettlement and voluntary repatriation, there must be an increased focus on the inclusion of refugees in the life of their host countries, including their social services, education systems and employment markets.

Daniel Vanessa Laila Sebastian

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Group C

Covid19 & the impact upon refugees and migrants

GLOBAL CHALLENGE

LOCAL ACTION

Our Global issue is Social Equality, this is a very serious issue as many people are affected by it.

We will raise awareness by writing a paragraph in the schools weekly newsletter

What is it?

What is Social equality? Social Equality is a fair Importance: This is a big problem and can result in severe consequences and this issue should not be taken lightly. Victims of social equality can be scarred for the rest of their lives. And the problem is that social equality is not uncommon. It can happen to people getting bullied or it could happen when people are racist or sexist against you or someone.

Effects The effects of Social inequality is very severe. Social inequality can lead to extreme depression, anxiety, stress and damage for the health. There are many more effects to Social inequality, the main reasons are the ones above.

What are we doing?

We are going to write and raise awareness for people suffering social inequality in the school’s weekly newsletter.

We will add couple pictures showing what social inequality is like in different countries and write a short paragraph explaining that social inequality is more serious than many people think.

We will also send a google form talking about social inequality and has anybody experience it. When will ask the basic questions for example your year group, your gender, when did it happen and what the social inequality you experience.

When are we doing it We are going to put a text on the school newsletter around May 31st 2021.

How are we doing it?

We are going to ask someone incharge of the school newsletter Will it work?

We think it is going to work well, as we noticed a lot of people read the school’s newsletter.

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Ella Sophia Thomas Gaspard

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Inequalities in our society, especially amongst refugees and migrants

GLOBAL CHALLENGE

LOCAL ACTION

86% of refugees are living in poor income countries.

Our local action is that we are going to display our leaflet on the school tv so that people are aware.

More refugees are in LIC (Low Income Countries). It’s illegal and dangerous to move so they need as much support as possible.

Some refugees move because they might be killed because of their beliefs religion or sexuality and race.

It’s difficult for migrants to get jobs because they experience racism.

Biggest challenges with accomplishing the SDG are that it’s really hard to have all the countries agree and commit and the challenge is the growing number of people pushed into extreme poverty because of COVID. You can give refugees seeds and tools to plant and farm their own food.

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We chose to display information because we knew that not a lot of people would actually help with anything else.

Aaron Kate Tobias Raph

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Migration

GLOBAL CHALLENGE

LOCAL ACTION

Social equality is a big issue in the modern world and Migrants are very strongly affected by this.

For our local action we decided to design posters and leaflets that we will hang up around our school and distribute to other students.

The population of Geneva is 198000 of which 13000 are immigrants. That is 15% of the total population.

Our global issue is also linked to ensuring migrants and refugees have a stable infrastructure, access to healthy food and water, a peaceful and safe home and no concern about social equality in general.

We decided that this would be the best way to spread awareness as it is something physical you can hold and look at unlike a website or an image on a screen.

Our leaflets and posters will be quite small though as we don’t want to use too much paper and waste.

We have entered a competition against the other groups in our tutor group.

We hope to win so that we can do more presentations to the rest of our year group

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Alessio de Mallmann Isla Jean Johnson Luca Masaro

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Group F

Social equality and COVID-19 impact on refugees and migrants

GLOBAL CHALLENGE

LOCAL ACTION

What is Inequality?

As a group we do not want to do just another bake sale, or video, or post on instagram. All these things are impactful but do not push you to want to yourself do something as an individual.

Inequality is such a broad thing there’s social inequality, economic inequality. However, essentially inequality is a a big gap created between people in a country, or a town etc..

Importance Inequality is such an important subject since it crosses over a variety of things. We were all here in March 2020 when big protests happened everywhere about George Floyd. This is an example of inequality. The importance of it is that it affects lots of people.

Effects The effects of inequality is a social injustice.

A lot of people’s education or opportunities are diminish and some people’s go up. The effects are numerous and dangerous to everyone.

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So we were thinking that making cards for birthdays etc.. made ourselves and sell them where we live and explain why we are selling them and show pictures of what our goal is. So we can raise money. The cards do not need to be expensive only a few Francs. This is one of our local action ideas.

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EXPERT

SUSTAINABILITY STRAND

COVID-19 & RESPONSIBLE CONSUMPTION & PRODUCTION

Expert Mentor: Chris Jones (Landscape Architect & Specialist in Urban Food Systems ) Background information: www.feedingcities.info Worldwide consumption and production — a driving force of the global economy — depends on the use of the natural environment and resources in a way that continues to have destructive impacts on the planet. There are more than 7.5 billion people on earth, and 1.5 times more resources are used than are sustainable. In a world of diminishing natural resources and increasing demands we must improve usage and reduce waste. Whilst making real change is an immense and multifaceted task, it can and must be done.

Every year about one third of all food produced – equivalent to 1.3 billion tonnes – is wasted. Yet food security continues to be a growing global concern, affecting millions of people. In addition, the world’s fresh water supply in rivers and lakes are polluted at a much faster rate than nature can recycle and purify.

COVID-19 lockdowns may have led to a dramatic 5 per cent drop in greenhouse gas emissions but not all measures to contain the pandemic have had a positive impact on the environment. Global sales of disposable face masks and electronic goods have sky-rocketted, and many more people have turned to online shopping due to social distancing. One report has suggested that globally 451,500 tonnes of masks a MONTH covering THREE TIMES the size of Singapore are discarded! Furthermore, many services have reverted to single-use packaging citing hygiene reasons. This is not necessarily the case and we must be mindful of whether such moves are really effective or are part of creating an impression of hygiene. Many studies suggest that COVID virus lives longer on plastics than on other more inert and less porous (reusable) materials.

What does this mean? Plastic waste created by over-packaged products and take-out meals that are delivered daily to homes are now clogging our landfills and floating in our seas. There are even reports of cardboard shortages as packaging boxes are ending up in peoples homes and garages and not making it back to packaging manufacturers who previously were sourcing cardboard from retailers, to make new boxes.

According to the UN Environment Programme, the costs are stag-

Chris Jones Designs sustainable spaces to combat waste and promote energy efficiency Sustainable urbanism

gering – the negative spillover effects from plastic waste on fisheries, tourism and maritime transport, for example, can cost up to an estimated $40 billion each year. Global e-waste has been predicted to l reach 74 million metric tonnes (Mt) by 2030, almost double the 2014 figure, fuelled by higher electric and electronic consumption rates, shorter lifecycles and limited repair options.Toxic and hazardous substances such as mercury, brominated flame-retardants (BFR) or chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) are found in many types of electronic equipment and pose severe risk to human health and the environment if not handled in an environmentally sound manner.

There are many aspects of consumption that with simple changes can have a big impact on society as a whole. Sustainable consumption and production is about doing more and better with less. It is also about decoupling economic growth from environmental degradation, increasing resource efficiency and promoting sustainable lifestyles.

(Source: https://www.un.org/) GLOBAL ISSUE: What can YOU do to raise awareness of the importance of sustainable consumption and production?

LOCAL ACTION: Can you think of any creative ways in which YOU can reduce your ecological footprint by changing the way you consume goods and resources?

Websites to help with your research: https://sdgs.undp.org/2020-sustainable-consumption/chapter-5. html https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/12_Why-It-Matters-2020.pdf https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/E_infographics_12.pdf https://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/sustainable-development-goals/goal-12-responsible-consumption-and-production. html https://www.globalgoals.org/12-responsible-consumption-and-production https://sustainablelifestyleseducation.org/why-sustainable-lifestyles/

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Mathilda Millie Mercan Isabella

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Plastic waste

GLOBAL CHALLENGE

LOCAL ACTION

As a team, we were investigating the aspects of plastic and food waste existing in our world.

Plastic and food are combined in supermarkets; supermarkets are both massive causes of food and plastic waste because all the food we buy is often wrapped in non recyclable plastic. Even plastic bags are always offered to put our fruits and vegetables in.

But nobody thinks twice of it, and that is the problem. Plastic is very often used and wasted- thrown away and nobody has second thoughts of it. It is wasted at an incredible rate and everybody seems to underestimate it- for example something as simple as plastic cups at a party or the school lunches? fork and knife packets.

The four of us will use reusable mesh bags for 2 weeks straight. First, we wanted to go to Manor Chavannes and help the customers get rid of the plastic around vegetables and put them instead in reusable bags.

The supermarkets should find a way to replace all of their plastic wrapping in a sustainable way. For example, in Thailand, some of the supermarkets have used banana leaves to wrap their food. Switzerland should use local products (like what Thailand did) to replace the plastic waste.

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However, because of timing, we weren’t able to provide the necessities to do this action.

But now we’ve decided to bring our own knives and forks to school and stop using the plastic ones given.

For all of us to have an action as individuals, we should convince people to bring their own knives and forks to school to stop using the school ones, which are made of plastic and wrapped in plastic. We cannot ask the school to stop giving out the plastic wrapped knives and forks because if COVID restrictions in the canton de Vaud, however, us, students and teachers, can bring our own knives and forks to avoid wasting so much plastic.

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9iNNOVATE & COVID-19 TECHNOLOGY STRAND

EXPERT Scott Poynton, founder of the Pond Foundation..

COVID-19 & AIR POLLUTION

Expert: Scott Poynton (Founder of the Pond Foundation) Background Details: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-poynton The economic shutdown associated with coronavirus has taken a huge bite out of global greenhouse gas emissions. According to a recent analysis from the UK-based research outfit Carbon Brief, it could add up to the largest one-year drop in emissions in history: 2,000 metric tonnes of CO2, equal to about 5.5% of the planet’s 2019 carbon footprint. Before coronavirus, global emissions were expected to increase at least 1% this year.

Since lockdown measures have been implemented worldwide to contain the spread of Covid-19, carbon emissions have fallen by 6% (according to the World Meteorological Organization Secretary-General) thanks to a wholesale reduction of transport and manufacturing activity.

Websites to help with your research: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-52968716 https://www.genevaenvironmentnetwork.org/covid19.html https://www.notre-planete.info/actualites/4665-coronavirus-COVID-19-CO2-changement-climatique https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/science-environment-52485712 https://qz.com/1844021/even-the-covid-19-economic-slowdowncant-stop-climate-change/ https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/may/19/lockdowns-trigger-dramatic-fall-global-carbon-emissions?CMP=Share_ AndroidApp_Gmail https://www.scottpoynton.com/my-carbon-zero-1

Researchers found that air pollution has intensified the pandemic.

But the lockdown and related measures implemented by countries to stop the spread of COVID-19 have also led to a decrease in economic activities and drop in road transport, temporarily cleaning skies and decreasing levels of certain air pollutants.

COVID-19 is a very serious threat to human health around the world today “but we cannot forget that climate change is the biggest threat facing humanity over the long term”, said UN Climate Change Executive Secretary, Patricia Espinosa. Carbon dioxide remains in the atmosphere and oceans for centuries.

The urgent question now is how to maintain the environmental benefits once the COVID-19 epidemic wanes, and how to learn from one crisis response in the pursuit of another.

GLOBAL ISSUE: What can YOU do to raise awareness of the levels of carbon in our atmosphere and the effects that it has on our planet?

LOCAL ACTION: Can you think of any creative ways in which YOU can address your own (and others) carbon emissions?

For more information regarding what Mr Poynton has done to address his own carbon footprint, please refer to his website: https://mycarbonzero.org

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Nikhil Oliver Emily Addie

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Carbon emissions and how we can reduce them

GLOBAL CHALLENGE

LOCAL ACTION

What can YOU do to raise awareness of the levels of carbon in our atmosphere and the effects that it has on our planet?

Take more public transport.

● Use social media to raise awareness ● Use/make apps that help you learn to reduce your carbon emissions and offset them ● Posters ● Marches ● Use technology to track your carbon emissions and carbon footprint If people don’t do anything to prevent and reduce carbon levels in the atmosphere, it can result in several negative effects on our planet. It will enhance the greenhouse effect and cause the Earth to warm up which in turn will cause sea levels to rise, weather patterns to change, etc.

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Linked to other SDGs? Affordable and clean energy: this works with our topic because carbon emissions really affect our clean energy.by clean energy they mean sustainable. Carbon emissions are not clean energy.

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Carbon emissions in Switzerland

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Our issue is Carbon emissions in Switzerland.

To do this project we had to find the problem and to find a solution, or something to help the problem to decrease.

Planting trees on campus could take the CO2.

What are Carbon Emissions?

Carbon emissions are when we produce carbon and they get released into the air.

People’s carbon emissions have been adding to the greenhouse gasses so the world heats up and changes the landscapes and the climates.

Importance: This is important because with carbon levels rising around the globe we are all going to suffer the consequences for example most cities that are on the cost are going to disappear, the amount of hurricanes is going to rise, war will break out for clean and drinkable water. If we want to prevent this we have to take immediate action therefore is extremely important as it not only changes the climate but the fate of humanity too.

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This works due to photosynthesis. This is a process that takes CO2 out of the air but it only works with H2O, sunlight and CO2.

The photosynthesis happens because of chlorophyll which produces glucose from CO2 and water when exposed to sunlight.

Plants cannot hunt and eat like animals so this is their only method of sustenance. This takes out tons of CO2 every day but due to deforestation, forest fires and habitat destruction less plants are around to photosynthesize and less CO2 is being removed from the atmosphere and more is being added due to forest fires, using fossil fuels and mass farming of cattle.

This problem can be solved in a multitude of ways like planting trees, rewilding natural habitats and eating less meat and more sustainable meat.

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Bronte HARPER ROBB Liam RATTRAY Ethan SOLIMAN Margherita VASSALLO Clara NOONAN MONTAGUT

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Covid 19 and air pollution

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In this day and age one of our main problems in our world is carbon dioxide emissions.

Therese carbon emissions are leading to the atmosphere around us heating up. Of course the greenhouse effect is natural we are increasing the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere by a lot each day from buying foods with plastic packaging or even wearing certain clothes.

Our local action is making posters and including links in them that lead to helpful sites about carbon emissions and covid.

The SDGS that this problem relates to is 3, 8 14,13 and 15 which are good health and wellbeing, climate action, economic growth, life on land and life below the water.

These SDGs are meant to be resolved by the end of 2030 and if we take our action seriously and soon we may be able to do so.

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Such as a link to a carbon footprint calculator, this software helps you determine how sustainable you habits are.

Ways we can help with this situation is doing something for the local community like hanging up posters that we made digitally or send them out by email to all the students.

Us as children also have a voice therefore we can also use social media to help with this issue.

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Covid 19 and air pollution

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We will send out a survey to the school to see how much CO2 they release.

We wanted to create an app that can be used to measure your CO2.

We will send the survey out to see the average of CO2 emissions in the school and with the results we can make people more aware of what they are doing to the environment.

The app will be used to give you ways to reduce your carbon footprint. For example you an put in a location that you want to go to and how far away it is and then the app will tell you the most efficient and eco friendly way to get there.

We can also give people individual advice on how to reduce their CO2 emissions. A month or two later we can resend out the survey, recalculate the average and see if the average went down in the school.

We are hoping that if everyone sees how much CO2 they release into the air, then they will try to improve what they do. If everyone tries to be better then it won’t have much effect in the world, but it will have quite a big effect in and around our community.

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It will also tell you how much CO2 it takes to get there by car or however you want and by doing that we will try to make you more aware of how much pollution you are emitting so it might inspire you to do things differently.

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