What does it mean to be a global citizen?

In 2015, the United Nations presented the Global Goals for Sustainable Development; 17 targets to end extreme poverty, fight inequality and injustice, and address climate change for everyone by the year 2030. If the goals are met, they will ensure health, safety and the sustainable future of our planet for everyone living on it. Our best hope of achieving these goals? Our children! Twenty-five percent of the world's population are under the age 14. Let them shape our future!

I introduced "GLOBAL GOALS MONDAYS" (aka GGM) to my social studies classes this week. What is it? Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) + Flipgrid (a digital collaborative learning platform) for a global collaborative learning experience. The purpose is to help students understand the Goals, how they impact their own life and others around the world, what steps should be taken to improve life for all, and how we can work together to help achieve the Goals and create a better world for today and for the future. An in-depth focus on each of the individual Goals will take place in the classroom every Monday. We will work toward putting our understanding of the Goals and our ideas for making and influencing positive change in the world to work, as we collaborate and learn together with students from around the world.

“We only have one planet. We have nowhere else to go. If we use our creative powers properly, we don’t need anywhere else. If we take care of it, and each other, everything we need is right here” 

- Sir Ken Robinson, Author/Educator