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Taking Stock: The U.N. Sustainable Development Goals
1014 took a look at the U.N.’s signature objectives – the seventeen sustainable development goals. We interviewed seventeen civil society initiatives in the United States and in Europe that strive to turn these objectives into reality.
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Three Questions on Sustainable Development: Goal 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation
We spoke with Franziska Herren about clean water and sanitation in Switzerland. In 2015, she launched the “Initiative für sauberes Trinkwasser” (Clean Drinking Water Initiative) with the aim to change the Suisse agricultural system through popular vote in 2021. In her daily life, Franziska Herren runs a fitness studio. Her observation of the way food is produced to the detriment of farm animals and the environment led the mother of two to take action for environmental causes.
Taking Stock: The U.N. Sustainable Development Goals
Three Questions on Sustainable Development: Goal 5: Gender equality and Women’s empowerment
We spoke with Jenny Dembrow and Ebonie Simpson, Co-Executive Directors of the Lower Eastside Girls Club in New York City, about connecting girls and young women to healthy and successful futures and the importance of community engagement. Both have been long-term contributors to the Girls Club’s successful progression from a grassroots initiative to a center of innovation in the field of community-based youth development. Today, the Girls Club impacts the lives of thousands of girls in middle and high school and their families who are stressed by the overwhelming challenges of poverty, housing instability and community violence.
Taking Stock: The U.N. Sustainable Development Goals
Three Questions on Sustainable Development: Goal 4 - Quality Education
We spoke with Ulf Matysiak of Teach First Deutschland about equitable quality education in Germany. Ulf is the CEO of the non-profit organization which has been teaching children in low-income neighborhood schools since it was founded in 2009. Recruiting and training university graduates to work alongside teachers, their effort is essential to over 5.000 school children every year as many of them would otherwise drop out or leave school without a diploma.
Taking Stock: The U.N. Sustainable Development Goals
Three Questions on Sustainable Development: Goal 3 - Good Health and Well-Being
We spoke with Creighton Drury, Chief Executive Officer at Partnership to End Addiction, about the addiction epidemic in the United States. Since joining the organization in 2018, Creighton led the merger of two iconic nonprofits in the addiction space: Partnership for Drug-Free Kids and The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse. The organizations rebranded and changed their name to Partnership to End Addiction earlier this year.
Taking Stock: The U.N. Sustainable Development Goals
Three Questions on Sustainable Development: Goal 2 – Zero Hunger
We spoke with Sabine Werth of Berliner Tafel e.V. about hunger in Berlin. Sabine is the founder and chairperson of the non-profit organization which has been distributing food to those in need since it was founded in 1993. With the support of over 2700 volunteers, their work is essential as many Berliners of all ages lack money for quality groceries.
Taking Stock: The U.N. Sustainable Development Goals
Three Questions on Sustainable Development: Goal 1 – No Poverty
We spoke with Karl Chan about poverty in New York City. Karl Chan is Associate Director at The Bowery Mission and responsible for partnerships. He immigrated together with his wife to the United States from Australia in 2018. His passion for justice and social equality led him to his current position at the Mission, which has been serving homeless and hungry New Yorkers since 1870. Karl Chan likes to keep himself active by playing tennis. He is also an amateur photographer.
Taking Stock: The U.N. Sustainable Development Goals
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About Rethinking Museums in Cities
The world is facing unprecedented social and environmental challenges that will require city administrations, policymakers, academia, artists and citizens to open up to one another and find new ways of collaborating. In this series we explore how some cultural institutions in cities, and foremost museums, on both sides of the Atlantic, are acting as useful places for solutions. By moving their traditional boundaries beyond the static viewing of culture, they help address the societal challenges of our time.
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This series of articles is created in partnership with The Urban Activist, an independent non-profit media platform committed to advancing urban progress.
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