Laura Medina: Ensuring Every Kid Can Engage in Safe and Healthy Play

Nov 09, 2023 Posted by: George Romar Laura Medina Quintanar, San Francisco, SDG 3

Laura: Thanks for having me, Spiffy! Recess time offers children opportunities to build and practice communication skills, cooperation, sharing, problem solving, perseverance, self-control, and conflict resolution. But, if the elements of high quality recess are not in place, many challenges can get in the way of the benefits of play. For example, children are excluded, play is too unsafe, and conflicts escalate. These challenges on the playground can then negatively impact students' experience and performance in the classroom.

Max Otto Roller: Striving to Ensure a Better Life for Refugees

Oct 12, 2023 Posted by: Sujit Kunte Argentina, Max Otto Roller, SDG 10, SDG 11, SDG 16, SDG 17, SDG 2, SDG 3, SDG 4, SDG 5, SDG 8

Max: It’s great to be here, Spiffy! Our mission is to address the challenge of providing life-saving support and protecting the rights of refugees, asylum-seekers, and stateless individuals who have been forced to flee their homes due to conflict, persecution, or other crises. We strive to ensure their safety, dignity, and access to essential resources.

Yidian Liu: Developing Systems for Mitigating Aquatic Microplastic Pollution

Oct 03, 2023 Posted by: Sujit Kunte NJ, SDG 11, SDG 13, SDG 14, SDG 3, SDG 6, SDG 7, USA, Yidian Liu

Yidian: It’s great to be here, Spiffy! The pervasive issue of aquatic plastic pollution, with millions of tons of plastic waste entering our oceans annually, has garnered worldwide concern. These plastics degrade into microplastic fragments, posing a significant threat to marine life and humans. Microplastics, measuring less than five millimeters in diameter, disperse widely across vast geographical areas, making their collection an arduous task.

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