We are Julie Mason, instructional coach, and Darcy Mueller, middle school teacher. We started Classroom Crusaders to share teaching strategies, discuss current trends in education, and to listen to other educators' stories. We hope we will spark conversations and connect with our listeners. Please feel free to visit our website, ClassroomCrusaders.com for our blog posts and to follow our crusade.
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Classroom Crusaders Podcasts
Insightful conversations around the subject of sustainable development and learning, helping us all to achieve a sustainable future.
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Beyond Natural: The Hidden Costs of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Expansion
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In this episode of SDG Learncast, we will explore the often-overlooked environmental and social impacts of liquefied natural gas (LNG) infrastructure expansion. Our guest from Earth Insight will unpack how the global push for LNG, often viewed as a cleaner fossil fuel, threatens coastal and marine ecosystems—from the Gulf of California to the Verde…
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Beyond Action: The Role of Inner Development Goals for a Sustainable Future
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In this podcast episode, we will look into the transformative power of the Inner Development Goals (IDGs) and how they support achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The IDGs offer a framework for cultivating the human capabilities, qualities, and skills essential for building a sustainab…
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Banking on Biodiversity: The Seed Savers’ Crusade
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The world faces a significant challenge in ensuring food security for its growing population amidst the threats posed by climate change. The increasing reliance on a narrow selection of cultivated crops due to industrial agriculture is causing a concerning reduction in the genetic diversity of plants. This narrowing pool poses a risk to global food…
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What can we learn from the future? - The role of futurists in achieving sustainable development with Sohail Inayatullah of UNESCO
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In the face of complex development challenges, particularly in the context of Covid-19, what can we learn from the future? In this episode, SDG Learncast asks Professor Sohail Inayatullah, UNESCO Inaugural Chair for Future Studies, what can we learn from futurists and how do future studies help governments formulate and implement policies on sustai…
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Global finance in transition: Reforming the global financial system for the SDGs
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In this episode, Guillaume Lafortune, Vice President of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), discusses the critical theme of long-term financing for sustainable development and the need for reform in the global financial architecture. He highlights the challenges hindering the progress of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) an…
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“Great Buys” in Education: Maximizing learning in low and middle-income countries
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In this episode, we are featuring Benjamin Piper, the Director of Global Education at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Ben sheds light on the groundbreaking work of the Global Education Evidence Advisory Panel (GEEAP). With an exhaustive analysis of over 13,000 academic studies, GEEAP identifies the most effective and economical educational int…
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Tomorrow's Classroom: Digital Transformation through Systems Thinking
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In this episode of the SDG Learncast, we feature Breanne Pitt, a researcher and educator, on the concept of systems thinking and its vital role in modern education. They explore the challenges and complexities of the digital age, discuss the impact of standardized testing, and delve into practical tools like the World Economic Forum's Transformatio…
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The Fight for Our Forests and Future: The Rising Threat from Oil and Gas Exploration
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Tyson Miller, Director of Earth Insight unpacks the escalating threats of oil and gas expansion in the Amazon and Congo Basin regions. Drawing from the Earth Insight's reports "Congo in the Crosshairs: New Oil & Gas Expansion Threats to Forests and Communities" "Crisis Point: Oil and Gas Expansion Threats to Amazon and Congo Basin Tropical Forests …
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Can Education Wait? A Deep Dive into Learning in Crisis Zones
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In this podcast episode, we're joined by Yasmine Sherif, the Director of Education Cannot Wait (ECW), as she discussed the importance of quality education in crisis situations. As a human rights lawyer with extensive field experience, Yasmine highlights the challenges of delivering education to the 222 million children lacking access today. Yasmine…
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Achieving Sustainable Food Systems: How can we balance biodiversity conservation and food production?
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In this SDG Learncast episode, we delved into the challenges of achieving sustainable food systems and the balance needed between biodiversity conservation and nutrition. Our guests, Dr. Sarah Jones and Dr. Aline Mosnier, experts in food systems and biodiversity conservation, discussed the impact of agriculture on biodiversity and how we can meet g…
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Space Power: Utilizing satellites to bring electricity to the most vulnerable groups in Sub-Saharan Africa - Camila dos Santos Gonçalves and Grace Chenxin Liu of the New York Academy of Sciences
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According to the Sustainable Development Goals Report 2021, although 46% of sub-Saharan Africa's population now has access to electricity--up from 33% in 2010--the region is far behind the global average of 90%. 97 million people in urban areas and 471 million in rural areas are still without access to electricity. The lack of access is caused by s…
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Countering disinformation and promoting integrity in public information: Breaking away from echo chambers - Dr. Julian Jaursch of SNV Berlin
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Misinformation and disinformation are pressing public issues. There has been a rapid spread of misinformation and disinformation. Sometimes we call them fake news. This happens online and offline and it affects everyone, every day. Receiving truthful and quality information is critical as we all depend on information to make decisions. At the perso…
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Can blockchain technology help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals? - Thy-Diep "Yip" Ta of UNIT Ventures and DLT Talents
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Blockchain technology has been leveraged in humanitarian settings by the World Food Programme to deliver cash directly to beneficiaries securely and quickly, without the need to go through a local bank. The potential of blockchain applications in protecting the environment has also been tested to eliminate illegal fishing in the tuna industry. Bloc…
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The data revolution and new technologies: how we can use them to reach the most vulnerable groups? - Emmanuel Letouzé of Data-Pop Alliance
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The data revolution is the unprecedented increase in the volume and types of data—and the subsequent demand for them—thanks to the ongoing yet uneven proliferation of new technologies. We need data to formulate sustainable development policies. But it requires that we collect accurate data and use this evidence to inform policymaking. The use of ev…
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Creating a positive future with Artificial Intelligence - Jeanne Lim of BeingAI
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Artificial intelligence (AI) has helped the world estimate real-time precipitation worldwide since 2005. AI is also being used to inform emergency planning, track typhoons, and manage and prevent floods, droughts, and storms. But AI's use is not only for disaster responses and prevention. In a 2020 study, a group of researchers found that artificia…
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How can we use science, technology, and innovation (STI) to achieve a sustainable future - Amb. Sergiy Kyslytsya and Amb. Kennedy Godfrey Gastorn of the STI Forum
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Science and technology intricately mesh together with society. You cannot see one without the other. However, transformational changes in science and technology do not always advance sustainable development and reduce inequality. More people have access to smartphones than clean water or clean sanitation in some countries. Artificial intelligence a…
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Is knowledge brokering the missing link between science and changing behaviours for sustainable development and climate action? Patrick van Weerelt of UNSSC
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Transferring science and research into policy and practice is a complex process, but failing to do so results in inequities and wasted resources. Finding appropriate mechanisms for the transfer of science and research into policies, programmes, and practice has become a major driver in finding approaches and solutions to achieving sustainable devel…
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Dealing with climate emergency and disaster risks: How can we make climate and risk knowledge accessible to those who need them the most? Loretta Hieber Girardet of UNDRR
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There is a tangible gap between the current climate science on the one hand and policymaking and practice on the other hand. There is also an evident need for user-driven and decision-driven co-produced knowledge on climate change and disaster risks. Science-stakeholder collaboration is becoming an increasingly common way to address mismatches betw…
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Goal-based development: Do they actually work? - Revisiting the UN goal-setting as a policy tool with Professor Jeffrey Sachs of SDSN
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Goals are an essential part of any action agenda. Together with setting targets, indicators, and timetables, goals can help measure progress, keep different actors and stakeholders on track, and allow for the assessment of achievement of any action agenda. However, conceptual questions need to be asked about whether they really work, what kind of i…
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Understanding the skills gap and the sustainability gap - and what employers can do about it with Robert Marinkovich and Akustina Morni of the IOE
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In a pre-Covid survey, conducted by the International Organization of Employers (IOE) together with the International Labour Organization (ILO), of about 500 companies in all regions, it found that companies across the board felt the challenge of hiring and retaining skilled workers--it's getting more difficult to find people with the rights and ne…
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Is there a future for Micro-, Small-, and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) in Developing Countries after Covid-19? - Lessons from the SME Competitiveness Outlook 2021 with Raphaël Dard of ITC
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The International Trade Centre conducted a survey on Covid-19 impact among businesses in 136 countries and the survey has shown that 60% of micro and 57% of small businesses were strongly affected by the pandemic, compared with 43% of large firms. One of the factors that contributed to surviving the crisis was the resilience of businesses. For exam…
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The 99% of Businesses: How can we make SMEs in high-income countries more sustainable? Willem Overbosch of Ubiquity University
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Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are key players and national economies around the world. For example, in the OECD area, they represent 99% of all businesses, generating about 60% of employment and between 50% and 60% of value-added. Therefore, SMEs play a major role in delivering growth that is more inclusive and whose benefits are shared more …
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The Changing Role of Learning for the Future of Work – Closing the skills gap with Sheila Jagannathan of the World Bank
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According to McKinsey, 45% of the jobs today will be lost in the next 20 years, mostly low-skilled jobs, while the World Economic Forum reports that our skills have a shelf life of 4.5 years. With the World Bank's twin goal of ending poverty and boosting shared prosperity, how does the Bank uses learning and knowledge exchange to address extreme po…
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How to Hack Hackathons? - Using collective brainpower to solve food insecurity with Cristina Petracchi of the Food and Agriculture Organization
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How can we use learning in addressing complex global challenges such as food insecurity? In this episode, SDG Learncast asks Cristina Petracchi, Leader of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) eLearning Academy on how the FAO supports countries in addressing the issues of food insecurity, food losses, and food waste. Cristina shares how FAO l…
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Episode 10- Holiday Edition- A Christmas Carol Mini Unit
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It's almost Christmas and what better way to gear up for the holidays than teaching a mini-unit on A Christmas Carol. Julie and Darcy share a playlist of assignments that started out as a "pivot" and ended up becoming a fun, effective, festive unit to wrap the semester up with. Feel free to go to ClassroomCrusaders.com for the resource.…
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Episode 9 - - I Am Not Where I Should Be! 4 Teaching Pacing Pivots
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We're two weeks before the end of the semester and we have fallen behind in our curriculum! Julie and Darcy are sharing four different strategies to pick up the pace a little bit and get you back on track.By Julie Mason and Darcy Mueller
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Episode 8 - Time Magazine's "I Am A Teacher In America" Article Thoughts
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Julie and Darcy talk about the recent Time Magazine cover article that discusses what some teachers across America are facing financially.By Julie Mason and Darcy Mueller
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Episode 7- Every Year Is The First Year: Back to School Strategies
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In this episode, Julie and Darcy share their favorite ways to start the school year.By Julie Mason and Darcy Mueller
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