To celebrate Global Goals Week we shared free resources and hosted a series of live webinars from the 20th – 29th September focused on the Goals and featuring students, teachers and our partners from the GSL movement.

Access the recordings and resources below to be inspired & equipped to take action on the Global Goals!

Global Goals Week Live Webinars! 📣

For Global Goals Week 2024, we hosted an interactive webinar series featuring three distinct sessions designed to empower schools and students to take meaningful action on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

FRIDAY 20 SEPTEMBER | 10.00-11.00 (BST) | Focus on SDG 3: Climate Action Cherry Sung, GSL Winner & Alumni, Global Rise Winner 2023. Youth leader in conversation with Co-Founder of GSL, Jonathan Harper.
MONDAY 23 SEPTEMBER | 14.00-15.00 (BST) | How to embed high-impact service learning in your school. GSL Lead Teacher Panel.
FRIDAY 27 SEPTEMBER | 14.00-15.00 (BST) | Focus on SDG16 – How do we reduce conflict & foster peace in our communities? Partner Panel.

Please find further details on each webinar and their recordings below!

Global Goals Week Webinars – further details & video recordings!

FRIDAY 20 SEPTEMBER

10.00 - 11.00 UK time (BST)

SDG 13: CLIMATE ACTION | IN CONVERSATION WITH CHERRY SUNG – GSL 2020 WINNER, FOUNDER OF GREENER IS CLEANER & RISE 2023 WINNER

In this webinar, Cherry Sung, from Chadwick School, South Korea will share her journey from GSL participant, to Global winner for her project Greener is Cleaner, and how she has continued her journey as a changemaker to become a Rise winner. This will be an inspiring and interactive conversation, chaired by Jonathan Harper FRSA, Co-Founder of Global Social Leaders.

Greener is Cleaner is a youth-led project that runs an international network of youth climate advocates. Cherry founded the organization in 2019 to show youth they can get involved in the fight for climate justice and make a difference and won the GSL Global Goals project in 2020.

Click here to read Cherry’s GSL journey
Click here to listen to Cherry’s GSL Podcast
Click here to visit the GSL project page

Watch the recording of this webinar below!

MONDAY 23 SEPTEMBER

14.00 - 15.00 UK time

HOW TO EMBED HIGH IMPACT SERVICE LEARNING IN YOUR SCHOOL ADVANCING THE GLOBAL GOALS

This webinar will feature a panel of lead teachers from GSL. They will share their insights, the social action projects implemented by their students, how they addressed the Global Goals and their insights into how to embed high-quality social action in your school and community. This will be a unique opportunity to connect and learn from teachers who are leading social action in schools around the world, who will share their insights with you.

Sanem Senel Meakins from Isikkent School, CAS Coordinator, High School English Teacher, Turkey
David Larking, Head of Humanities, Colegio Anglo-Colombiano, Colombia
Folasade Thomas, Leadership centre Coordinator, Potters Touch School, Nigeria
Özge Aydemir Kaya, Science Teacher, Hisar School, Turkey
Jonathan Harper, Co-Founder, Global Social Leaders, UK

Watch the recording of this webinar below!

FRIDAY 27 SEPTEMBER

14.00 - 15.00 UK time (BST)

SDG 16 focus: How do we reduce conflict & foster peace in our communities?

Equipping educators and young people with the tools and insights to create student-led impactful projects that promote peace, justice, and strong institutions, aligned with Global Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions.

During this webinar we will:

Provide practical tools and insights to help educators and young people develop projects that foster peace and justice within their communities.
Showcase how young people can use their voices and leadership skills to drive positive change, particularly in conflict and post-conflict settings.
Highlight key skills and mindsets from the new GSL Learning Framework that are essential for effective social action.
Signpost to resources and support for taking action on Global Goals 16.

Partner panel with Never Such Innocence, and Svitlo School.

This is a past event, we will publish a session recording soon.

Global Goals Week Resources!

If your school is new to GSL and the Global Goals in addition to attending our live webinars we recommend sharing with your students the following resources:

GSL Global Goals Half-Time Assembly | Click here to watch in your own time with your students.
- This is a one-hour assembly, led by GSL Co-Founder Jonathan Harper with World’s Largest Lesson which introduces the Global Goals and the actions we can take to help get us back on track. This is a great foundation webinar to introduce the key concepts and help inspire your students to think about the difference they can make.
Global Goals Week Toolkit | Click here to access and download.
- In the toolkit, our friends at World’s Largest Lesson have put together free resources, discussion guides and activities to develop the following competencies:
  - Valuing Sustainability 🌎
  - Harnessing Data 📊
  - Systems Thinking 🛠️
  - Circular Design Thinking 🔁
  - Collective Action 📣
- This toolkit is a great foundation for your students to learn the knowledge and skills/competencies they need to become social leaders and start taking action on the Global Goals. Our GSL membership supports your students to implement high-quality social action projects addressing the Global Goals in teams.