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PGS welcomes new members to the Global Taskforce!
The PGS Family extends a warm welcome to all the new members joining us this term!
PRME Global Students (PGS) welcomed a new cohort of Coordinators and Taskforce members for all the seven projects in its portfolio in January, 2023. The taskforce has members from 18 countries across the world from 32 PRME signatories. A total of 37 new members joined the team taking the strength of the current taskforce to 56.
Regional Leader Spotlight:
Basem Eliwa
British University in Egypt (BUE)
The PGS Regional Leader MENA, Basem Eliwa is an undergraduate student in Faculty of Energy and Environmental Engineering at the British University in Egypt (BUE). he is very passionate about raising awareness of sustainable development goals on and outside the campus.
As students are the leaders for the upcoming generation, they must all be onboard and play a role in achieving the SDGs because they are responsible for action takers today not just followers and will be responsible for tomorrow’s decision-making
Are you interested in Basem Eliwa's sustainability vision and global students' role in this intergenerational mission?
Read the entire interview with Basem Eliwa here!
Student Spotlight:
Yousef Abdulhadi
Conestoga College, Canada
Yousef Abdulhadi is a Post Graduate Certificate program at Conestoga College, Canada. he is a sports fanatic who loves reading about human psychology and philosophy. he also spends time listening to different genres of music and podcasts. Presently leading the Sustainability Club at his Conestoga and the Society of Petroleum Engineers BAU student chapter in 2019.
My view on “sustainability” covers a range of interconnected aspects of our lives. Mainly, it revolves around human behavior in terms of our consumption and production patterns and methods. It also involves writing appropriate policies for the inclusion of all social groups towards prosperity and equity in accessibility and opportunity. It is about human ingenuity that fulfills the needs of today and tomorrow within the planetary boundaries.
Are you interested in Yousef Abdulhadi's journey to PGS and know more about her experiences?
Read the complete interview with Yousef Abdulhadi here!
Student Organization Spotlight:
Sustainability Club, Conestoga College
(Canada)
Founded in 2021, the Student Led Sustainability Club at Conestoga College provides an inclusive environment for students and staff to incorporate sustainability in their personal and professional lives utilizing the PRME Principles and the UN Sustainable Development Goals as its guiding framework. The club provides a safe space for students across all programs at Conestoga who are interested in social and environmental issues and want to connect with like-minded people
Check out the lists of activities, responses, and additional information about the work done by Club students here.
Samarthya XLRI
(India)
Samarthya, the human potential centre of XLRI, strives to help the students unleash their inner capabilities and potential. Its various events and activities create a propitious environment to grow and excel. XLRI is now in the 10th year of Samarthya since its inception in 2012 and aims and works towards growing bigger, and better, creating more impact. It provides the students with social and emotional learning by delivering group sessions and understanding the importance of holistic development.
Check out the lists of activities, responses, and additional information about the work done by students here.
Take a Reading Break:
Environmental Stewardship
DHL
This edition's reading suggestions is about the influence of the environmental stewardship as a trend and the relevance of this concept for the future according to DHL.
The responsibility and consciousness has increased across different countries, sectors and even generations to minimize the environmental degradation and maximize the protection with sustainable practices.
The article explains the impact of the future of logistics with this new reality, the challenges, an outlook and statistics of the response of millennials with the environmental practices in the organizations. Read the article here.
What Is a Good Job?
Marcus Buckingham - Harvard Business Review
According to research, a job is considered to be good when it allows a worker to accomplish what they are good at, pays fairly, and makes them feel like their best selves.
A good job gives you the impression that your coworkers have your back, that you are not the target of discrimination, that your position is secure, and that you will receive support as you navigate the ongoing changes in the workplace.
However, you may or may not experience these emotions depending on your gender, race, being on a team, and how stressed you are. Read the article here.
PGS on Stage:
PGS hosts the 1st General Meeting for 2023!
PRME hosts a holiday party to celebrate all its achievements in 2022 with the team!
On Saturday, the 28th of January, 2023 the PRME Global Students conducted their first general meeting! The meeting started with welcoming the new team members and reconnecting with the old ones. This was followed by reviewing the list of engagement opportunities for PGS beneficiaries.
The team also discussed the pilot of PGS sustainability awards in Africa, which was followed by the idea of replication of these awards globally in other regions to promote awareness and create a healthy competitive spirit among student organisations.
The team discussed the strategies to enhance the PGS internal communications followed by the introduction to the revolutionary co-leadership model!
Youth Briefing on Our Common Agenda Implementation!
With the purpose of informing and updating youth on progress towards the implementation of Our Common Agenda and all its associated proposals, the Office of the Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth will host a Youth Briefing on Our Common Agenda Implementation.
The Youth Briefing will be held online on Friday, 17 February 2023, from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST).
Click the link below to register now!
Carbon Literacy Sessions by the PRME Working group!
This PRME Working Group was configured at the Global Forum 2015 in New York. The aim of this Working Group goes beyond that of assisting business schools, it also aims to act as a resource for all organizations who wish to embed climate change and environmental education into their teaching and training.
The working group brings together academics and practitioners from over 20 different countries who have committed to taking action to promote climate change education and action.
Click the link below to find more information on the various Carbon Literacy Programs offered by the PRME Working Group:
Internship Opportunities:
Here is a list of opportunities you can apply for!
- Collected by PGS Careers
1. UNICEF - Data Analytics Intern (Child Poverty and Gender Equality), Division of Data, Analytics, Planning & Monitoring (Remote)
2. WFP - Environmental Sustainability Intern (Remote)
3. UNDP - Effective Development Cooperation Intern (Remote)
4. UNICEF - Internship Advocacy Communication (Remote)
5. Johnson & Johnson - Global Services Intern (Remote)
From United Nation's Desk:
Enroll in the Graduate Study Program at UN Geneva!
The Graduate Study Program (GSP) at UN Geneva is the longest-running educational program of the United Nations, now in its 61st year. Over the past six decades, the GSP has brought together and trained several thousand young people from over 100 countries on all continents. This two-week long summer seminar provides an opportunity for participants to deepen their understanding of the United Nations and “International Geneva” through first-hand observations, lectures, research, and visits to Geneva-based institutions.
For more information on 'How to Apply?' click here.
Youth Climate Solution for Climate Change!
The climate emergency need to be addressed through creative and innovative youth solution. The solutions are characterized by clear, quantifiable, and monitorable objectives and a commitment to combining different disciplines in an innovative way or finding synergies between existing programs and funds. Four discipline youth can apply for are:
- Urban Sustainability: Half of the world's population lives in urban and by 2050 it would rise to 75%. Send your idea or drive for change and solution to improve urban resilience to the effect of climate change.
- Food and Agriculture: Climate change is putting food chain production at risk moreover, extreme weather events threaten food security and livelihoods. The call for solutions will aim to invert food trends, transforming them into viable projects and business models.
- Education: Education can encourage people to change their attitudes and behavior, and it helps them to make informed decisions. Focus on education as a tool to ensure the next generation’s awareness of climate change and encourage the adoption of a more climate-friendly lifestyle.
- Energy: To ensure continued support towards the energy transition, the challenge seeks to support and scale-up demand/end-user side energy efficiency to maximize the benefit of household expenditures (in money and time) on electricity, cooking, cooling, and other forms of energy.
Register on the Youth4Climate Platform and fill in your application online by 31st March 2023, 23:59 Central European Time.
Enroll for Climate Fellowship by UNFCC-UNU!
Are you a young person from a developing country with climate concerns?
If yes, then this is an excellent opportunity for you to start your early career at the interface between international climate policy development and research.
The fellowship is offered by UNFCCC–UNU Early Career Climate Fellowship Program, it lasts from twelve months to two years, and Fellows will be selected based on their skills and backgrounds vis-à-vis the needs of UNU and UNFCCC.
More Reading Suggestions:
The unequal burdens of water scarcity
Casey J. Wichman - Nature Water
Although reducing water use during a drought is expensive, the expenses are not dispersed equally. Socio-hydrological modeling demonstrates how, in response to water conservation policies, water loads increase for impoverished households.
Benjamin Rachunok and Sarah Fletcher demonstrate the unequal burdens that drought-response measures can impose on low-income households relative to their wealthier counterparts in a case study of Santa Cruz, CA.
Find more about the article here.
How sustainable metrics can speed and scale climate progress
Bill Thomas - World Economic Forum
The low carb future is the objective of this article. The hard work of scientist, engineers and others let to the creation of special tools to speed and scale climate progress.
To simplify the approach on the progress on climate action the article mention two things: speed and scale, find why and how here.
