IMMERSIVE PRODUCTIONS AND PERFORMANCES
Immersive Productions and Performances |Stage 1 The future is ours: Uncle Sam’s Alphabet Soup by Meera DasGupta The Future Is Ours: Uncle Sam’s Alphabet Soup is an original work, written, performed and filmed by Meera DasGupta. It speaks to civic engagement and ways to promote the quality of life in communities. Girl Be Heard cast […]
Utilizing NASA Technology and Innovation to Clean the World
Reimagine Talk | Stage 1 At NASA Kennedy Space Center, Sergie Albino worked as an aerospace engineer contractor, helping prototype a green, sustainable technology to clean persistent toxins from contaminated sediment called SPEARS. Recognizing the potential of this cost-effective and environmentally-friendly technology, he co-founded an innovative cleantech company to take this solution to market. In […]
Dante Movement: Sustainability with popcorn!
Lightning Talk | Stage 1 The Dante Movement is an open invitation to filmmakers, artists & producers around the world to highlight data from the 2030 Agenda in movies & artistic series. The creators of Dante will share their story and how their methodology balances entertaining fiction with accurate scientific data. Speakers [tmm name=”dante-movement-sustainability-with-popcorn-2″]
Intergenerational Solutions: Life in harmony for nature
Breakout session | Stage 3 Host: Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity Biodiversity and healthy ecosystems are a foundation for sustainable development, and thus play a key role in supporting the achievement of all 17 SDGs. Advancing global biodiversity objectives will be key to advancing the SDGs including SDG 14 on life below water, […]
Indigenous Solutions: For a fair and green recovery
Breakout session | Stage 2 Host: Global Alliance of Territorial Communities Achieving the world we need and want depends on enhancing indigenous and local communities contributions to sustainable development in both regional and global levels. One of the insights to be shared in this session is related to mechanisms that ensure strong and resilient […]
Inclusive Solutions: Game on for climate change
Breakout session | Stage 1 Host: UN Foundation The United Nations Foundation will host “Game On for Climate Action!” during the Zone. Using data to both challenge and inform, the conversation will thread the moment we are in now – young people challenging international climate action, 2020 on track to be the hottest year on […]
Immersive productions and performances
Immersive Productions and Performances | Stage 1 From screens to the streets: Art for people and planet GreenPoint Innovations, the UN SDG Action Campaign, the Climate Group/Climate Week NYC and partners have teamed up for GreenPoint EARTH 2020 #Screens2Streets to invite artists all over the world to share how the Sustainable Development Goals inspire them, […]
Dive deeper into the blue economy with the fastest woman to have sailed around the world
Reimagine Talk | Stage 1 The world’s seventh largest economy based on GDP doesn’t belong to a single country, and isn’t even on land, yet, it’s valued at around $3 trillion annually, and supports the livelihoods of more than 3 billion people. It’s the ocean. In this talk, Dona Bertarelli – the fastest woman to […]
Protection and Reinvention: Supporting Urban Mobility Through Green Transportation
Breakout session | Stage 3 Host: UN Habitat The COVID-19 pandemic has showcased the critical role of transport services in our cities. It has also shown how challenging, yet important, it can be to maintain transport in an uninterrupted manner, reaching all residents including those previously unserved or with limited access. Post-COVID-19, cities will […]
PROTECTION FOR AN EVOLVED CAPITALISM: How B Corps are Leading the Way
Breakout session | Stage 1 Host: B Lab For over a decade, B Corps have pioneered a better way of doing business and, in doing so, provided a proof-of concept that a stakeholder-centric global economy is possible. These business leaders, like all of us, now find themselves asking what it means to deliver for a […]