NEW YORK, Jan. 16, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- A new podcast,
launched today on Apple Podcasts, brings listeners compelling
stories of people who are tackling urgent global issues including
extreme poverty and climate change and creating sustainable growth
that doesn't steal from future generations.
Co-hosted by Claudia Romo Edelman
and Edie Lush, Global GoalsCast
focuses on the 17 Sustainable Development Goals – known as the
Global Goals. Signed by 193 countries in 2015, the Goals have
specific targets to achieve a more prosperous, peaceful and
sustainable world by the year 2030.
The mission of the podcast is to mobilize a global audience of
millennials to learn about the Global Goals, get involved and shape
their own futures. Achieving the 17 Global Goals will require
greater collaboration and cooperation than any previous effort in
history.
"Our job in Global GoalsCast is to tell the stories of one of
the most remarkable combined efforts in human history," says
Romo Edelman, a special adviser for
UNICEF and expert on marketing for social causes.
The episode "Journey Across Antarctica: the Swans and Climate
Change," (Jan. 21) profiles
father-and-son explorer team of Robert and
Barney Swan, who embarked on a 600-mile, eight-week
expedition to the South Pole using only renewable energy.
An episode on education features Jeanette Monosoff-Haley, a Mumbai-based organizer working to support the
education of some of the poorest children in India (Jan. 17)
through efforts like finding textbooks, uniforms and even a girl's
toilet.
"Improving access to education may be the single most powerful
step the world can take to improve not only girls' lives but the
lives of their families and the economies of countries," says Lush,
executive editor of Hub Culture and a prominent business journalist
and communications coach.
Global GoalsCast has a global reach of more than 100 million
people and will feature Will.i.am, Malala, William Lacy, Louise Arbor and President Obama.
It will also introduce listeners to new, authentic voices such as
Dali (16) and Fin (14), from clothing company, Nalu, who are
creating alternative ways to provide education access to all.
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