Wishing you Love, Health and Well-being in

Geneva, January 2023

It took a while to write this edito. It also took a while to produce the whole magazine. Not only is the concept of the SDGzine growing and more and more parties are interested or deserve their spot in this magazine, it’s also such a vast subject. The Sustainable Development Goal 3 on Good Health and Well-Being touches on so many areas, from a design of a game on dementia to all these organisations in International Geneva trying to make a difference. We could make an issue on the subject every month.

What do we have gathered for you?

Inspiration from Milan Design Week. More then being a collection of new chairs and tables, the Design Week is an incredible source of disruptive ideas by bright people from different cultures.

The amazing SDG Solution space & the Geneva ecosystem

Due to our collaboration and our physical presence at the Campus Biotech Innovation Park, you can discover projects and presentations from the University of Geneva, Open Geneva, Hackahealth, Global Digital Health, the Alliance for Health Promotion, the World Intellectual Property Organisation, Handicap International. We can go on. Discover their projects - or even better, join in on their events.

The future of schools

Over the past months we have been teaching about the SDGs in almost all Geneva based public schools. At the Cité des Métiers - a job fair- we were proud to help animate a booth on the future of Jobs in line with the SDGS. Over 100.000 visitors.. and for us a clear signal to do even more research on our educational model, curriculum and holistic approach on teaching and talent acceleration.

That’s why I would like to draw your attention to Jean Talec’s project. He is a 14 year old home schooled student who has been following lessions in our lab the last three years. When we discussed projects, he brought up his Synesthesia. Empowered, and trained on the tools and machines, the lab is becoming his lab. Not top down, like schools tend to be, but bottom up. How is that for an eductional model.

As we just have moved into 2023, allow me to wish you and your family love, health and well-being. One knows we all need it.

Jan

janvanmol@sdgzine.org