The Global Search for Education:  Climate Activist Mphathesithe Mkhize Explores South Africa’s Progress on the Road to Net Zero
Jun02

The Global Search for Education:  Climate Activist Mphathesithe Mkhize Explores South Africa’s Progress on the Road to Net Zero

This month, Planet Classroom Network audiences can screen Net Zero Speaks with Crispin Hemson, curated by Protect our Planet and Planet Classroom.

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The Global Search for Education: Climate Activist Sam Okorie Explores Nigeria’s Progress on the Road to Net Zero
Jun01

The Global Search for Education: Climate Activist Sam Okorie Explores Nigeria’s Progress on the Road to Net Zero

This month audiences can screen Net Zero Speaks to Rep Sam Onuigbo on the Planet Classroom Network.

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Is Democracy in a Global Crisis? Explores Some of the Themes Threatening Modern Democracies
Jun01

Is Democracy in a Global Crisis? Explores Some of the Themes Threatening Modern Democracies

By Ethan Thomas For many people around the world, living in a country that has a democratic form of government is all they have known their entire lives. They learn about democracy in school, and how the founders of their country went to great lengths to establish such a system. However, the modern world is complex and many nations are experiencing threats to the traditional theories of Democracy.  Is Democracy in a Global...

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How Can a Smart City Fight Climate Change? Solving Tomorrow’s Problems Today
Jun01

How Can a Smart City Fight Climate Change? Solving Tomorrow’s Problems Today

By Alex Silverman The latest entry in Planet Classroom’s Problem Solver Series comes from student Diamond Middleton. The problem Middleton wants to solve is fighting climate change with the cities of tomorrow; these cities are referred to as “smart cities.” The goal of these cities is to prompt sustainability, inclusion, and the improvement in the quality of people’s way of life. This short primarily focuses on cities around the world...

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In Path of Freedom, Prisoners Learn to Unlock Themselves
Jun01

In Path of Freedom, Prisoners Learn to Unlock Themselves

By Reilly Wisniewski The 10 minute short film, Path of Freedom, directed by Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee, shows us how to make good in a bad situation. In the documentary we follow Fleet Maull of the Prison Mindfulness Institute as he helps inmates learn proper communication and problem solving skills so that they can begin to live a better life and keep themselves from getting into further trouble. In an environment where everyone’s worst...

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