The Balance of the Planet project connects learners around the world through an online platform to work collaboratively on challenges related to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Learners gain skills, compete for prizes and scholarships, and receive university recognition for their solutions to real-world problems. The project is hosted on the Global Challenge platform, which allows for individual and team-based learning exercises and collaboration using tools like Cisco WebEx Teams.

1. BALANCE OF THE PLANET
EDCHANGE GLOBAL- JUNE 29 - ONLINE
KIM FLINTOFF
Learning Futures
#ECGlobal
@kimbowa

2. SESSION SUMMARY
Balance of the Planet is a project from Curtin University that connects learners
from around the globe and invites them to learn valuable skills, compete for
scholarship funds and prizes, and gain university-endorsed recognition by
solving real-world problems associated with the United Nations Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs).

3. LEARNING FUTURES NETWORK
The Learning Futures Network aims to
create the social infrastructure, resources
and context to develop more authentic and
future-aware processes to support
transformation and collaboration across
student learning, school and staff
development, and connections between
and across higher education, industry,
cultural and community organisations and
the public sector.
http://LearningFuturesNetwork.org

4. LEARNING FUTURES NETWORK
175 Member Organisations
90+ schools
80+ non-schools
Free membership for all
Access to network resources for all
staff and students.
Global connection opportunities

5. GLOBAL CHALLENGE PLATFORM
https://www.globalchallenge.org.au/
What is Global Challenge?
Global Challenge is an online learning platform
that enables students to participate and
complete a series of specific individual or
collaborative team based learning exercises
(referred to as Challenges). In individual
challenges, students navigate through a number
of interactive activities designed to engage and
educate simultaneously. In collaborative
challenges, students form teams in order to
complete project based tasks, and maintain
communication through the integration
of Cisco’s WebEx Teams.

6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2QEgqV4sCA

7. GLOBAL CHALLENGE PLATFORM - ANALYTICS

8. GLOBAL CHALLENGE PLATFORM – CISCO WEBEX TEAMS

9. GLOBAL CHALLENGE PLATFORM – CISCO DSN

10. ECOCHALLENGE
UNEP-DHI Eco Challenge provides an exciting and authentic
learning experience for students in Years 5-12 through the online
strategic game, Aqua Republica, to explore issues and solutions
relating to water management and sustainable development.

11. GLOBAL GOALS CHALLENGE
Global Goals Challenge - is a three-day challenge-based workshop that engages students
from Learning Futures Network and Innovative Schools Consortium member institutions to
engage in an intensive design process to identify and suggest solutions to problems related
to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Student participation is facilitated by a hosting
teacher and an experienced educator from Curtin University and includes mentoring
opportunities with experts from academia, industry, community and cultural organisations.

12. BALANCE OF THE PLANET
http://tiny.cc/BoTP

13. BALANCE OF THE PLANET
The future of the planet is at stake!
Its energies and resources are out of
balance, forcing severe changes with
devastating consequences.
Can you help?
Join up to meet global friends, create a
winning idea that balances the planet, and
earn world recognition.
We thank Chris
Crawford for the
inspiration for this
challenge and thank
him for the use of the
name.

14. BALANCE OF THE PLANET
http://tiny.cc/BoTP
You will learn how to influence
the economic, social and
environmental dimensions of
sustainable development world-
wide by forming a small
international team and
developing your ideas to solve a
world problem with help from
experts, your supporters and
mentors.

15. BALANCE OF THE PLANET
http://tiny.cc/BoTP
Using the gamification and
collaboration features of the
Global Challenge platform,
Balance of the Planet enables
learners to track their progress
and interact from any connected
device.

16. YOUNG PERSONS’ PLAN FOR THE PLANET
The Young Persons’ Plan for the Planet Program is an
initiative of Questacon, Inspiring Australia, Future Earth
(Australia), United Nations Information Centre (UNIC)
Canberra, the Australian National University (ANU),
University of New South Wales (UNSW), University of
Technology, Sydney (UTS), Foundation for Young
Australians and other supporting organisations to promote

17. YOUNG PERSONS’ PLAN FOR THE PLANET
Routledge
Published May 9, 2012
Reference - 360 Pages
ISBN 9781409445890 - CAT# Y237760
2019 Global Rollout begins
20 high schools will be selected across Australia
and 10 high schools in Mauritius with one school
representing each EcoZone, that will cover each
countries major cities and regional areas.

18. KEY TAKEAWAYS
The SDGs link to any curriculum

19. KEY TAKEAWAYS
The SDGs provide a meaningful
context for learners around the
world to connect and to
collaborate

20. KEY TAKEAWAYS
The future of learning, the future of work and the
UN Sustainable Development Goals are inextricably
linked.

21. UNLIMITED EDCUATIONAL RESOURCES – VERY LIMITED TIME
“All the SDGs come down to education…” — Malala Yousafzai
“A little less conversation, a little more action” — Erna Solberg
(Prime Minister of Norway)

22. DROP ME A LINE
KIM FLINTOFF
Learning Futures
Curtin University
k.flintoff@curtin.edu.au
@kimbowa
https://www.facebook.com/kimfutures/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimflintoff/