点赞“社会创新”，联合国前高官访问启明星

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今年联合国日的主题是“展望、连结、变革，塑造我们共同的未来 ”，这和启明星培养拥有社会创新素养和国际视野人才的教育理念高度契合。

10月23日，启明星北皋校区迎来两位前联合国高级官员——

Janos Pasztor，联合国前助理秘书长，现任全球青年领导力发展理事会首席气候治理与青年参与顾问，

Fabrizio Hochschild-Drummond，联合国前副秘书长，曾任联合国秘书长特别顾问，现任全球青年领导力发展理事会首席全球治理与青年领导力顾问。

我们9年级的李青迈和10年级的Bayan Changizi负责这场“高规格”的接待。

李青迈、Janos Pasztor、Fabrizio Hochschild-Drummond和Bayan。（从左至右）

拥有大量粉丝的FROOT

两位嘉宾边听学生们的讲解边提问。他们对启明星的一切都很好奇，特别是启明星的特色项目——社会创新项目。

“嘉宾对我们的社会创新项目很感兴趣，我就用自己的PFC（力求改变的项目）作为例子给他们解释。”Bayan说。

Bayan的PFC项目叫做FROOT，是他和同学们合作运营的一个有机农场。

FROOT的初衷有二：

⏩呼吁大家关注和支持本地农场出产的绿色农产品，来减少碳排放，对抗全球气候变暖

⏩鼓励人们定期去农场劳作，避免久坐在电脑前、书桌前的不健康生活方式

在FROOT农场，大家一起种下制作感恩节南瓜灯剩下的南瓜子，收获这里依靠纯有机肥成长的蔬菜，捡拾走地鸡产下的蛋.....

今年，Bayan开始养殖蜜蜂了。他从附近的蜂农那里讨来一些蜜蜂，正忙着帮助它们过冬。可以想象，来年春夏，蜜蜂在农场里飞舞，帮助果蔬授粉的情景是多么生机盎然！

FROOT在启明星社区拥有很多粉丝，家长、老师、学生是FROOT产品的忠实消费者，也以FROOT为基地，举办符合可持续发展理念的工作坊和社区活动！

得到社会认可，入选FFC

启明星学生的社会创新项目关注解决现实问题，除了服务本社区，也开始走出校园，得到社会的认可。

比如，10年级学生黄吉瀚的改善乡村口腔健康问题项目就格外出众——通过全国范围的层层选拔，入选了由启创中心和哥伦比亚大学北京中心合作举办的2024年力求改变的英才计划（FFC）。

吉瀚自2019年就开始了这个项目。他到过许多乡村，比如在青海囊谦县开展志愿服务，2023年夏天随中国口腔健康基金会代表团前往新疆，向那里可能从未接触过牙医或从未接受过有关口腔健康教育的儿童普及知识。

通过在吐鲁番市山中雏菊项目的服务经历，吉瀚意识到当地学生们的口腔健康问题——由于缺乏基本的健康和卫生教育，这些孩子有着口腔健康问题，而且随着年龄的增长，这些问题可能会变得越来越严重。

入选FFC项目后，吉瀚学习了系统性变革，他意识到必须让学校、家庭、诊所甚至企业都参与进来，才能找到可持续的解决方案。于是，他将在新疆进一步调查，对学校以及当地诊所进行访谈，开展 “行走一英里”活动。

与此同时，吉瀚也正在探索有助于解决他提出的 “我们如何才能改善乡村儿童口腔健康 ”问题的思路：

⏩我们如何向乡村学生提供口腔健康信息，让他们了解如何避免口腔患病的高风险以及如何保持良好口腔卫生的方法？

⏩我们该如何与当地诊所合作，让他们能够随时获得有关口腔健康的医疗帮助？

⏩我们如何与当地企业合作，为乡村人口提供保持口腔健康所需的物品？

12月14日，启明星将举办 全校开放日，我们也会 现场讲解启明星独具特色的社会创新项目，欢迎报名参加！

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The theme for this year’s UN Day is “Aspire, Connect, Transform, For Our Common Future.” The celebration aims to spark dialogue about the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), aligning perfectly with Daystar Academy’s educational philosophy of nurturing students to develop social innovation skills and an international perspective.

On October 23, Daystar's Beigao campus welcomed two distinguished guests: Janos Pasztor and Fabrizio Hochschild-Drummond.

Janos Pasztor,Former UN

Former UN Assistant Secretary-General, Chief Climate Change Governance and Youth Engagement Advisor of the Global Youth Leadership Council

Fabrizio Hochschild-Drummond,

Former UN Under-Secretary-General and Former UN Special Advisor for the Secretary-General on digital cooperation, Chief Global Governance and Youth Leadership Advisor of Global Youth Leadership Council

Daystar sent ninth grade student Maimai (Qingmai Li) and tenth grade student Bayan Changizi to host this "high-profile" visit.

Maimai、Janos Pasztor、Fabrizio Hochschild-Drummond and Bayan.（from left to right）

Moments of Intrigue and Curiosity

As they listened to Maimai and Bayan introduce Daystar, Mr. Pastzor and Mr. Hochschild-Drummond were excited to learn more.A particular area of interest was how Daystar's Social Innovation Program is structured and integrated into the curriculum.

"The guests were very interested in our Social Innovation Program, so I used my PFC (Project for Change) project as an example to explain to them," said Bayan.

His PFC project is running an organic farm FROOT with his friends. They use the farm to offer sustainable development courses and sell green products.

FROOT's Dual Purposes:

⏩ To call on everyone to pay attention to and support locally-grown, green agricultural products, to reduce carbon emissions, combat global climate change, and mitigate climate refugee crises;

⏩ To encourage everyone to go work on farms regularly, avoiding the unhealthy sedentary lifestyle of constantly sitting at computers and desks.

At the FROOT farm, everyone works together to plant seeds from the pumpkins used for Halloween jack-o'-lanterns, harvest the organically-grown vegetables, and collect the eggs laid by FROOT’s free-range chickens.

This year, Bayan has started beekeeping. He obtained some bees from a nearby beekeeper and is now busy helping them get through the winter. He looks forward to next spring and summer, when the bees can help pollinate the fruits and vegetables at the farm!

FROOT has many fans in the Daystar community. Parents, teachers, and students are not only loyal consumers of FROOT products, but also use the farm as a base to host workshops and community events aligned with the principles of sustainable development!

Gaining Social Recognition

Daystar students' social innovation projects focus on solving real-world problems. In addition to serving our own community, they have also started to venture beyond the campus and gain recognition from society.

For example, tenth grade student Jihan Huang's project to improve rural oral health has not only gained recognition within the Daystar community, but also received external validation.After a rigorous selection process, the project was chosen for the 2024 Fellowship for Change (FFC) program.

FFC is a national social innovation program organized by Columbia Global Centers and Qi Social Innovation Center. It selects and supports innovative projects that aim to address pressing social and environmental issues in China. Jihan's project stood out among applicants nationwide for its thoughtful design and potential for sustainable impact.

As an FFC awardee, Jihan's project will receive mentorship, and opportunities to collaborate with other social innovators. This recognition motivates Jihan to further refine and scale his initiative, with the ultimate goal of ensuring accessible, quality oral healthcare for children in rural and underserved communities across China.

After being selected for the FFC program, Jihan learned about systemic change, realizing that sustainable solutions require the participation of schools, families, clinics, and even businesses. He plans to conduct further investigations in Xinjiang, interviewing schools and local clinics, and launching a "walk a mile" activity.

At the same time, he is exploring approaches to address the question he identified: "How can we improve rural children's oral health?"

⏩ How can we provide oral health information to rural students, helping them understand how to avoid high-risk oral diseases and maintain good oral hygiene?

⏩ How can we collaborate with local clinics to ensure they can provide timely medical assistance related to oral health?

⏩ How can we partner with local businesses to supply the necessary items for rural populations to maintain good oral health?

On December 14, Daystar will hold anOpen House, including on-site explanations about Daystar's distinctive Social Innovation Program.All are welcome to sign up and attend!

Please scan the QR code on the poster to register!