Companies, Schools Teach Kids to Follow UN Sustainability Goals
The United Nations wants your children to embrace its Sustainable Development Goals—and Thomas, a cartoon train character beloved by kids and parents alike, is on board with that.
In September, the UN and the toy company Mattel, Inc. announced a collaboration to “introduce the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to preschool audiences through the animated children’s series Thomas & Friends.”
“The SDGs proved to be the perfect tool for Thomas & Friends to teach children the importance of taking part in the global efforts to end poverty, providing girls and boys with the same opportunities, and, of course, doing so while protecting our planet,” said Maher Nasser, UN director of outreach The terms of the collaboration stated that “elements from five of the 17 SDGs are incorporated into nine of the 26 episodes of the new season of Thomas & Friends.”…