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      <title>&quot;Local Problems, Global Goals&quot; by Roza Sarigkoli</title>
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      <description>Share a real problem from your local area connected to a Sustainable Development Goal and suggest possible solutions to the other schools&#39; problems.</description>
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      <pubDate>2026-02-13 23:04:29 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>AIR POLLUTION -Problem related to SDG 3 (Good Health and Well-Being), SDG 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities), SDG 7 (Affordable and Clean Energy), SDG 13 (Climate Action)</title>
         <author>rozasarigkoli</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/rozasarigkoli/7na7hwghgydoarop/wish/3789772947</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Air pollution is a serious problem in Thessaloniki. It comes from traffic, heating systems but mainly from the oil refinery located west of the city ( industrial zone). The oil refinery has operated since the 1960s and is one the biggest refineries in Greece.</p><p>Oil refineries pollute the air by releasing sulfur dioxide, harmful particles, toxic gases and carbon emissions. People living in western Thessaloniki often complain about smells and bad air quality which cause breathing problems like asthma, lung diseases and heart problems.</p><p>Can you propose realistic solutions to reduce air pollution from the refinery in our city? Can AI help and make Thessaloniki safer and healthier?</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2026-02-13 23:30:38 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Problem related to SDG11: Sustainable Cities and Communities</title>
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         <link>https://padlet.com/rozasarigkoli/7na7hwghgydoarop/wish/3797013712</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Rubbish in roads and public areas</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2026-02-21 19:58:26 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Problem related to SDG3: Good health and well-being.</title>
         <author>cegusan215</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/rozasarigkoli/7na7hwghgydoarop/wish/3798943617</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Due to there are few doctors working on public health centres and hospitals, people have to wait weeks to be attended or stayed several hours in the waiting room when they go for an emergency to the hospital.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2026-02-23 18:23:22 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Problem related to SDG 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth) : Unemlpoyment</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/rozasarigkoli/7na7hwghgydoarop/wish/3805042003</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>In our town, there are not enough stores and businesses, so many people do not have job opportunities. Some workers are also losing their jobs because machines and AI are replacing them.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2026-02-27 15:14:19 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Air pollution</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/rozasarigkoli/7na7hwghgydoarop/wish/3805053003</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>It could be a good idea to organize a campaign and try to convince the managers of the refineries to use special filters in the chimneys, so that the air you breathe is cleaner and healthier.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2026-02-27 15:24:21 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Rubbish</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/rozasarigkoli/7na7hwghgydoarop/wish/3805059076</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>It could be a good idea for the municipality to have more litter bins in public areas and impose strict fines on those who keep on littering.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2026-02-27 15:30:55 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Good health and well being</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/rozasarigkoli/7na7hwghgydoarop/wish/3805068281</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>It could be a good idea to hire more doctors with higher salaries and maybe some rich people of your country donate millions of euros for new modern hospitals to be built.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2026-02-27 15:38:13 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Unemployment</title>
         <author>cegusan215</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/rozasarigkoli/7na7hwghgydoarop/wish/3809483772</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Your city can invest more money in create jobs and not in creating so many AI machines. You can create more handmade jobs to impulse the traditional crafts. Each machine can be supervised by a person and help to people who cannot use that machine.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2026-03-03 08:21:00 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>The caterpillars at our school</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/rozasarigkoli/7na7hwghgydoarop/wish/3809619612</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Our school had a very poor choice of trees, without taking into account that these trees produce caterpillars every spring.</p><p>Caterpillars cause medical problems in children, such as allergies, rashes, and itching.</p><p>All schools should have a medical office with special anti-allergy medication for any allergic reactions.</p><p>This problem is also observed in other places such as playgrounds, parks, and neighborhoods in general.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2026-03-03 10:20:11 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Recycling to save the environment</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/rozasarigkoli/7na7hwghgydoarop/wish/3814672634</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>To save our city from trash we need to put more trash cans so people can recycle.</p><p>We need to put some bins in the neighborhoods &nbsp;that measure the weight of your trash and give back some money.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2026-03-06 09:04:05 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Good health</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/rozasarigkoli/7na7hwghgydoarop/wish/3814682404</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Hiring more doctors and nurses in hospitals .</p><p>Many doctors communicating with patients  by telephone for simpler matters such as prescriptions .</p><p>Establishment of smaller health centers in neighborhoods.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2026-03-06 09:15:28 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Air pollution</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/rozasarigkoli/7na7hwghgydoarop/wish/3814688716</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>To tackle the problem of air pollution, we should use public transport, bicycles, and electric cars. Factories should also use renewable energy sources.            </p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2026-03-06 09:22:12 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Unemployment</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/rozasarigkoli/7na7hwghgydoarop/wish/3814692583</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>•    Creation of new small businesses to employ young people.</p><p>•    Promotion of local products in the regions.  </p><p><br/></p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2026-03-06 09:26:46 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Rubbish</title>
         <author>rozasarigkoli</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/rozasarigkoli/7na7hwghgydoarop/wish/3816291308</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>We think that educating people , children and adults, to respect public areas, recycle and keep the environment clean will help to solve this problem. Your municipality can also organize clean-up days so that local groups will clean the roads and public areas from the rubbish.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2026-03-08 12:38:16 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>How to reduce long waiting times in hospitals or health centres.</title>
         <author>rozasarigkoli</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/rozasarigkoli/7na7hwghgydoarop/wish/3816328141</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>In order to have fewer people in hospitals and shorter waiting times your country can use technology( AI and digital tools) to help the doctors save time and work faster instead of spending a lot of time on paperwork. Doctors can also use telemedicine (online visits through apps) to support their patients with smaller problems.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2026-03-08 13:41:58 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>How to reduce unemployment</title>
         <author>rozasarigkoli</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/rozasarigkoli/7na7hwghgydoarop/wish/3816350428</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>How about encouraging people to start small businesses and hire workers? The government and the local authorities can support them as well as foreign companies to make investments and open offices and factories in fields like technology or renewable energy. They can help the unemployed people learn new skills and find work.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2026-03-08 14:17:18 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Too many seaweeds in the sea of Agia Napa</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/rozasarigkoli/7na7hwghgydoarop/wish/3818131276</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>During the summer, seaweed (dead leaves of the seagrass <em>Posidonia oceanica</em>) often appears along the beaches of the Mediterranean Sea. This also happens on the shores of <strong>Agia Napa</strong> in Cyprus. Sometimes large amounts of seaweed gather in the shallow water or on the beach. This can be unpleasant for swimmers and tourists.</p><p>Several factors might cause this. Warmer sea temperatures help seaweed grow faster. Nutrients from fertilizers and wastewater that reach the sea can also increase seaweed growth. Sea currents, wind, and waves then move the seaweed toward the shore.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2026-03-09 19:11:14 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Good health</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/rozasarigkoli/7na7hwghgydoarop/wish/3824329161</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Due to there are few doctors working on public health centres and hospitals, people have to wait weeks to be attended or stayed several hours in the waiting room when they go for an emergency to the hospital.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2026-03-13 10:49:30 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Organize campaigns</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/rozasarigkoli/7na7hwghgydoarop/wish/3825833946</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Campaigns could be organized by local groups, such as the schools, communities, etc.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2026-03-15 14:31:22 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Nature can help control pests.</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/rozasarigkoli/7na7hwghgydoarop/wish/3825840968</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Install <strong>bird nesting boxes</strong> (great tits are natural predators).</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2026-03-15 14:41:02 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>How to control the number of seaweeds</title>
         <author>rozasarigkoli</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/rozasarigkoli/7na7hwghgydoarop/wish/3825920908</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>The great number of seaweeds in the sea is often caused by water pollution which affects water quality. People have to be aware of this environmental problem and be educated on how to manage waste properly and protect sea water. The government has to promote eco-friendly farming with fewer chemical fertilizers. Finally your municipality and volunteers can organize regular beach clean-ups and collect the seaweeds to use them for  natural fertilizers.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2026-03-15 17:17:34 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>How to reduce the population of caterpillars</title>
         <author>rozasarigkoli</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/rozasarigkoli/7na7hwghgydoarop/wish/3825945108</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Our suggestion on how to cope with the great number of caterpillars in your area is to remove their nests and destroy them before the insects spread. Your municipality should check the trees regularly and take care of them properly, water and prune them which makes them more resistant to pests.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2026-03-15 18:06:21 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>AI  sensors and advice</title>
         <author>6dimalim</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/rozasarigkoli/7na7hwghgydoarop/wish/3962111291</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>AI could handle the air pullution measurements and give specific advice to industry for reducing it</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2026-06-23 11:44:07 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Tech jobs</title>
         <author>6dimalim</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/rozasarigkoli/7na7hwghgydoarop/wish/3962115298</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>How about promote tech industry and tech related jobs ?</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2026-06-23 11:49:11 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>From school to families</title>
         <author>6dimalim</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/rozasarigkoli/7na7hwghgydoarop/wish/3962118829</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Students could prepare projects and invite their parents to educate them, maybe the older generation is not a good example for newer, and we should educate them!</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2026-06-23 11:54:51 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>AI queue management</title>
         <author>6dimalim</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/rozasarigkoli/7na7hwghgydoarop/wish/3962123418</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Maybe technology could help. Every patient entering the hospital could give information to an AI program about his problem and AI could decide the department that patient should wait and which doctor</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2026-06-23 12:01:18 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Polluted sea</title>
         <author>6dimalim</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/rozasarigkoli/7na7hwghgydoarop/wish/3962133839</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>We live close to the sea but the  water at close beaches is not clean.  Overpopullation and lack of respect to the environment by people and businesses might cause the problem. Most of the residents have to drive far away from our place in order to find a clear water beach</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2026-06-23 12:16:07 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Recycling bins-volunteer cleanup</title>
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         <link>https://padlet.com/rozasarigkoli/7na7hwghgydoarop/wish/3963460376</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>More recycling and trash bins can be placed in prominent locations, along with informational signs reminding visitors of the importance of protecting the natural environment. </p><p>Organizing regular volunteer cleanup events involving students, residents, and local organizations can foster a sense of responsibility toward the beach.  </p><p>The use of technology—such as smart trash cans that alert users when they are full or apps for reporting littering issues—can help maintain a clean environment. </p><p>Environmental education from an early age helps citizens develop respect for nature and adopt responsible behaviors, so that beaches remain clean and safe for everyone.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2026-06-24 14:45:36 UTC</pubDate>
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