Kavindu Elroy's #ChangeTheNow Passport
ParticipantI want to be a Changemaker because...
I feel that the planet deserves to breathe just like humans do and i believe that the impact that we create as changemakers via solving SDG issues will snowball into something greater.
My Changemaker Pathway
I am an Empathizer
I want to connect with people, so I can really understand what they are facing.
My UN Sustainable Development Goal
As part of #ChangeTheNow, I’m working on solving UN Sustainable Development Goal 13: taking urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts.
My Passport Stamps
Recent Activity
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Kavindu Elroy Edward Alexander posted in "Food Miles - SDG #13, Summer 2023" 2023-08-17 16:19:15 -0700 complete_your_me_we_reflection_1056
🤔 Reflection question
After completing CTN, what new awareness do you have for yourself (ME) and your community (WE) and what is one action you might take to continue to explore it?
Kavindu Elroy's Answer
After completing CTN a new awareness that i have got for myself is that i realize that even small changes over time can make a massive impact. and for the community is that the collective effort of a community can make volumes of changes within the society and as an i action i will continue to explore ways to make small changes in every day life to contribute to climate action awareness.
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Kavindu Elroy Edward Alexander posted in "Food Miles - SDG #13, Summer 2023" 2023-08-16 19:01:44 -0700 complete_your_hcdt_stage_pitch_reflection_1056
🤔 Reflection question
What did you learn about publicly sharing your ideas that you will carry with you in your future of work?
Kavindu Elroy's Answer
presenting our idea in a public forum, gave us a confidence boost that there are like minded people in the community that we can collaborate with to build and share ideas. The feedback from sharing would always be crucial to understanding the impact of our ideas.
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Kavindu Elroy Edward Alexander posted in "Food Miles - SDG #13, Summer 2023" 2023-08-07 16:30:26 -0700 complete_your_hcdt_stage_prototype_test_reflection_1056
🤔 Reflection question
How might the prototype & test stage help you with overcoming a fear of failure or challenging your assumptions about what is ‘right’?
Kavindu Elroy's Answer
going through the prototype &test stage helped us realize that even in failure we get to rule out what works and what needs more work, so it boils down to see how practical our project is and we get to look at it from a lens of the consumer and how our work impacts them.
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Kavindu Elroy Edward Alexander posted in "Food Miles - SDG #13, Summer 2023" 2023-08-06 19:28:56 -0700 _complete_your_hcdt_stage_ideate_reflection_1056
🤔 Reflection question
How might ideation help you develop your active listening skills to brainstorm and reflect on ideas effectively with your team?
Kavindu Elroy's Answer
Ideation helped me think outside the box with the help of my peers as we bounced ideas and thoughts together there were able to comprehend the complexity of the project also at the same time it helped us develop thoughtful solutions and marketing ideas that supported the project greatly.
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Kavindu Elroy Edward Alexander posted in "Food Miles - SDG #13, Summer 2023" 2023-07-27 11:58:17 -0700 _complete_your_hcdt_stage_define_reflection_1056
🤔 Reflection question
How might you explain the value of you having a systems-thinking mindset when attempting to define and understand a complex problem?
Kavindu Elroy's Answer
having a systems-thinking mindset helped me figure out common occurrences that were affecting the problem through out the journey , identifying and isolating these occurrences helped gain better insight into the problem , running multiple iterations on the framework helped define the problem better.
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Kavindu Elroy Edward Alexander posted in "Food Miles - SDG #13, Summer 2023" 2023-07-27 10:35:34 -0700 complete_your_hcdt_stage_empathize_reflection_1056
🤔 Reflection question
After learning about how to empathize with the people affected by your SDG’s social issue, how you might apply empathy to working with the members on your CTN Innovation Team?
Kavindu Elroy's Answer
Empathy mapping was crucial in deciphering the pain points of the task at hand and it also brought in different perspectives to the problem from the SGD's end as a whole and also from individual contributors , being able to comprehend an actor's emotions and feelings about the situation was a great way to build on an effective recommendation to combat climate change by bringing awareness about sustainable food practices
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Kavindu Elroy Edward Alexander posted in "Food Miles - SDG #13, Summer 2023" 2023-06-22 11:09:56 -0700 create_your_team_canvas_1056
🤔 Reflection question
What did you personally learn about the process of creating your team canvass?
Kavindu Elroy's Answer
The team canvas exercise helped our team recognize our strengths, goals and values. also align them towards our common goals that we want to achieve via the project, it helped define the roles and responsibilities that each team member will carry to ensure the collaboration is smooth and successful.
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Kavindu Elroy Edward Alexander posted in "Food Miles - SDG #13, Summer 2023" 2023-06-22 10:36:40 -0700 complete_your_mobius_strip_reflection_1056
🤔 Reflection question
After completing the Mobius Strip exercise, what do you feel are next steps towards contributing to the community you care about?
Kavindu Elroy's Answer
The exercise made me realize articulate who i am as a person and the issues that i am passionate about , and helps me question how i can use my strengths to positively contribute to the community issues that i have mentioned along with the attributes that i think i need to develop. I strongly feel that being a motivator and an active listener i can be of incredible help in campaigning/ creating awareness for community safety and chart measures to bring awareness about food miles
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