Saving the Planet: The United Nations Sustainability Goals

Welcome to melodically challenged! In this series we’re honored to present a poetry-infused overview of the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals:  “a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet.” The goals were developed in 2015, so, how are we doing so far?  COVID-19, climate crises, and violent conflicts, have reversed “years, or even decades, [of] progress We clearly have work to do. Each show will cover one of the 17 goals the U.N. has determined can save the planet and each show you’ll hear poetry from The Academy of American Poets and from Fishousepoems.org and you’ll hear music from around the world, because we’re saving the world! On melodically challenged, where yesterday’s poetry comes alive and today’s poetry rocks!