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DIGIVATIONS XGENS Model UN & 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals Institute will be focusing on four ‘levers’ that are important agents of change necessary to attain achievement of the Goals by 2030: 1) governance, 2) economy and finance, 3) individual and collective action, and 4) science and technology. These levers and their interactions are shown in the diagram above.

DIGIVATIONS NASA Award Winning DIGIVATIONS XGENS MODEL UN & 17 UN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS INSTITUTE ANNOUNCE 2022 SUMMER AND HOMESCHOOL PROGRAMS IN THE FINGER LAKES ENCOMPASSING NATURAL BEAUTY ESPECIALLY “GORGES” ITHACA, NY.

UNVEILING EXPANSION INTO THE FINGER LAKES REGION IN UPSTATE NY, and an additional location to DIGIVATIONS Globally Renown Programs and INSTITUTES. DIGIVATIONS INSTITUTES programs will engage with world class Universities including Cornell, and other outstanding colleges.

In addition to DIGIVATIONS well known programs including Harry Potter Sustainable Universe, harrypottercamps.org, DIGIVATIONS XGENS formally launches its CONSERVATORY PREPARATORY and COLLEGE PREPARATORY offerings and the Westley Berman Scholars Program in August 2022.
​Harry Potter Sustainable Universe (HPS) is intended for older students combining the World of Harry Potter with more engaging concepts and ideas. HPS is driven by World Building and introduces XGENS’ Academy interdisciplinary topics encompassing STEM, Advocacy, Creative and Persuasive Writing & Diplomacy. The ideas are taught, in part, through Model United Nations Fantasy Role Playing utilizing the world of Harry Potter as envisioned through collective thinking of faculty, staff and campers alike integrating immersive hands-on activities utilizing Design Thinking. HPS also explores the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals through sophisticated applications including Nanotechnology.

HPS is designed as a launch pad to enable very bright and capable students to participate in XGENS and its Model UN Academies & eventually as a delegate on XGENS’ International Model UN delegations.
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ANNOUNCING DIGIVATIONS XGENS-
17 UN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS INSTITUTE
Virtually & In Person - August 2022 for Youth and Young Professionals Ages 13-20.
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QUALIFIED NEW DIGIVATIONS STUDENTS (Students/Campers who have never previously attended any DIGIVATIONS program or Camp) MUST SUBMIT A LETTER OF INTEREST TO DR. STEVEN L. BERMAN @ dr.steve@digivationsxgens.org OUTLINING THEIR BACKGROUND
*LEARN ABOUT CREATING AN EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITY YOU CAN USE FOR STRENGTHENING COLLEGE, GRADUATE AND PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL APPLICATIONS, DESIGN THINKING & THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY, AMONG MANY OTHER TOPICS.

REGISTRATION

XGENS 17 UN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS INSTITUTE

The Institute will address the fundamental issues underlying each of the 17 SDG’s, and many of their 169 constituent targets.

Participants will learn “Design Thinking” processes which they will apply to hypothetical and actual development, as well as implementation of one or more solutions to their own local community challenges. This investment will serve as a core extracurricular project providing them with a competitive advantage for future college applications, internships and jobs. Participants will prepare a scalability plan enabling such solution(s) to be applied to similar challenges in other regions.

Participants will learn about the six UN organs, including UNESCO (ECOSOC) and departments, such as DESA, as well as commissions, forums and other bodies which are focused on enabling member states implementation of the SDG’s.

Among several underlying themes will be the Circular Economy and “systems value” processes involved in designing the life cycle of a product commencing from raw material extraction and extending to an unending chain of recycling into different products for diverse communities. Entrepreneurial business plans may also be studied that launched circular economy enterprises which enabled achievement of the SDG’s.

Discussions will also focus on core elements of different commissioned reports with a focus on science, technology and innovation and associated vital sustainable impacts.

Participants will also learn about UN processes and procedures including drafting resolutions using the consensus approach enabling collaboration of member states to solve fundamental societal challenges. These diverse challenges include climate change, economic development, education and literacy, preparing current generations to engage in meaningful careers and a future of valued work in the AI World, equity including eradicating hunger, poverty, gender inequality and abusive child labor practices, effective and ethical healthcare practices such as distribution of the COVD-19 vaccine, sustainable infrastructure, preserving the planet both on land and below water, and space exploration and colonization.

Participants will also develop their own interpretations of the SDG’s and targets through the arts including music, visual and theatrical skits and plays, as well as creative writing encompassing poetry and stories, and prototype models. These interpretations will enable each participant to serve as a community ambassador to promote awareness and application of the SDG’s by others.
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Register for CMUNC 2022 Below. Yale Model UN XLVIII - Virtual Conference, was held January 20 - 23; YMUN 2022 Harvard Model UN - In-Person Conference was held in Boston, January 27-30; HMUN 2022.​

Summer 2021: DIGIVATIONS XGENS Model UN &17 UN Sustainable Development Goals Institute

DIGIVATIONS XGENS 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals Institute, Incubator & Accelerator is enthusiastic about launching a research collaboration with UCLA Professor Paul S. Weiss, UC Presidential Chair, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry, and Distinguished Professor of Materials Science & Engineering and his interdisciplinary nanoscience research group. More details will follow later.

DIGIVATIONS XGENS ANNOUNCES NEW COLLEGE PREPARATION SHORT COURSE “YOU ARE THE BRAND” PROGRAMS - COMMENCING JUNE 2022.

DIGIVATIONS XGENS COMMENCES FOCUS ON SUSTAINABILITY INCLUDING CLIMATE & FOOD SECURITY, THE FUTURE OF WORK & THE NEW ECONOMY INCLUDING CRYPTOCURRENCY AS AN SDG SHORT COURE SALON IN AUGUST, 2022 WHICH WILL BE ANNOUNCED SOON.

XGENS WILL BE AGGREGATING A RELEVANT AND INTERESTING READING LIST AND CREDIBlLE AUTHORITATIVE SOURCES.

1. ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL & GOVERNANCE (ESG) DERIVATIVES

Model UN Sustainable Development Goals Institute
July 24-30, Ages 13-20 (Please note that while in-person attendance provides a more robust experience with more desirable learning outcomes, online participation will prove beneficial for growth and development. The in-person experience is an immersive overnight opportunity and includes room and board.
Online programming for the SDG INSTITUTE will extend from 10:30am to 12:30pm PST commencing on July 24 and concluding on July 30, 2022.

​REGISTER
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Supporting Our Global Community: You Need Nature. Nature Needs You.
From volunteering with The Nature Conservancy to reducing your carbon footprint, there are so many ways you can get involved and do your part to support a world where people and nature thrive together.

Dear Friends and Colleagues:

NASA award winning DIGIVATIONS, digivations.org and affiliated educational non-profits, continue to educate future generations through dedication to humanity, innovation, research and discovery.

DIGIVATIONS, digivations.org, enable its educational non-profits, DIGIVATIONS CAMP DEMIGOD INSTITUTE, including its Overnight Innovation & Literary Camps, campdemigod.org and harrypottercamps.org & DIGIVATIONS XGENS, XGENS.org, 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals Institute and Model UN programs, to share our collective knowledge in the areas of STEM, ARTS, HUMANITIES and KINESTHETICS with students from throughout North America and the globe who are preparing to contribute positively to the world in emerging careers.

The following video ideally encourages your support.

JACOB ALAN BERMAN, DIGIVATIONS XGENS' Homeschool Graduate and member of Cornell University’s Class of 2025, Head Delegate of DIGIVATIONS XGENS' MODEL UN DELEGATION and Creative Founder of DIGIVATIONS CAMP DEMIGOD INSTITUTE'S OVERNIGHT AND LITERARY CAMP HALF-BLOOD shares his perspectives on the WHY YOUR YOUTH SHOULD ATTEND CAMP and DIGIVATIONS XGENS' programs. PLEASE JOIN US AT ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS. WISHING EVERYONE A WONDERFUL HEALTHY SUMMER. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

I AM NOT THROWING AWAY MY SHOT
​Hamilton, the musical, tells us why NASA award winning DIGIVATIONS CAMP DEMIGOD INSTITUTE’s Overnight Innovation & Literary Camps, campdemigod.org, campfandom.org, camphalf-blood.org, harrypottercamps.org, and DIGIVATIONS XGENS, XGENS.org, College Preparatory, Model UN Academies & 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals Institute and DXCIMUN Summer Programs July 3- July 30, 2021 are requiring all campers/students ages 12-25, staff and faculty to receive the COVID vaccine -“I AM NOT THROWING AWAY MY SHOT.”

Brilliance, Determination and Innovation Solved the Pandemic:
​Enjoy a conversation with Great Minds presented by the UN’s Commission on Science and Technology, CSTD, with the global scientific leaders who developed mRNA https://lnkd.in/gziSwcu.

DIGIVATIONS XGENS Homeschool, College Preparatory, and Model UN Academies & 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals Institute & Acclerator, XGENS. org, will be discussing these world class biotech innovations and other innovations this summer at DIGIVATIONS 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals Institute at DIGIVATIONS CAMP DEMIGOD INSTITUTE this summer July 28-30, 2022 and as part of its DIGIVATIONS CASCADIA INTERNATIONAL MODEL UN, DXCIMUN, 2022 Series.

Student campers attending in person NASA award winning DIGIVATIONS CAMP DEMIGOD INSTITUTE’s Overnight Innovation & Literary Camps, campdemigod.org, camphalf-blood.org, harrypottercamps.org and campfandom.org will also learn about these exciting biotech and other innovative technologies and applications this summer, July 3-23, 2022.

Please come join us as students discover their own Great Minds.

Edifying Current Events:

The results of a recent experiment at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory — the leading particle physics facility in the U.S. — suggests that our current understanding of the universe could be flawed, and Cornellians had a hand in the discovery.
https://cornellsun.com/2021/04/29/cornell-researchers-aid-in-discovery-of-anomalous-muon-wobble-challenging-understanding-of-natural-world/

NASA award winning DIGIVATIONS CAMP DEMIGOD INSTITUTE, campdemigod.org and harrypottercamps.org, and DIGIVATIONS XGENS, XGENS.org, commemorate the life of Apollo 11 Astronaut, Michael Collins. His heroism, humanity, ingenuity and inspiration profoundly impacted the lives of many youth catalyizing them to pursue the fields of art and architecture, design thinking, engineering, science and humanities.

DIGIVATIONS XGENS was pleased to participate in Yale Model UN XLVIII’s Virtual Conference, held January 20 - 23; YMUN 2022. DIGIVATIONS XGENS was accepted as a delegation for Harvard’s Model UN - In-Person Conference held in-person in Boston, January 27-30; HMUN 2022​.

We are excited to provide you with an opportunity to participate in YMUN and/or Harvard Model UN in January, 2023. XGENS has been leading delegations to North American and global Model UN’s for several years as a result of the catalyzing influence of DIGIVATIONS’ Founders' son, Jacob Berman, now a student at Cornell University active in International Affairs and Finance, Environmental Sociology, Archaeology and many other subject domains. Jacob will join Drs. Steve and Anne as Faculty Advisors.


Having enjoyed leading delegations throughout the world including at the UN’s Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland; UN headquarters located in New York City; Yale University, New Haven; and several other cities, as well as Yale virtually in 2022, we believe they offer a brilliant and multi-faceted conference coupled with unique competitions designed to enable delegates a vital pathway to explore and highlight their many respective passions, inner strengths, and diverse perspectives and talents. Most significantly, participation in YMUN enables you to meet outstanding delegates from throughout the world who represent different countries’ cultures, governance systems, languages and histories, otherwise not available without years of traveling throughout the world. Imagine one venue where you explore and demonstrate who you are as a young leader which also provides you with the advantage of making new international friends.


In 2022, Yale University provided DIGIVATIONS XGENS' Delegation with excellent Conference Committee opportunities encompassing the General Assembly, European Commission, Regional Bodies, Specialized Agencies and Crisis Committees. The topics and issues enabled selected delegates to engage in significant research, enhance their written and oral/advocacy skills, immerse in significant intellectual discussion and debate, and learn to compromise enabling them to draft and pass impactful resolutions. As a result of the rigor of Model UN programs, and the 360 degree demands of high level Conferences, delegates who participate in YMUN and /or HMUN; are more likely to be evaluated as outstanding candidates for admission to the best colleges in the world, as well as invaluable internships, and other life enhancing opportunities.

DIGIVATIONS WORLD OF NATURE

RELEVANT SDG NEWS: Tonight’s sky! Location? Where your youth along with our international faculty are excited about enjoying their immersive summer: NASA award winning DIGIVATIONS CAMP DEMIGOD INSTITUTE’s campdemigod.org and harrypottercamps.org and DIGIVATIONS XGENS.

Consistent with its mission to “Inspire the Next Generation of Innovators”, XGENS is announcing a new College Preparatory Sustainable Development Academy based on its NASA award winning STEM+ARTS+HUMANITIES+MOVEMENT curriculum. Consistent with new investments in intelligent infrastructure and transportation, smart cities and shelters, food security, advanced healthcare and biotechnologies, space exploration and commercial space, and meaningful careers in the world of AI, among other domains, DIGIVATIONS XGENS Academy will prepare students to acquire and apply foundational interdisciplinary knowledge solving SDG targets.

XGENS also announces a spotlight on UN Sustainable Development Goal 3, among other interrelated goals 1, 2, 8, 10, 12, 13, 16 and 17. XGENS will engage with a collaborative of international academic research centers including nanotechnology and other leading edge scientific and humanities communities which are focused on advancing healthcare technologies as well as societal innovations enabling sustainable and resilient recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic that promotes the economic, social, and environment dimensions of sustainable development. Noted technologies, among others, encompass those supporting COVID-19 vaccines, biologic and genetic therapies, as well as AI applied to drug discovery and other innovative applied and translational scientific research designed to enhance good health and well being. These academic centers and societal innovation partners generate innovative solutions to the underlying SDG targets through interdisciplinary scientific research and applied science incorporating advanced education with a focus on next generation workforce skills, effective health and public policy and critical infrastructure investment including start-ups.

Consistent with its mission to “Inspire the Next Generation of Innovators”, XGENS is focused on engaging a community of middle school through high school students, Grades 8-11, in a SDG Innovation Social Venture Impact Competition, including XGENS-NANOENVISION, and XGENS YOUTH AMBASSADOR LEADERSHIP FORUMS where applied Science, Humanities & Literacy serve as the catalysts under the direction of DIGIVATIONS. The Social Venture Competition will integrate a global stakeholder community of educators (formal and informal), business and civic leaders, and UN sanctioned NGO’s working with underserved communities which will educate, guide and inspire the students.

​The underlying goals will be to assemble interdisciplinary cohort teams who work together to develop cost effective innovations which will be deployed locally as well as globally as solutions to SDG 3 and other goals targets enabling healthier living and societies.

The competition will include three phases. One phase will include a design thinking and work plan stage leading to proposals which be evaluated, and the winners will receive opportunity awards that will be used to create both theoretical and functional prototypes. The prototypes will be judged based on prospective immediate and long term societal impact, innovation and relevance to achieving the targets of SDG3 and other goals with the selected winners receiving funding for the last phase. The third phase will yield tangible inventions that NGO’s can immediately implement positively impacting individuals and communities.

Humanities will serve a pivotal role in enabling scientific literacy and effective policy decisions for all individuals to ensure that disinformation is extinguished through personal empowerment and critical thinking skills development. Factually based information dissemination through XGENS-SDG community partnerships will prove valuable.

The following UN Video and SDG Partnership Guidebook serves as inspiration to engage participants to become active in positively transforming the world one valuable action after another. Every innovative moment in life matters, and you have the power to make a vital difference in others’ lives and society.
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If you require additional inspiration about the WHY, please read a brief encapsulation about the 2030 Agenda for the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals and UN Secretary-General’s, António Guterres’, United Nations pronouncement. Read The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2020 published by the UN - HERE and attached below.



​We look forward to hearing from you.
Please correspond with Dr. Steve Lee Berman at dr.steve@digivationsxgens.org.

THE WHY: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development was launched in 2015 to end poverty and set the world on a path of peace, prosperity and opportunity for all on a healthy planet. The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) demand nothing short of a transformation of the financial, economic and political systems that govern our societies today to guarantee the human rights of all.

“Everything we do during and after this crisis [COVID-19] must be with a strong focus on building more equal, inclusive and sustainable economies and societies that are more resilient in the face of pandemics, climate change, and the many other global challenges we face.
António Guterres Secretary-General, United Nations”

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DIGIVATIONS XGENS ANNOUNCES ITS SDG MUN CONFERENCE SCHEDULED TO BE HELD AUGUST 2021.

Experienced & Talented Model UN College Students & Uniquely Gifted & Successful MUN Focused High School Students Should Apply for DXCIMUN Secretariat Positions Here

DIGIVATIONS XGENS Delegation realized success at Yale, YMUN.org, and Harvard’s, harvardmun.org, Virtual High School Model UN’s. Also, XGEN’s Model UN Delegation also experienced a rewarding Harvard Virtual College MUN, HNMUN.org. 

2021 XGENS DELEGATION:

HARVARD College NATIONAL MODEL UN, HNMUN: