{"id":118,"date":"2024-05-01T15:24:10","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T19:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/education-sustainability\/?post_type=chapter&p=118"},"modified":"2024-06-13T11:03:35","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T15:03:35","slug":"sustainable-development-goals","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/education-sustainability\/chapter\/sustainable-development-goals\/","title":{"raw":"Sustainable development goals","rendered":"Sustainable development goals"},"content":{"raw":"The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)<\/a> came into effect on January 1, following a historic United Nations Summit in 2015 during which all UN member states adopted the agenda. The SDGs are an urgent call-to-action for global collaboration, which recognizes that social and environmental challenges are complex and intertwined. This framework of goals and targets for achieving sustainable development is now utilized globally.\r\n\r\nTo learn more about the SDGs and to gather inspiration on how it might connect to your course, you may wish to browse through this excellent resource developed by Aditi Garg<\/a> at the University of Saskatchewan. In this resource, specific steps to integrating the SDGs are built into reflection questions for educators.\r\n\r\nYou can also navigate directly to a specific SDG by clicking directly on its icon below:\r\n\r\n\"No<\/a> \"Zero<\/a> \"Good<\/a> \"Quality<\/a> \"Gender<\/a> \"Clean<\/a> \"Affordable<\/a> \"Decent<\/a> \"Industry,<\/a> \"Reduced<\/a> \"Sustainable<\/a> \"Responsible<\/a> \"Climate<\/a> \"Live<\/a> \"Life<\/a> \"Peace,<\/a> \"Partnerships<\/a>\r\n
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Writing learning objectives for the SDGs<\/h1>\r\nThe United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has developed learning objectives<\/a> for the SDGs that include\u00a0sustainability competencies<\/a> and instructional objectives<\/a> discussed earlier in the Quick-start guide. This helpful resource also suggests topics and lists examples of pedagogical approaches and activities that align with the specific SDG.\r\n\r\nFor example, if you choose to focus on Goal 1 \u2013 No Poverty<\/strong> within the behavioural domain<\/strong>, some learning objectives could be:\r\n
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