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Tools for learning – and singing! – “We Love the SDGs”

Apr 30 2018

Would you like to sing “We Love the SDGs” with your class, team, or group? Now you have multiple tools available to…

“Posters with a few extra words”: Promoting the SDGs in Japan

Apr 19 2018

We enjoyed this creative approach to promoting the SDGs: grab people’s attention with an unexpected juxtaposition between image and text. Reprinted, with…

The SDG Tracker: Charts, graphs and data at your fingertips

Mar 23 2018

Our World in Data, an independent project based in Oxford, UK, has released a new tool that will make it much easier…

A year of playing SDG games: lessons learned

Jan 15 2018

by Justine Braby In early 2017, Progress Namibia and the Hanns Seidel Foundation (HSF), along with various partners and supporters (including the…

Launching the SDG Design Revolution in Oslo

Jan 09 2018

This article, by 17Goals founder Alan AtKisson, was originally published on GreenBiz.com, where Alan has a regular column. The Oslo Manifesto project…

3 Organizations Helping Educators Teach the SDGs

Jun 29 2017

Educators have one of the most important jobs there is, helping empower young people with the knowledge, skills, and confidence they need…

UNDP Report Highlights 10 SDG Success Stories from Asia and the Pacific

Jun 07 2017

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has just released a new report titled 10 Solutions to Help Meet the SDGs. The report features…

Unlocking the value of interconnection in the SDGs

May 23 2017

By Alan AtKisson, reprinted from his “North Star” column on Greenbiz.com “It’s all connected.” We know that already, those of us who…

Global Opportunity Explorer Features Hundreds of Crowd-Sourced SDG Solutions

May 17 2017

From beef flavored plant-based burgers to saltwater batteries that store solar energy, a new platform called the Global Opportunity Explorer is proof that innovation,…

This Tool Lets You Explore Global Resource Trade Flows and Their Environmental Impact

May 10 2017

According to Chatham House, “The volume of natural resources traded globally has increased over 60% since the turn of the century, reflecting and…