Category Archive for "Inspiration"

IISD opens new SDG knowledge hub

Oct 19 2016

For many years, Canada’s International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) has been an essential source of information for everything happening in the…

SDGs & Business: “Time to run the red lights”

Oct 12 2016

Sustainable business pioneer John Elkington of Volans Ventures wrote a piece for Greenbiz recently that inspired us so much we decided to…

Why the SDGs are leading a global transformation

Oct 03 2016

by Alan AtKisson Note: 17Goals was founded just over one year ago to promote the Sustainable Development Goals. Many people are now…

Hip Hop Music Video Teaches Young People About the SDGs

Jun 21 2016

Do you know all 17 Sustainable Development Goals by heart yet? Here comes a new musical way to help you remember— in the form…

Together 2030: Taking the SDGs from Policy to Action

Jun 14 2016

Together 2030 is a civil society initiative that’s bringing together organizations from around the world with the common mission of taking the 2030 Agenda for…

Sing Along to ‘We Love the SDGS’ in Japanese

Jun 07 2016

At the start of the year we launched “We Love the SDGs,” an inspirational — and danceable! — song written and performed by Alan AtKisson,…

What Does Landscape Architecture Have to Do with the SDGs?

Jun 02 2016

Quite a lot, actually. More than the creator of beautiful outdoor spaces, a landscape architect employs systems-thinking on a daily basis— designing spaces that maintain…

Getting the Big Picture of Earth… Every Day

May 04 2016

What does the Earth look like today? In 1968, Apollo astronauts took the first pictures of the whole Earth, the “blue marble,”…

World in 2050 Project Addresses SDGs and Beyond with Integrated Modeling

May 02 2016

Everyone knows the SDGs take us to 2030. But the challenge of sustainable development will certainly not end there. So what happens…

The Oslo Manifesto: Design and Architecture for the SDGs

Apr 27 2016

When the 193 Member States of the United Nations adopted the 2030 Agenda and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals they also, by extension, created…