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Saving UAE’s Native Plants: How we Built the Flora Database (2-3 p.m. Gulf Standard Time)

Virtual Eastern Standard Time Zone, GA

The purpose of the webinar is to explain the efforts of young Emirati plant specialists in the generation of UAE Flora: The Native Plants Database of Emirates; a fully referenced, extensively validated, evolving, web-based, virtual database that has been designed and developed to introduce native plants form the biodiversity of UAE to the Global scientific communities, with the help and support of UAE plants’ expert from all the emirates. This database will be accessible to experts, researchers, and the public to support the UAE Flora conservation and reintroduction efforts.
Organizer: Heriot-Watt University Dubai Campus
Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/saving-uaes-native-plants-how-we-built-the-flora-database-webinar-tickets-559442998067

Students Taking on Hunger: Ideas from Around the World on Addressing Food Insecurity and Inadequate Nutrition

Virtual Eastern Standard Time Zone, GA

Please join us on Monday, March 6, 1-2 pm PST, as UC Davis SDG Interns interview student speakers from around the world about encouraging local agricultural production, reducing food waste, and engaging communities to facilitate food distribution.
Organizer: UC Davis
To register: https://ucdavis.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ccy17hwAQfasyKQdDXfolA

2023 Great Lakes Conference: Managing Fisheries and Exploring Islands

Virtual Eastern Standard Time Zone, GA

The 33rd Annual Great Lakes conference will feature two themes with three presentations per theme as well as a panel discussion with Q/A from participants. The themes are Fisheries Management in the Great Lakes and Great Lakes Islands. The day will also feature a presentation on PFAS in Great Lakes Fish. The conference is sponsored by Michigan State University Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Institute of Water Research, Michigan Sea Grant Extension, Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy, and MSU Extension. Support is provided by US Geological Survey Water Resources Research Program. The conference is free to attend.
Register: https://www.canr.msu.edu/iwr/events/annual-great-lakes-conference

Urban Gardening & Composting: Take Action in Your Community

Virtual Eastern Standard Time Zone, GA

We head over to Colombia's second biggest city, Medellin, to explore the positive social and environmental impacts urban gardening can have upon your community. Led by a local pioneer, you will learn how to dramatically reduce your daily carbon footprint while also discovering expert techniques to be able to start a composting system for your home or university. The interactive webinar includes a presentation from local pioneer Laura Rubio and tangible take-away tools to take sustainable action straight away.
Organizer: Kagumu Adventures

TO REGISTER: https://forms.gle/6kaEdsUsn7YLMYeg9

Conferencia ODS en el Tec: “Los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible a la mitad del camino”

Virtual Eastern Standard Time Zone, GA

Tec de Monterrey, through the SDGs Initiative, will host the Conference "The SDGs at the crossroads", where participants will discuss the progress and remaining challenges to achieve the SDGs by 2030. The conference will have keynote speakers and panels dedicated to each dimension of sustainable development.
Organizer: Tec de Monterrey
Register: https://itesm.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_cQaDWMtER6CKkkGLQZb2tQ

Advancing careers & the SDGs: how a co-curricular program prepares students to make a difference in their professional paths

Virtual Eastern Standard Time Zone, GA

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's SDG Scholar Program (housed within their College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources), seeks to both spark curiosity about the goals and help students chart their professional paths to be aligned with them. Learn more about the program (and potentially join us as an SDG expert, if you're interested!) by attending this session about creatively re-combining resources and connections to benefit students, our countries, and the world.
Organizer: University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Register: https://unl.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUuf-ihrjkvHtCaGd6tALbcYl7WxCtWO-x3

Conversations with Cabrera: Climate Change

Virtual Eastern Standard Time Zone, GA

Georgia Institute of Technology President Ángel Cabrera convenes a panel of faculty to discuss climate action, emerging technologies, and predictions for how we'll live, work, and socialize in 2050 through a climate change lens as part of Sustainable Development Goals Action and Awareness Week.
Organizer: Georgia Institute of Technology
Join Online: c.gatech.edu/SDG2023

Global Shared Learning Classroom con metodología COIL y desarrollo de competencias éticas y ciudadanas.

Virtual Eastern Standard Time Zone, GA

Bajo el proyecto TEC GLOBAL SHARE LEARNING CLASSROOM y la metodología COIL, dos universidades ITESM (México) y URV (España) se unen con alumnos en dos materias integrados en equipos internacionales, que bajo uno de los 17 ODS de la Agenda 2030 cada equipo investiga, mapea y propone soluciones viables, a corto plazo para coadyuvar en algunas de las metas del ODS otorgado y que tenga impacto real  (social/ambiental) con acciones concretas en su territorio (México y España).
Pueden registrarse enviando un correo a: mariaconcepcio.torres@urv.cat

Sustainable Food System Solutions Research Fair (in-person, McGill University)

McGill University Thomson House Ballroom

Come learn about innovative student research on improving food security, food as medicine, Indigenous nutrition, and more at the Sustainable Food System Solutions Research Fair on Thursday, March 9 starting at 3 p.m. in the Thomson House Ballroom (3650 McTavish St., Montreal). Enjoy free food, hear from McGill students and a guest speaker, and celebrate the launch of a new food security research network designed to connect students based on the downtown and Macdonald campuses.

“Meet the Maker” of the Beyond the Box: SDGs exhibit, Nebraska alumna Peyton Bishop

Virtual Eastern Standard Time Zone, GA

“Beyond the Box: CASNR Edition” is a collection of resources in an interactive audio exhibit highlighting Nebraska faculty and staff contributions towards the Sustainable Development Goals (currently on display at the Nebraska East Union third floor). The project was created to utilize digital storytelling to support students in various grades as they explore their future. Through focusing on important human values, these collections of stories highlight how individuals have found their way into the sciences and how their chosen career has allowed them to do amazing and impactful work related to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.
Organizer: University of Nebraska-Lincoln
To register: https://unl.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYucuutqjIvGNJGfYtANyfZlAZMyJnQvA-f

SDGs by Self Reliant World (7:45 – 8:30 p.m. IST)

Virtual Eastern Standard Time Zone, GA

A Global webinar on the SDGs by Self Reliant World.
Organizer: Unity of Nations Action for Climate Change Council
Join: meet.google.com/jue-etwg-epr

Journées Scientifiques – Scientific Days (en français)

Virtual Eastern Standard Time Zone, GA

'objectif principal de cette journée scientifique est de faire découvrir les travaux effectués dans les différents centres de l’INRS sous forme de présentations vulgarisées et d’aborder les nouvelles thématiques qui occupent la sphère scientifique mondiale.
Presented by the Comité d'organisation des Journées scientifiques de l'INRS, Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS), Québec City, Quebec
enregistrer: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScKX_65PkoKFcGHw5oTnX9wR6jAx1PbYAz3W4Vs6-vwpGWzQA/viewform

Global Goals Jam Canada Winter 2023

Virtual Eastern Standard Time Zone, GA

The Global Goals Jam Canada Winter 2023 program is organized by the SDG Innovation Lab, Centre of Entrepreneurship, Centennial College with OSPE and Canadian Partners and the support from UNDP and Digital Society School Amsterdam. It is a weekend program to contribute to the Global Goals by collaborating and building solutions to pressing social or business challenges and invoking the participation and engagement of students, entrepreneurs, designers, engineers, creative thinkers, and the public community. The program uses a design process and lean methodology to guide participants ensuring that any potential solutions actually solve the problem at hand.
Organizer: Centennial College and Partners
Register: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/global-goals-jam-canada-winter-2023-march-10-12th-weekend-tickets-479543897707

The role of medical sciences universities in the UN SDGs (9.00-10.30 GMT)

Virtual Eastern Standard Time Zone, GA

How can medical universities play a critical role in fulfilling the SDGs and helping society to achieve the SDGs through leadership, research, teaching and learning? View National Nutrition & Food Technology Research Institute's (NNFTRI) programmes and projects in line with actualizing UN's Sustainable Development Goals
Organizer: Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83511832812?pwd=bJQjyQmxbIVz9OFfbGlXBobc4fbWBu.1 passcode: 511248

We Demand FASHION 2024 SDG 12: Bazaar & Small Business Sustainability (4 March 8:00 am – 6 March 17:00, Philippines, PHST)

We Demand FASHION aims to provide students and business owners an avenue to hone their entrepreneurial skills through retailing secondhand apparel in an Ukay-ukay Bazaar. This event is open to serve fellow students, faculty, and staff to introduce and practice sustainable efforts as stakeholders in the ever-growing clothing industry.
Organizer: Internationalization and Linkages (InterLink) Office of San Pedro College
Event information: https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=828201339320867&set=a.467110008763337

Advancing SDGs on Campus Using the 17 Rooms Approach

Virtual Eastern Standard Time Zone, GA

To register: Meeting Registration - Zoom How can you take the world's 17 Sustainable Development Goals into your own hands? Join this session to hear from students and staff as they explain how they have used 17 Rooms to advance action, insights, and community on the SDGs. A partnership between the Center for Sustainable Development […]

Conferencia “De la desigualdad de género a la desigualdad climática” (11.00-12.00 CST)

Virtual Eastern Standard Time Zone, GA

The objective of this conference is to explore the intersection between gender inequality and climate inequality, highlighting how these affect the addressing of other challenges such as climate change.
Organizer: Tec de Monterrey
Register: https://itesm.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZckceGtpj8vGNSevi8d07la71qG-QrZKlB4

The Critical Importance of Measuring SDG Progress on Campuses

Virtual Eastern Standard Time Zone, GA

Global experts on the importance of measuring progress on the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on campuses across the world will share on their expertise and case studies.

Register at: https://www.collegesinstitutes.ca/event/the-critical-importance-of-measuring-sdg-progress-on-campuses/

Los estudiantes nos cuentan: Avances en las investigaciones del semillero CODS (3.30-5.00 CST)

Virtual Eastern Standard Time Zone, GA

Students from diverse undergrad programs that take parte of the research HUB of the SDG Center will be sharing their research updates. The topics are Communities in endangered ecosystems, sustainable transportation and transition to sustainable energy in the fashion industry.
Organizer: Universidad de los Andes
Watch live at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxZZwKFbX14

Journey de la Sostenibilidad (17.00-19.00 CST)

Virtual Eastern Standard Time Zone, GA

The event is organized by Ruta Azul from Tec de Monterrey, Campus Sonora Norte. During the event, the students will share their experiences, lessons learned on their successful projects in the state of Sonora, which have contributed to raising the awareness towards mitigating environmental issues and strengthening the engagement of the students with their environment.
Organizer: Ruta Azul del Tec de Monterrey
Register at: https://itesm.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwrceCrpzsrGtc87xPifeT0LYZ0IrKNuJof

🌍💧 Water Sustainability Challenges: Tobruk City and Beyond 💧🌍 (10.00-13.00 Libya, EET; Arabic and English)

Virtual Eastern Standard Time Zone, GA

We warmly invite students, experts, research centers, universities, NGOs, governmental organizations, and the global community to join us. This platform celebrates successful stories, innovative solutions, and discussions on water sustainability challenges from diverse perspectives.
Organizer: Tobruk University
Register at: https://forms.gle/ae3gb3USgL5JPeZf6

Recycling plastic waste in Africa: challenges and opportunities (3-4.30 pm GMT, presented in English and French)

Virtual Eastern Standard Time Zone, GA

Plastic waste recycling in Africa: myth or reality? Sharing experiences and current best practices in plastic waste recycling, exploring strategies put in place to combat plastic waste, advanced plastic recycling techniques and technologies.
Co-organized by Babcock University and Senghor University
To Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_HU4RGX-TSgOCBzKRlh3UAQ

SDG Careers Session 2: Bevon Charles (#2, #8) (9-10 am CST)

Virtual Eastern Standard Time Zone, GA

Register at: https://unl.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUuf-uvqDkrH93CnaZzy2xeKvX1tukXLJKA
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s SDG Scholars Program helps students to dive deeper into their knowledge of the SDGs. Join us to see what our program is like and to hear from a professional working towards one or more of the SDGs in their day-to-day work. Featured SDG-Career Guest: Bevon Charles, CEO/Founder of Akata Farms, agriprenuer-farmer, sustainable development advocate, creative, youth leader, innovator, and techprenuer.
Organizer: the University of Nebraska-Lincoln

SUNY Oswego in Honduras: Helping “Life Below Water”

Virtual Eastern Standard Time Zone, GA

Join faculty and administrators from the State University of New York at Oswego (USA) to discuss their latest student research project in Roatan, Honduras. The Honduras Marine Wildlife Ecology program is now in its 15th year and a member of the Innovative Instruction Technology Grants (IITG) project awarded to the University at Buffalo (UB) for 2023-24.
Organizer: SUNY Oswego

SDG Week: Upcycled Bag Workshop (in person only, 1-3 p.m. PST)

In person event: Join the Office of Sustainability for this two-hour workshop to learn about the SDGs and make your very own upcycled textile bag!
Organizer: University of California, Davis
Register for in person event: https://forms.gle/fWgLaZzmPRkFGrpr5

🌍✨ Empowerment and Action: Celebrate Women’s Day with Us! ✨🌍(10.30-13.00 Libya, EET; Arabic, English translation available))

Virtual Eastern Standard Time Zone, GA

Join us for an inspiring day of stories, insights, and discussions on how we can collectively work towards a sustainable future through the empowerment and leadership of women.
Organizers: Tobruk University, Municipality of Tobruk, and Tobruk Security Directorate
Register at: https://forms.gle/8jCrqQNS3H4kca727

Religious Studies and Climate Justice

Virtual Eastern Standard Time Zone, GA

Religious studies students come to understand that religion and climate justice are not just compatible with each other, but that climate justice cannot be achieved without the mobilization and inclusion of religious communities. How do students develop this knowledge into skills for sustainability development?
Organizer: JMU Dining
Link to join: https://us05web.zoom.us/j/88136798892?pwd=KxX3uwq0aM0J5DxYJ2KmAROs3m0Pby.1 password: sdg

Friday “Pub” Trivia: SDG Edition

Virtual Eastern Standard Time Zone, GA

In our "pub" quiz, you'll spin our SDG Trivia wheel and play along with our guest hosts to see how well your knowledge of the SDGs stacks up against theirs. We'll introduce you to this free trivia tool that was designed to raise "pub"lic awareness of the SDGs.
Register at: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcqf--rqToqHNPLk9IIZotSTo3mr3f1mYSO

Engaging in Transdisciplinary Climate Research (11.00-11.50 am PST)

Virtual Eastern Standard Time Zone, GA

Conducting climate change research requires individuals from across disciplines to work together on solutions. But it’s not always simple – researchers are often trained within specific disciplines with techniques, approaches and customs that differ from others working towards similar solutions. So where do we begin?
Organizer: University of British Columbia
Register: https://climatesolutions.ubc.ca/news-and-events/events/graduate-student-discussion-engaging-transdisciplinary-climate-research