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Sustainability Literacy: A Global Challenge for Higher Education Institutions

Virtual Eastern Standard Time Zone, GA

In this opening event of UGC Action & Awareness Week, Aurélien Decamps, Sulitest's co-founder and faculty at Kedge Business School, will discuss the Sulitest International Test, a tool for assessing an individual's SDG literacy. During SDG A&A Week, students, faculty, and staff of all member universities of UGC will have the opportunity to respond to the SuliTest free of charge. Preliminary results will be presented and discussed in a closing event on Friday, March 5. Click on the event title to view additional event information and access link to join the event.
Organizers:
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, SUNY (the State University of New York)

Collaborative Academic Action for Good Health and Well-Being

Virtual Eastern Standard Time Zone, GA

The webinar focuses on possible collaborative partnerships and interventions in promoting good health and well-being. The main aim of the event is to identify alternative ways to knowledge transfer for improving health sector performance across different contexts, particularly in developing and emerging economies of Global South. For more information on the event and to access the link, click on the event title.
Organizer: IIHMR University, India

ESDG Experiments: How to Accelerate Education for Sustainable Development in Universities (en Español)

Virtual Eastern Standard Time Zone, GA

The webinar presents the report “Accelerating Education for the SDGs in Universities,” recently published by SDSN (Sustainable Development Solutions Network). Discussion will focus on innovative and transformational initiatives through which Education for the SDGs can be implemented in our universities. During the event we will present the project U4Impact, a platform that allows students of UC3M and other Spanish universities to work for their Bachelor or Master dissertations on impact projects related to the SDGs and proposed by private, public and third-sector organizations.

Organizer: University Carlos III Madrid in collaboration with REDS (Red Española de Desarrollo Sostenible)

Language of the event: Spanish

Sustainable Development Goals Poster Competition Information Meeting

Virtual Eastern Standard Time Zone, GA

The Office of Sustainability at University of North Carolina Wilmington will host a Poster Competition the week of Earth Day open to all university students. The event will require digital "walking posters" to be submitted to be displayed at the university Library. This event will be a review of the SDGs and the upcoming event, followed by an open Q and A about the poster competition. Click the event title for more information and link to join the event.
Organizer: University of North Carolina Wilmington

Lifelong Learning & Just Sustainability

Virtual Eastern Standard Time Zone, GA

This session speaks to practitioners, students and academicians interested in illuminating the relationships among lifelong learning and just sustainability. Click the event title to see details and link to join the event.

Together|Ensemble

Virtual Eastern Standard Time Zone, GA

Together|Ensemble is Canada’s national conference devoted to tracking progress on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The conference represents an all-of-society approach to addressing Canada’s toughest sustainable development challenges, bringing together the private sector, academia, government, and civil society.
Organizer: SDSN Canada
REGISTER AT: https://togetherensemble.tkeventsregistration.com/virtual2022/begin?i=4uNbF48846_U58f6YsFbwW0al0dY-pOi

Legathon (en español; 10:00 a.m. – 18:30 p.m. CET)

Virtual Eastern Standard Time Zone, GA

Are you interested in making a positive difference for people with disabilities? If you are between 16 and 20 years old and would like to present your innovative ideas on how to make a real improvement to the lives of the citizens of Leganes with some degree of disability, join the Legathon!
Organizer: Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Presented in Spanish
To Register: https://www.dejovenesleganes.es/ext/solicita-evento.aspx

Free

Inner Development Goals

Virtual Eastern Standard Time Zone, GA

What Inner Shifts or human growth needs to happen in order for us to reach the SDGs collectively? Learn about the IDGs framework, which maps which cognitive and emotional abilities, qualities or skills we need to foster among individuals, groups, and organizations that play crucial roles in working to fulfill the SDGs.
Organizer: Brazilian Experience
Register here: https://forms.gle/L1zXu69Rp1yaeJVq8

Free

Educating for Tomorrow’s Unknowns: Sustainability Front and Centre

Virtual Eastern Standard Time Zone, GA

How can we understand global issues? How can we learn to live happily, sustainably, and ethically without the feeling of only cutting back? What does this exactly mean for educators, parents, and students? Join us for a public lecture on 7 March 2023 at 7 pm (EST) on the potential of educating for a sustainable future for young people to become global citizens in this complicated world.

Organizer: York University
LINK TO REGISTER:  https://www.yorku.ca/edu/events/educating-for-tomorrows-unknowns-sustainability-front-and-centre/ 

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

How to integrate the SDGs in academic programs: lessons from a 3-year bottom-up approach at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid and European Alliance EELISA

Virtual Eastern Standard Time Zone, GA

Most University students are unaware of the SDGs; a significant percentage of Faculty aren't. There are many ways to overcome these barriers at Universities. This event is meant to discuss two methods that Universidad Politécnica de Madrid has pursued solely and jointly with other European Universities. Both are bottom-up but are guided and stimulated from the top.

Organizer: Universidad Politécnica de Madrid and European Alliance EELISA
To register: https://upm.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEsdumtrT4jHta4qL95GH1zGu-0xGqFNMCK

About the Student Sustainability Summit: Hosting an SDG-focused, multi-institutional student mini-conference (recorded)

Virtual Eastern Standard Time Zone, GA

For this webinar, Ms. Heather Korzun, a student at Mary Baldwin University, and Ms. Carol Lena Miller, representing SSV at James Madison University, will describe how the Student Sustainability Summit is organized and implemented, providing practical advice and resources to potentially host a similar event in your own community. The format is an on-demanded recorded interview that will be available beginning March 6.
Organizer: The Sustainable Shenandoah Valley (SSV) Regional Centre of Expertise for Sustainable Development (RCE)

Mental Health as an SDG: From Theory into Action

Virtual Eastern Standard Time Zone, GA

Student Mental Health Startup Engage You(th) will share their experience creating a grassroots intervention that tackles mental health in their community. This will be followed by an interactive discussion about promoting Mental Health awareness and integrating SDG approaches.
Hosted by student startup ENGAGE You(th)
Register: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScHF5N36RvKaecUtEn7qFQHmYB8yhrJo9ky5YQBvn8_y_e5gw/viewform?usp=share_link

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 […]

COIL International Conference 2024 (7-8 March 8am-5pm Philipines (PHST))

Virtual Eastern Standard Time Zone, GA

SDG 4 & 17: Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) Conference 2024
Theme: “May the FORCE (Focus, Ownership, Resilience, Collaboration, and Execution) be with You”

Register: https://forms.gle/VNAQ83UeTRkL3SaA6

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

Semaine des ODD | Projection du documentaire Inuk en colère et discussion

Virtual Eastern Standard Time Zone, GA

Dans le cadre de la Semaine canadienne des ODD (Objectifs de développement durable de l’ONU) et pour souligner la Journée internationale des droits des femmes, l’INRS offrira à sa communauté la projection du documentaire « Inuk en colère » d’Alethea Arnaquq-Baril, le 7 et 8 mars 2024.
Organizer: Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS)
https://inrs.ca/linrs/salle-de-nouvelles/evenements/semaine-des-odd-projection-du-documentaire-inuk-en-colere-et-discussion/

Enhancing Education Quality Through Volunteering Programs

Virtual Eastern Standard Time Zone, GA

Focusing on the international volunteer teacher program, the event will explore innovative strategies and solutions through interactive discussions, case presentations, and workshops.
Organizer: UIN Ar-Raniry and the International Teachers Association (ITA)
Link provided shortly.

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