The SDG Action & Awareness Week working group has curated a list of essential Sustainable Development Goals resources for students, faculty, and staff to utilize in furthering their knowledge of and engagement with the SDGs, with a focus on virtual interaction. Resources are organized below based upon how much time you have to dedicate.
- Watch: a short video (Lightning Talks) on an SDG-related topic from the UGC Annual Gathering
- Download and explore: the SDGs in Action app (through the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs)
- Post on social media about your/your organization’s SDG-related work using the hashtags #SDGWeek2025 and #universityglobalcoalition
- Read our SDG Week Event Planning Guide.
- View information on funding the SDGs
Resources
file found.files found.UGC Student Action Toolkit3.64 MBFebruary 25, 2021Without the participation of students, the efforts and contributions of our institutions in sustainable development will be incomplete. This Student Action Toolkit provides students with tangible ways in which to engage with the Sustainable Development Goals at their universities and in their communities. Created by Tecnológico de Monterrey, George Mason University, and State University of New York (SUNY) on behalf of University Global Coalition.
Sustainable Foundations: A Guide for Teaching the Sustainable Development Goals9.07 MBJanuary 4, 2021"Sustainable Foundations: A Guide for Teaching the SDGs," created by the Manitoba Council for International Cooperation. This guide has discussion questions and resources for teaching about each of the 17 SDGs.
From the preface: "These resources were developed by people who share a passion for our world and making it equitable and sustainable, where no one is left behind. We’ve designed Sustainable Foundations to give professional educators innovative tools that fit elegantly into your curriculum. We hope your students are inspired to transform our world for peace, partnership and prosperity for all people living on the planet we share. We are in this together."
Accelerating Education for the SDGs in Universities2.78 MBJanuary 4, 2021 "Accelerating Education for the SDGs in Universities," a resource created by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network
Description: “Mainstreaming Education for the SDGs can be difficult within existing university structures, and deeper transformations in how universities operate will be needed to ensure this happens fast enough and deep enough. This guide aims to inspire universities to take action and support them through this process, regardless of their context, capacity or starting point. It does this by offering practical approaches and guidance, including the case for action, the different ways Education for the SDGs can be implemented in a university, the outline of a strategic implementation process, the roles of different stakeholders, how to overcome common barriers, and in-depth analysis of transformative examples. The guide is accompanied by a website, blogs.upm.es/education4sdg, with almost 50 examples of how universities around the world are already accelerating their implementation of Education for the SDGs.”
UGC Student Action Toolkit3.64 MBFebruary 25, 2021Without the participation of students, the efforts and contributions of our institutions in sustainable development will be incomplete. This Student Action Toolkit provides students with tangible ways in which to engage with the Sustainable Development Goals at their universities and in their communities. Created by Tecnológico de Monterrey, George Mason University, and State University of New York (SUNY) on behalf of University Global Coalition.
Sustainable Foundations: A Guide for Teaching the Sustainable Development Goals9.07 MBJanuary 4, 2021"Sustainable Foundations: A Guide for Teaching the SDGs," created by the Manitoba Council for International Cooperation. This guide has discussion questions and resources for teaching about each of the 17 SDGs.
From the preface: "These resources were developed by people who share a passion for our world and making it equitable and sustainable, where no one is left behind. We’ve designed Sustainable Foundations to give professional educators innovative tools that fit elegantly into your curriculum. We hope your students are inspired to transform our world for peace, partnership and prosperity for all people living on the planet we share. We are in this together."
Accelerating Education for the SDGs in Universities2.78 MBJanuary 4, 2021 "Accelerating Education for the SDGs in Universities," a resource created by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network
Description: “Mainstreaming Education for the SDGs can be difficult within existing university structures, and deeper transformations in how universities operate will be needed to ensure this happens fast enough and deep enough. This guide aims to inspire universities to take action and support them through this process, regardless of their context, capacity or starting point. It does this by offering practical approaches and guidance, including the case for action, the different ways Education for the SDGs can be implemented in a university, the outline of a strategic implementation process, the roles of different stakeholders, how to overcome common barriers, and in-depth analysis of transformative examples. The guide is accompanied by a website, blogs.upm.es/education4sdg, with almost 50 examples of how universities around the world are already accelerating their implementation of Education for the SDGs.”
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The Atlas of Sustainable Development Goals (WorldBank)
The Atlas of Sustainable Development Goals 2020 presents interactive storytelling and data visualizations about the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. It highlights trends for selected targets within each goal and introduces concepts about how some SDGs are measured. Where data is available, it also highlights the emerging impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the SDGs. The Atlas draws from the World Bank’s World Development Indicators database, as well as from a wide variety of relevant data sources from scientists and other researchers worldwide. https://datatopics.worldbank.org/sdgatlas/
Volunteering Suggestions through United Nations Association USA (UNA-USA)
Members of college and university student organizations and students seeking service hours could organize and complete volunteer activities online. The following guide contains a list of volunteer activities, including many that can be done partially or entirely online, matched to each SDG: https://unausa.org/sdg-activity-guide/.
