SDGs

Sustainable Development Goals Workshop

Laura Nessman and Nicola Herman

Open Ended

What does sustainability mean to you?

By working towards a sustainable future, we are striving for a LIVABLE, VIABLE, and FAIR world.

sustainability refers to people, planet, profit, peace, and prosperity

What are the SDGs?

What do they hope to achieve?

We the People

https://www.youtube.com/watch/RpqVmvMCmp0

Open Ended

Which SDG is most important to you?

Multiple Choice

Who can help achieve the SDGs?

• students

• governments

• business leaders

• all of the above

Examples of SDG actions

• Personal - use less fossil fuels, donate money to a charity, avoid single use plastics

• Local - Selkirk College signing the SDG Accord, post secondary institutions teaching the SDGs, incorporate SDGs into strategic plans

• Global- Giant corporations committing to the SDGs, Gates Foundation polio vaccination program, government level change

Multiple Choice

Climate change may result in ___ more malnourished children by 2050.

• 4 million

• 10 million

• 24 million

• 14 million

Multiple Choice

Some progress has been made since the SDGs were adopted in 2015. What percent of coastal and marine areas have been protected since 2015?

• 10

• 14

• 17

Multiple Select

Are we on target to achieve the SDGs by 2030?

• yes

• no

Open Ended

What is one change you will make in your personal life to contribute to the SDGs?

Reflection

How is this course or your program working towards the SDGs?

SDG opportunties at Selkik

• Attend the Global Goals Week speaker series

• Check out the SDG page on Selkirk.ca

• Take the SDG knowledge quiz

• Browse the United Nations SDG site

• Check out the Story Map of Selkirks contributions