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NO POVERTY ZERO HUNGER 170 GOOD HEALTH AND WELL-BEING QUALITY EDUCATION daily actions GENDER EQUALITY CLEAN WATER AND SANITATION AFFORDABLE AND CLEAN ENERGY DECENT WORK AND ECONOMIC GROWTH To transform...

NO POVERTY ZERO HUNGER 170 GOOD HEALTH AND WELL-BEING QUALITY EDUCATION daily actions GENDER EQUALITY CLEAN WATER AND SANITATION AFFORDABLE AND CLEAN ENERGY DECENT WORK AND ECONOMIC GROWTH To transform INDUSTRY, INNOVATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND COMMUNITIES RESPONSIBLE CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION CLIMATE ACTION LIFE BELOW WATER LIFE ON LAND PEACE, JUSTICE AND STRONG INSTITUTIONS PARTNERSHIPS FOR THE GOALS IF  At birthday parties Get everyone offer the option involved. Have to donate money a classroom do to your chosen regular outreach charity in day trips to areas replacement in need. 1 of a birthday gift. 2 Buy fair-trade Teach a skill or NO products to support short course at a POVERTY the sustainable community centre trade system, (computer skills, meaning employees building a resume, are rewarded fairly preparing for job for their work. 3 interviews). 4 Buy clothing or Sponsor a child Clean out your other products from so they can have pantry. Fill a box stores that donate access to food, with non-perishable a portion of their education, foods and donate it money to charities. and health. to a food bank. 5 6 7 Generate discussion around poverty. Write a blog, or write an If possible, give to article in a local every beggar on newspaper. the street. 8 An apple, a bottle of water, small change or even just Volunteer in a smile are better homeless shelters. than not giving Your time can be at all. more valuable than money. 9 10 1 YOU  Spread the word. The more ideas are Donate Provide food spread to combat non-perishable for schools in hunger, the more foods to charities. developing people act. countries. When 1 2 there is lunch available, attendance Support food increases, which assistance programs. also means more They provide over girls marry later 20 times more food and have smaller than food banks, families. food pantries and soup kitchens. 3 4 ZERO If you employ HUNGER workers on minimum wage, help support their other needs Many emergency like education for food providers their children, or need specialized housing supplies. 5 skills such as accounting, social media or writing skills. Volunteer your expertise once Keep a bag Many hungry a week. of apples or tinned people hesitate foods in the car for to ask for help street beggars. because of the stigma and 6 7 shame of it. Speak up about misconceptions Read a book on and educate others hunger. A greater Support local about the realities understanding of its farmers by buying of hungry persons. causes will better your food at prepare you to farmer’s markets. make a difference. 8 9 10 3 CARE  Be more active. Go for walks at Heart disease Don’t smoke. lunchtime or cycle remains the to work. number 1 killer. 1 2 Educate yourself on the causes and symptoms of heart Be part of increasing disease as well awareness of, and as other Non- Eat a healthy diet support for, mental Communicable and drink a lot health ailments Diseases. of water. such as depression, substance abuse or 3 Alzheimer’s. 4 5 HIV/AIDS Never stop is not over. Breastfeed. learning. Protect yourself. It is natural and Engaging in work Test yourself. the best source or educational of nourishment activities helps 6 for babies. lift older people Breastfeeding out of depression. protects infants GOOD HEALTH So, learn a new AND WELL-BEING from illnesses, has language, adc\#iZgbWZcZÒih read a lot, for children and it set up a book club. WZcZÒihbdi]Zgh$ 7 8 Make time Get enough sleep. for yourself and your friends. 9 10 5 ABOUT  QUALITY EDUCATION Teach your Provide food native language at schools to migrants in a to increase youth centre or attendance. elsewhere. 1 2 Educate your kids I]dlÒabhdgJL about the power shows that are of education, as educational as well many don’t see the as entertaining iVc\^WaZWZcZÒih$ for children. 3 4 Take education outside the school Support charities and keep it fun. that are working Travel. Take kids in education in the on day trips to the poorest parts planetarium or of the world. museums. 5 6 Donate books Share success to public libraries stories, including In many countries, or public schools stories that didn’t girls are pulled in need. make the headlines. out of school early in order to get 7 8 married. Start conversations that allow for problems to be openly discussed Share your skills and solutions with the ones who to be found. need them. 9 10 7 THE  Increase gender Communicate representation in to media outlets areas of leadership (advertising in the workplace. companies, movie production houses 1 and so on) about the harmful impact of portraying Practice and women as inferior, Encourage less intelligent demonstrate schools to provide and incompetent to children equal scholarships compared to their decision-making for girls. male counterparts. processes at home. 2 3 4 Use mentoring and coaching to help If you are a woman, women build know your rights i]Z^gXdcÒYZcXZ and stand up and develop for them. their careers. 5 6 GENDER CV`ZÓZm^W^a^inVcY EQUALITY Make gender work-life balance equality part a part of the of training and company’s culture. education. Young people 7 should be supported in choosing jobs that advance their Gender equality Sponsor a girl child future, regardless starts at home. who needs of their gender. a role model. 8 9 10 9 FUTURE,  Read a book Conserve, on water. It will conserve, conserve. increase your When ice-cubes understanding of the are left over from a impact water has in drink, don’t throw societies, economies them away. Put and our planet. 1 them into plants. 2 CLEAN WATER Donate to projects Support AND SANITATION that require funds for digging boreholes, organisations installing pipes and that give water pumps, maintenance to areas in need. training to 3 communities etc. 4 Hold fundraising Fix leaks at home. days in schools on A leaky faucet can World Water Day waste more than and Toilet Day and DZkZgÓjh]idm^X 11’000 litres donate the money chemicals such as per year. to your chosen paints, chemicals or 5 project. 6 medication down the toilet. It pollutes lakes and rivers and causes health problems in marine Wash your car life and humans. at commercial car washers who recycle water. 7 8 Turn off the tap Hire a “Green when brushing your Plumber” to reduce teeth and your water, energy while soaping and chemical use. in the shower. 9 10 11 BE Cover the pan with Turn off electronic a lid. It reduces the equipment such as Turn lights off in amount of energy TVs and computers rooms that aren’t required to boil when going on being used. When water by 75%. holiday. you switch your 1 2 lights off, even for a few seconds, it saves more energy than it takes for the light to start up, regardless of the ;[ÒX^Zci]dbZ bulb type. designs also combine ZcZg\nZ[ÒX^Zci 3 constructions, appliances and Use lighting, such as ZcZg\n#Z[ÒX^Zci Turn down the solar water heating lightbulbs and set thermostat and and solar electricity. your household Òaai]Z]djhZl^i] appliances on carpets to keep the low-energy warmth inside. 4 settings. 5 6 AFFORDABLE AND CLEAN ENERGY Support solar EcanÒaai]Z`ZiiaZ power projects for to the amount of schools, homes and water needed. d[ÒXZh$ 7 8 Installing air- Seek advice and conditioning? guidance on energy Ask for solar air Z[ÒX^ZcXn^c]^hidg^X conditioning. buildings. 9 10 13 THE  Encourage Bring- your-child-to-work Become Day for youth to a micro-lender see what a healthy and empower work environment Support young people looks like. international to become campaigns to entrepreneurs. 1 2 end modern day slavery, forced labour, human igV[ÒX`^c\VcY Provide stability. forced marriages. Empower young professionals to grow into their positions. 3 4 DECENT WORK AND ECONOMIC GROWTH Provide food for low-earning workers. 5 Provide incentives Provide reduced for hard work. rates on quality People respond health systems to a reward and facilities for system. employees. 6 7 Financially assist Ensure safe Encourage more training and working conditions. job opportunities development for youth. programs for an enhanced skillset. 8 9 10 15 CHANGE.  INDUSTRY, INNOVATION Fund projects AND INFRASTRUCTURE Host a small that provide event for people infrastructure for to donate their basic needs. unused, working 1 phones, and in turn raise the awareness about the lack of infrastructure for Hospitals, schools communication and clinics can services that 1-1.5 host fundraising Immerse yourself. billion people still events for projects Organise groups do not have. developing health to visit regions care infrastructure. where basic needs 2 3 are missing. This will broaden Encourage understanding and sustainable motivate people to Keep up to date infrastructure with act on it. with the latest Z[ÒX^ZcigZhdjgXZh technologies and and environmentally innovation. friendly 4 technologies. 5 6 Invest in domestic technology Don’t throw development Make cities healthy. away, give away. research and Turn empty roof Upgrading our innovation in space on buildings electronic gadgets developing into green roofs. is inevitable, but countries. 7 They improve air often our gadgets quality, insulation are still in good by up to 25%, they working condition. Employ more absorb sound, Pass on your old hX^Zci^ÒX promote social working devices or researchers and integration and recycle as certain development more. parts can be workers in the recovered. industrial sector. 8 9 10 17 HELP  Once a month have a coffee with Encourage children a person who is to make friends with different from you, kids from different whether in race, Take your kids cultures. beliefs, culture or to the park and 1 age. 2 other communal spaces and look for opportunities to talk to different people. Learn to respect Learn about them. all kinds of people Understand them. who may do things differently than you. 3 4 Travel the world to learn about different cultures. 5 Say Yes to Read storybooks increasing the Sponsor a child to children that minimum wage to attend school. describe of the lowest all cultures. earning people. 6 7 8 Build schools, homes and Stop stereotypes. d[ÒXZhidWZbdgZ Write a blog of accommodating to short stories that older persons breaks that way and people of thinking. with disabilities. 9 10 19  TO END POVERTY Start a car-pooling system online, Generate internally in the awareness about d[ÒXZ"dg^cVgZVh your city’s carbon Advocate and that don’t have footprint and ways support the access to reliable to improve it. development public transport. 1 2 of sport and recreational spaces. They help build SUSTAINABLE CITIES stronger, healthier, AND COMMUNITIES happier and safer communities. 3 Research, Use public Reach out to encourage and transport, city bikes underprivileged raise awareness for and other modes areas. Integrate greater information of environmentally people of different transparency within friendly transport. class and ethnicity your community. 4 5 and include them in decision-making processes that Provide reduced involve them, fees on public including their living Gather in small transport in conditions, pollution community groups cities that face and so on. to brainstorm ways the challenge of to ensure safe and congestion. 6 7 accessible public spaces especially for women, Educate yourself children, elderly on the cultural and people and people natural heritage As a company, with disabilities. of your area. Visit offer reduced fees heritage sites and on city bicycle hire. post about these in a positive light. 8 9 10 21  TO REDUCE INEQUALITIES  Don’t keep clothes or other items you are not using. Arrange school Donate them. groups to spend 1 hour a week on the 1 beach, along lakes or in parks to pick up the litter and to RESPONSIBLE Buy fruit that is raise awareness on CONSUMPTION in funny shapes water pollution. AND PRODUCTION and overripe, and make smoothies out of them. 2 3 Partner with hotels and restaurants to fast track leftover foods Recycle! to charities that Eat local. would otherwise be And support fair thrown away. 4 5 trade associations that support and promote businesses committed to the Keep showers Buy sustainable principles h]dgi$:dcÉiÒaai]Z products including of fair trade. bath to the top. electronics, Excessive use of toys, shampoo water contributes to or seafood and global water stress. organic groceries. 6 7 8 Do a cold wash. Drink tap water Warm water uses when it is safe. more energy. 9 10 23  AND TO TACKLE CLIMATE CHANGE.  Compost food scraps. 1 Drive less. Walk, cycle, take Take re-useable public transport bags to the store. or car pool. 2 3 Maintain your car. Air dry. Let your Avoid driving in A well-maintained hair and clothes dry eZV`#]djgigV[ÒX$ car emits fewer naturally. toxic fumes. 4 5 6 Organise for your school or company Unplug TVs, to plant new trees computers and every year. Trees other electronics give oxygen and when not in use. take in carbon dioxide. 7 8 CLIMATE ACTION Only buy what you Spread awareness need. 20-50% of about ways to stop the food we buy global warming. ZcYhje^caVcYÒaa$ 9 10 25 TOGETHER  Start regularly volunteering Don’t buy jewellery in community and other items groups to clean made from coral, up a portion of the tortoise shells or beach from litter if other marine life. living nearby. 1 2 Support Eat local organisations that sustainable food. protect the oceans. 3 4 Use fewer plastic LIFE BELOW WATER products, which often ends up in oceans causing the death of marine animals. 5 Inform yourself on Avoid buying Respect laws ocean activities wild-caught, related to by watching hVai#lViZgÒh] dkZg#Òh]^c\$ educational DVDs for your home and documentaries. aquarium. 6 7 8 Practice responsible Only use the recreational dishwasher and activities like laundry machine WdVi^c\"Òh]^c\" when full. snorkelling and kayaking. 9 10 27 WE CAN  Eat seasonal LIFE Avoid using ON LAND produce. It pesticides that end tastes better, it is up in rivers and cheaper and it is lakes, as they are environmentally harmful to wildlife. friendly. 1 2 Never buy Help fund projects products made to rehabilitate from threatened lands. or endangered species. 3 4 Recycle used paper and go paperless When you go into where possible. stores, or when you participate 5 in market places, make environmentally- friendly choices Eat less meat. The that are in favour production and of our planet. distribution of meat has a huge impact on greenhouse gas emissions. 6 7 Make your own compost. It supports biodiversity, Participate in local Buy recycled enriches the soil, urban farming. products. and reduces the need for chemical fertilizers. 8 9 10 29 TRANSFORM Make your voice Participate in your heard and vote country’s decision- in your country’s making processes elections in an informed manner. 1 2 PEACE, JUSTICE Find value AND STRONG Stop violence INSTITUTIONS in different against women. demographics, If you see it thoughts and beliefs happening, for an inclusive report it. society. 3 4 Be passionate about your country’s Demonstrate decisions, and a peaceful remain peaceful environment when standing up at home. for what you 5 believe in. 6 Read, write or make a video to Host or participate stand up for peace. in local community events to get 7 to know one another in safe environments. This Spend some time can be at sports Volunteer at local each week quietly events, barbeques, anti-violence gZÓZXi^c\dc]dl festivals and so on. organisations you would like to and outreach relate to others. programmes. 8 9 10 31  THE WORLD.  Encourage schools to embrace teamwork outside the classrooms in Look for synergies local communities and build stronger and businesses. multi-stakeholder 1 partnerships. Share knowledge, expertise, technology and ÒcVcX^VagZhdjgXZh$ Teach kids about partnerships Encourage through sport. corporate social responsibility 2 3 towards projects related to sustainable development Collaborate with in developing organisations that countries. need funding in an area you feel strongly about. 4 5 Collaborate with PARTNERSHIPS Show the power FOR THE GOALS organisations in of partnerships different countries through who share the same documentaries on goals that you success stories. have. 6 7 Techno-experts: Practice teamwork partner with at home. Share 8ZXaZVg"heZX^ÒX projects that need activities among and creative about technological skills all family members your social goals. in developing and outside countries. the family. 8 9 10 33  NO ZERO GOOD HEALTH POVERTY HUNGER AND WELL-BEING QUALITY GENDER CLEAN WATER EDUCATION EQUALITY AND SANITATION AFFORDABLE AND DECENT WORK AND INDUSTRY, INNOVATION CLEAN ENERGY ECONOMIC GROWTH AND INFRASTRUCTURE 34  SUSTAINABLE CITIES RESPONSIBLE AND COMMUNITIES CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION CLIMATE LIFE LIFE ACTION BELOW WATER ON LAND PEACE, JUSTICE PARTNERSHIPS AND STRONG FOR THE GOALS INSTITUTIONS 35 About the Sustainable Development Goals Our planet is a beautiful place. We can easily forget how much it has to offer because we are constantly being reminded of the challenges we face daily, from inequalities to poverty to climate change. If nothing changes to stop, prevent or reverse these challenges, it will only get worse. That is why the United Nations exists. Everything we stand for is to create a brighter future for every individual, where everyone can thrive and reach their potential. We want to preserve the good that exists in people, places and the planet and put an end to issues that takes hope away from us. That is why world leaders came together in 2015 and mobilised the 2030 Agenda: a set of 17 goals for sustainable development. 36 This matters to each of us because we are all responsible for being a part of the change. Our actions today affect our children tomorrow. Everyone deserves a fair an equal chance in life. Through the goals, we can reach far and wide because the goals are universal, they leave no one behind. It’s also important to understand that these goals are interconnected. We cannot separate poverty from hunger, or education from women’s empowerment and so on. If we can grasp that, we are closer to understanding the needs that must be met, and in turn we are closer to achieving the 17 goals. It’s time to give back to the planet what the planet has given to us. It’s simple and there is no cost. Discover some of the simple actions you can take to stay on the road to a prosperous planet. Produced by the Perception Change Project The Sustainable Development Goals are humanity’s to-do list for a sustainable planet, a clear roadmap for a better future. Peace, Rights and Well-Being