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Interdisciplinary Activities for Teaching Sustainability
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This Interdisciplinary Activities for Teaching Sustainability Guide(pdf) outlines six activities/assignments that instructors can facilitate for learners in higher education that connect to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The focus is on learner-centered and often experiential, place-based activities where students can intentionally engage with sustainable practices, climate action, clean energy, connecting with life on land and water, health and well-being, reducing inequalities, and more. These can be applied in a broad range of courses and displaces.

The layout for each activity includes:

1. Overview of the activity and its relevance
2. Clear time breakdown and required materials
3. List of relevant SDGs to connect to this activity
4. Assessment, Location, and Accessibility
5. A step-by-step process for the activity
6. How to adapt for your discipline/course, with examples
7. KPU mentors to contact
8. Reflection questions to ask students

• for the SDGs is an that launched the for University Staff on SDGs. Self-Nudges help remind university teachers and staff of the relevance of their work to the SDGs, prompting them to think about sustainable development, apply this mental framework to their work and as a result create more contributions to SDGs while feeling better about what they do. A continuous and reinforced engagement with the SDGs will create a mindset conducive to forging new individual contributions to sustainable development and the SDGs.

• Read The Little Book of Green Nudges: 40 Nudges to Spark Sustainable Behaviour on Campus .The higher education community has unique opportunities to influence the citizens of tomorrow and to test nudges in real-world laboratories. created the Little Book of Green Nudges which shares a practical framework and 40 nudges that can be adopted by colleges and universities, from the small-scale to the large, depending on your resources and context. It is also available in
  • Spanish
  • French
  • Japanese
  • Arabic
  • Chinese

• Visit The UN Campaign for Individual Action. Every one of us can help limit global warming and take care of our planet. By making choices that have less harmful effects on the environment, we can be part of the solution and influence change. There is an app to log actions and contribute to the global count.

• For numerous for instructors, visit The Aga Khan Foundation of Canada (AKFC).

• Visit the Community Foundations of Canada . It can be searched by initiative, topics and type related to the SDGs. They also include news, journal articles, and .

• Read the compilation of simulation games and tools to create awareness and mobilization of the SDGs. 

• Visit lesson plans that promote an action oriented pedagogy about specific Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The lesson are available in English, Spanish, French and Portuguese.

• Read Educatus' for lesson ideas on SDG #4.

• Visit Educators for Social Change (4SC) for to help develop students' capacity to become civic leaders. Topics range from global issues, public health, gender, psychology, economics, government. 

• Visit the for numerous resources, research and thought pieces related to education for sustainable development. The ETF recognizes the vital role the Further Education (FE) and Training sector has to play in combating climate change and achieving sustainability and social justice both nationally and globally.

• Visit The a UN initiative that develops the tools, resources and programs to support education systems around the world in shaping a more resilient and sustainable world. Review

• Visit The Government of Canada's Sustainable Development Goals . It is the central focal point for reporting Canada's data for the SDG indicators. They partner with many councils and organizations and include all 17 goals and some features are Gender, Diversity and Inclusion statistics, Human Activity and the Environment. 

• Visit for law, media and communications and psychology activities and lesson plans which link to core content in different disciplines and can be easily incorporated into existing courses. Content created by Professors and at in the Netherlands. Read an .

• Read the Inspiring Global Citizens Guide from the Aga Khan Foundation. It is a fun and interactive curriculum resource designed to equip educators with the tools they need to teach about sustainable development and global citizenship. Educators can use activities, student assignments, videos, discussion guides, exploration of the SDGs, and real-world examples to inspire students to act and help create a more peaceful, prosperous and equal world for all.

• Visit to view classroom resources, film kits, student tasks, and teaching strategies. The learning outcomes are divided into four domains—Identity, Diversity, Justice and Action. Resources include the .

• Read the Manitoba Council for International Cooperation Sustainable Foundations: Guide for Teaching the Sustainable Development Goals

• Read OXFAM's Teaching Controversial Issues: A Guide for Teachers. The guide explores what controversial issues are, reasons for teaching controversial issues, the value of a global citizenship education approach, guidance and classroom strategies for handling and exploring controversial issues and some practical activities for teaching controversial issues.

• Read the guide developed by OXFAM called The Sustainable Development Goals: A Guide for Teachers. 

• Visit The Saskatchewan Council for International Cooperation's Global Citizenship Education Program that helps teachers integrate international development and global justice into their classrooms by providing free . 

• Visit the section of the United Nation's Lazy Person's Guide to Saving the World or visit the .

• Visit UNESCO and UNICEF for the and view .

• Visit The University of Buffalo's Experiential for several projects for students related to the SDGs.

• Visit The University of Saskatchewan's Educatus: of The Gwenna Moss Centre for Teaching Effectiveness. They have a post series around the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Each post will dive into one of the goals and how we as educators can strive to embed these into our own courses. It is in the author’s opinion that any course or class can connect with one of the 17 goals or 169 sub-targets.

• Read The University of Saskatchewan's SDGs in Teaching and Learning Workbook.

• Visit the for lesson plans, links, videos, student challenges, activities, infographics and tasks for all of the 17 SDGs.

• Visit the (WBCSD). There is a comprehensive collection of resources for businesses to integrate the SDGs. There is also a hub on that are actions anyone can take to support the SDGs.

Helpful Tools

• Visit by founder and designer John D. Saunders. He created beautiful, black illustrations for use in digital projects around the world.

• Review the Compiled Keywords for SDG Mapping tool and the Excel spreadsheet of a list of Sustainable Development Goal keywords used in classes infusing the SDGs. 

• Visit the This is a stock photo library featuring images of trans and non-binary models. The collection aims to help better represent members of these communities as people not necessarily defined by their gender identities—people with careers, relationships, talents, passions, and home lives. All of the photos in the Gender Spectrum Collection were taken by Zackary Drucker.

• Visit for free icons and photos for everything. They are building a global visual language for quick and easy communication no matter who you are or where you are.Visit which is the source for freely usable images

• Visit a site created for instructors to find age-appropriate, educational and safe images along with automatic citations and licensed by Creative Commons.

• Visit images that are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-License.

• Visit the for a tool that allows you to test your climate change IQ; get recommendations on how to improve your knowledge and skills; and build confidence to become a climate champion.

Videos

• Watch from Times Higher Education. It is a discussion about how the digital transformation of higher education could be used to drive progress towards the SDGs. It touches upon issues such as embedding sustainability into teaching, improving access to education, reducing inequalities and boosting inclusivity, enhancing cross-border collaboration and public engagement and reducing environmental impact.  

• Visit The Aga Khan Foundation of Canada for many for instructors.

• Visit  for videos for all audiences.

• Watch the video developed by The Leave No One Behind Partnership and supported by . It is a short, inspiring video which focuses on the commitment to Sustainable Development Goals.

• Watch a video by the UN that provides a brief introduction to the 17 Goals.