By Deirdre de Burca and Leida Rijnhout, members of the SDG Watch Europe Steering Group Following the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development by UN member states in September 2015, the European Commission slowly started to develop its own ideas and actions for how the Union – a unique, regional, political system – […]
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By the Global University Network for Innovation On October 4th 2019, the Global University Network for Innovation’s Group of Experts presented its second publication devoted to the implementation of SDGs at Higher Education Institutions, in a public event at the Ateneu Barcelonès in Barcelona. More than 85 people attended the event, which promised to be […]
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By Association 4D From 20-25 September, Association 4d organised a fantastic street action to commemorate the 4th anniversary of the SDGs. More than 5,000 people put their handprint on our SDGs wall, a participative street-art performance in the center of Paris. Our motto? “J’empreinte, je m’engage”, meaning “My handprint, my commitment”. We did not only […]
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By Khaled Diab, EEB, with additional reporting by Tanja Gohlert, GCAP During the Global Week of Action (20-27 September 2019), which included the Global Climate Strike, the largest climate protest in history, SDG Watch Europe partners and the Make Europe Sustainable for All (MESA) project organised and were involved in actions, activities and events across […]
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By ROBERTA ARBINOLO, EEB Every day, tons of fresh food end up in the bin. What if you could save them from waste while getting a cut-price meal? The good news is, you actually can, and through your smartphone. Roberta Arbinolo explains. The app is called Too Good To Go. The concept is simple: by […]
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300 people from 80 countries and 203 civil society organisations participated in the People’s Assembly 2019 on 24-25 September in the UN Church Center in New York. There were many representatives from social movements fighting for justice at the local level. They analyzed the people’s perspectives and challenged heads of state attending the UN SDG […]
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By Ecological Movement of Thessaloniki The Ecological Movement of Thessaloniki was founded in 1982 and is the oldest living ecological organization in Greece. Its ideological orientations are identified with the four ideological pillars of the international ecological movement: environmental protection, peace and non-violence, direct democracy, human rights and social solidarity. Through the project Free Meals […]
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By Vanessa Agapie, Hellenic Platform for Development From 14 to 30 September 2019, the Hellenic Platform for Development coordinated for the 2nd year the largest raising awareness campaign in Greece and Cyprus for the Global Goals. During the 17 days, 91 institutions, civil society organizations, schools, universities, municipalities, initiatives and structures implemented 61 actions, including […]
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By the Italian Alliance for Sustainable Development (ASviS) The Italian Alliance for Sustainable Development (ASviS) invites everyone to take part in the Saturdays For Future, a national day of mobilization on the themes of responsible production and consumption. The initiative, first launched on 5 June by Enrico Giovannini (ASviS) and Leonardo Becchetti (NeXt), aims to […]
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By Citizens for Financial Justice Citizens for Financial Justice new report – Spotlight on financial justice: understanding global inequalities to overcome financial injustice – is being released on Thursday, 26 September 2019, to coincide with the High Level Dialogue on Financing for Development at the UN. The report was compiled by Citizens for Financial Justice […]
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