The UN's Sustainable Development Goals
Sustainable Development Goals and EcoSchools Canada
The UN's 17 Sustainable Action Goals are closely related to and reflect EcoSchool Canada's overall mission: nurture environmental leaders, reduce the ecological impact of schools, and build sustainable school communities.
In this way, interacting with many of the SDGs may help your EcoTeam complete various action cards, and vice versa. Furthermore, by engaging with the SDGs, you are helping to actualize Canada’s commitment to achieving these goals on a national scale.
Action Library.pdfUse this document to see which action cards are paired with which SDGs.
This list is by no means exhaustive.
Many action cards can relate to more than one SDG.
Scroll down to learn more about each goal and where it connects to EcoSchool Canada's program.
The UN's Sustainable Development Goals
No Poverty
End poverty in all its forms, everywhere.
Zero Hunger
End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture.
Action Cards: Community Science, Grow a Food Garden
Good Health and Well-Being
Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages
Connections: School Ground Greening, EcoLiteracy - IN, Healthy Communities
Action Cards: Anti-Idling, Community Clean-Up, Community Science, Conduct a Waste Audit, Earth Day, Environmental Health, The Great Gulp, Grow a Food Garden, Indoor Gardening and Greenhouses, Meatless Mondays, Pollinator Garden, Sustainable Transportation, Take Me Outside Day, Tree Planting and Maintenance, Walk and Roll to School Day
Quality Education
Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.
Connections: Ecological Literacy
Action Cards: Community Science, Environmental Fair or Conference, Environmental Literacy, Low-mow Zone, Pollinator Garden, Professional Development, Take Me Outside Day
Gender Equality
Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
Clean Water and Sanitation
Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all
Connections: EcoLiteracy - FOR, Project Refill, Healthy Communities
Action Cards: Anti-Idling, Community Clean-Up, Conduct a Waste Audit, Environmental Health, The Great Gulp
Affordable and Clean Energy
Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all
Connections: Energy Conservation
Action Cards: Community Science, Heating and Cooling, Make the Switch, Phantom Power, School Energy Exploration , Sustainable Transportation, WWF Earth Hour, WWF National Sweater Day
Decent Work and Economic Growth
Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all.
Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation.
Connections: Energy Conservation, Waste Minimization, Vehicles
Action Cards: Anti-Idling, Build Homes for Wildlife, Community Clean-Up, Community Science, Environmental Fair or Conference, Environmental Literacy, The Great Gulp, Heating and Cooling, Make the Switch, Meatless Mondays, Phantom Power, Recycle Your Personal Electronic Waste, Reduce Harmful Single-Use Plastics, Repurposing and Innovative Recycling, School Energy Exploration, School Water Exploration, Sort Your Waste, Sustainable Transportation, Textile Recycling, WWF National Sweater Day
Reduced Inequalities
Reduce inequality within and among countries
Connections: EcoLiteracy - ABOUT, EcoLiteracy - FOR
Action Cards: Environmental Health, Environmental Literacy, Grow a Food Garden, School Water Exploration, Textile Recycling
Sustainable Cities and Communities
Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
Connections: Waste Minimization, Energy Conservation, Healthy Communities, EcoLiteracy - FOR, TDSB Programs
Action Cards: Anti-Idling, Community Clean-Up, Community Science, Conduct a Waste Audit, Earth Day, EcoCode, Environmental Fair or Conference, Environmental Health, Environmental Literacy, GOOS Paper, The Great Gulp, Grow a Food Garden, Heating and Cooling, Make the Switch, Meatless Mondays, Phantom Power, Recycle Your Personal Electronic Waste, Reduce Harmful Single-Use Plastics, Repurposing and Innovative Recycling, School Energy Exploration, School Water Exploration, Scrap Your Food Waste, Sort Your Waste, Sustainable Transportation, Textile Recycling, Tree Planting and Maintenance, Vermicomposting and Outdoor Composting, Walk and Roll to School Day, Waste-Free Lunch, Waste-Free Meetings and Events,WWF Earth Hour, WWF National Sweater Day
Responsible Production and Consumption
Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns.
Connections: Waste Minimization, Energy Conservation
Action Cards: Anti-Idling, Community Clean-Up, Conduct a Waste Audit, Earth Day, Environmental Health, Environmental Literacy, GOOS Paper, The Great Gulp, Grow a Food Garden, Heating and Cooling, Make the Switch, Meatless Mondays, Phantom Power, Recycle Your Personal Electronic Waste, Reduce Harmful Single-Use Plastics, Repurposing and Innovative Recycling, School Energy Exploration , School Water Exploration, Scrap Your Food Waste, Sort Your Waste, Sustainable Transportation, Textile Recycling, Waste-Free Lunch, Waste-Free Meetings and Events, WWF Earth Hour , WWF National Sweater Day
Climate Action
Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts.
Connections: Energy Conservation, Waste Minimization, School Ground Greening, EcoLiteracy - FOR, Healthy Communities
Action Cards: Anti-Idling, The Bondar Challenge, Community Clean-Up, Community Science, Conduct a Waste Audit, Earth Day, EcoCode, Environmental Fair or Conference, Environmental Literacy, The Great Gulp, Heating and Cooling, Make the Switch, Meatless Mondays, Phantom Power, Reduce Harmful Single-Use Plastics, Repurposing and Innovative Recycling, School Energy Exploration , School Water Exploration, Scrap Your Food Waste, Sort Your Waste, Sustainable Transportation, Textile Recycling, Tree Planting and Maintenance, Walk and Roll to School Day, Waste-Free Lunch, Waste-Free Meetings and Events, WWF Earth Hour, WWF National Sweater Day, Young Reporters for the Environment
Life Below Water
Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development.
Connections: Waste Minimization, EcoLiteracy - ABOUT, EcoLiteracy - FOR, Healthy Communities
Action Cards: Anti-Idling, Community Clean-Up, Earth Day, Environmental Literacy, Reduce Harmful Single-Use Plastics
Life on Land
Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss.
Connections: Waste Minimization, School Ground Greening, EcoLiteracy - IN, EcoLiteracy - FOR, EcoLiteracy - ABOUT, Healthy Communities, TDSB Programs
Action Cards: Anti-Idling, The Bondar Challenge, Build Homes for Wildlife, Community Clean-Up, Earth Day, Environmental Literacy, GOOS Paper, The Great Gulp, Grow a Food Garden, Indoor Gardening and Greenhouses, Low-mow Zone, Meatless Mondays, Pollinator Garden, Supporting Species at Risk, Take Me Outside Day, Tree Planting and Maintenance
Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions
Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.
Connections: Healthy Communities, EcoLiteracy - FOR
Action Cards: Earth Day, EcoCode, WWF Earth Hour
Partnerships for the Goals
Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development.
Connections: Healthy Communities, TDSB Programs
Action Cards: Community Clean-Up, Community Science, Earth Day, EcoCode, Environmental Fair or Conference, Getting to Know Your EcoSchool, Grow a Food Garden, Professional Development, Sustainable Transportation, WWF Earth Hour, WWF National Sweater Day