The UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals

Samantha Pavlak February 14, 2019, Professor Layne Global Issues The UN 17 Goals Money and power go hand in hand; oftentimes, many people gain power as a result of having money. "On September 25, 2015, 193 United member states agreed on the Sustainable Development Agenda document: "Transformation of our World - 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development". The aim of Sustainable Development Goals is to continue the work started by Millennium Development Goals." Set by the United Nations, there are 17 goals for sustainable development that are to be met within the next 15 years.

These goals are supposed to be supported by all the nations so that this can become a reality, not a dream. These goals are not well known to the public and are just the planning and designing of ideas. , the ideas coming to reality are to understand the causes for them and the effects that they have on our sustainability in life. Then, to look at how they are related to each other and how they can be solved. One of the goals is to have responsible consumption and production.

The cause of this is that the amount produced is to ?t the demand, with the demand being higher than it should be due to either the quality being below standards or just consuming more than necessary. It has caused higher ef?ciency demand and more resources to be used than we should be using. All of this comes into play with power, and many people do not want the UN goals to be broadcasted to the public or for the public to have an understanding because the higher up's would lose power eventually and ultimately lose money. I believe that FDU today has taken, Many steps in trying to obtain the UN's 17 sustainable goals. For example but many schools across the country and across the world have adopted E-books and online articles for their students in an effort to keep costs down and limit the number of renewable resources used to make the books. Another thing after you has done in all their new buildings is trying to use as much naturally as they can. For example, the library, for most of the day, uses natural sunlight to light the studying rooms.

Which is very beneficial because studies have shown that you learn better with natural light, and it's also helping the environment at the same time. Some things I think we could improve on is, having some more energy-efficient appliances around campus, for example, having energy-efficient washing machines in the dorms and having recycled eating where throughout campus. Another example might be offering a small compensation on food costs if students bring their own utensils or offering discounts on purchases of recycled paper products on campus. For me, some of the things that I try to do to be a more sustainable person are 2 unplug things that I do not use all the time and to not leave things on when they're not needed.

I think it's important that we all try our best not to be wasteful and not use more than our fair share. I believe, as a whole, Americans are very wasteful and very needy and always have the desire to want more, which has resulted in Americans being externally wasteful and very unappreciative. But however, in the past ten years, we as a society have tried to become less wasteful and try to help our planet because when we help our planet, we help our world. I think the United Nations' goals have been a great stepping point for the world in regard to how we can make the world a better place. Do I think we will reach all the goals within the next 15 years? No, but I believe we can accomplish many of them and use this as a way to move forward and Into creating a better world. "Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything."...

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