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No Poverty
End poverty in all its forms everywhere.
Steps we can take together...
Personal level: Donate what you don't use.
Community level: Work towards a more equitable economy that provides living-wage jobs and/or reduces costs of living.
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Zero Hunger
End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture.
Steps we can take together...
Personal level: Avoid wasting food.
Community level: Ensure all community members have access to fresh, healthful food.
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Good Health and Well-Being
Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages.
Steps we can take together...
Personal level: Vaccinate your family to protect them and improve public health.
Community level: Ensure that every person has access to necessary medical care.
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Quality Education
Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.
Steps we can take together...
Personal level: Help children in your community to read.
Community level: Help public schools hire and retain teachers.
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Gender Equality
Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.
Steps we can take together...
Personal level: Call out sexist language and behavior.
Community level: Encourage equal representation on councils and boards.
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Clean Water and Sanitation
Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.
Steps we can take together...
Personal level: Avoid wasting water.
Community level: Assist communities in updating drinking water and sewer systems.
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Affordable and Clean Energy
Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all.
Steps we can take together...
Personal level: Switch to energy efficient appliances and light bulbs.
Community level: Create more opportunities for clean energy production, like solar gardens and wind farms.
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Decent Work and Economic Growth
Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all.
Steps we can take together...
Personal level: Buy from green companies that are equal opportunity employers.
Community level: Create opportunities for youth to become job-ready for living-wage careers.
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Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation.
Steps we can take together...
Personal level: Think of innovative ways to repurpose old materials.
Community level: Establish standards that ensure projects and initiatives are sustainably managed.
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Reduced Inequalities
Reduce inequalities within and among countries.
Steps we can take together...
Personal level: Raise your voice against discrimination.
Community level: Audit public spaces and institutions to analyze their accessibility from the perspective of physical ability, income level, education level, etc.
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Sustainable Cities and Communities
Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.
Steps we can take together...
Personal level: Bike, walk or use public transportation to keep our cities' air clean.
Community level: Take part in the Regional Transportation Coordination Council to advance rural transportation alternatives.
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Responsible Consumption and Production
Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns.
Steps we can take together...
Personal level: Recycle paper, plastic, glass & aluminum.
Community level: Identify areas of local industry that have the greatest potential for environmental and social improvements.
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Climate Action
Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts.
Steps we can take together...
Personal level: Educate young people on climate change to put them on a sustainable path early on.
Community level: Promote public and private investment in clean energy production.
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Life Below Water
Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development.
Steps we can take together...
Personal level: Avoid plastic bags to keep the oceans safe and clean.
Community level: Advocate for clean-up efforts near lakes and rivers.
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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.
Steps we can take together...
Personal level: Plant a tree and help protect the environment.
Community level: Promote the growth of farmers markets and grocers who offer locally-grown products.
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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.
Steps we can take together...
Personal level: Use your right to elect the leaders in your country and local community.
Community level: Insist on polite public discourse in all levels of government.
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Partnership For the Goals
Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development.
Steps we can take together...
Connect with other people and organizations that seek to make your community a better place. We can do more and can do it better when we do it together.