Global Schools Program

A program of the @unsdsn to bring #SDGs to schools and educate about sustainable development.

A community of teachers, students, and volunteers.

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📣 Exciting news! Applications for the #GlobalSchools Advocate Program Cohort 7 open on May 9, 2025! Join a UN-led movement of educators bringing #SDGs & #ESD into classrooms worldwide.

#TeachSDGs #EducationForSustainableDevelopment #GlobalSchoolsAdvocates #SDGs

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Have you checked out our free open-access UN at Your Doorstep Learning Guide on Human Rights”yet? 📘

Every child deserves to grow up knowing their rights, their protection is real, and that the world’s commitments can be held to account.

Get it here https://t.co/4fUHJuIJJA

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📢 One of our schools network, Basın Ekspres Campus, primary students turned learning into action through a water conservation project on water use and water contamination. 💦 🚰

Their message was clear:
👉 Small drops! Do not waste water
👉 Water is our life, let’s protect it

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📍This week, Prof. Sachs is in Baku to explore the rise of the Mongol Empire—the largest contiguous land empire in history.
How did a confederation led by Chinggis Khan unite much of Eurasia and make journeys like Marco Polo's possible?
Let’s find out 👉 https://t.co/JX7Rxpaysr

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We are thrilled to share an inspiring story from Güngör Aslan Anatolian High School in Türkiye: a Parent Workshop on School Safety, Social Resilience, and Social Responsibility in the Age of Multiple Crises, led by GSP Mentor Elif Selçuk.

Read more here: https://t.co/TPwMMY7yJZ

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📍For 2,000 years, Istanbul has connected continents, cultures and civilizations.
This week, @sdg_academy explores this city’s remarkable history—from Byzantion to New Rome to modern Istanbul—and its role as a crossroads between Europe and Asia. Let's go👉 https://t.co/v9xqxJvBN0

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📍Здраво, Belgrade!
This week, @themarcopolodrdive and @sdg_academy are stepping back to see the bigger picture.
A network spanning civilizations, the Silk Road connected Eurasia through trade, culture, technology and ideas for over 2,000 years.
Let's go👉 https://t.co/A72487QHX5

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⏳ 1 Day to Go!

Join us tomorrow for Beyond Activities: Measuring Real Change and learn practical ways to measure the impact of your ESD and SDG initiatives.

📅 20 June
⏰ 1:00 PM UTC
🔗 Register: https://t.co/dxWowHC1o5

💡Bring an example of an #ESD activity from your school

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📍Greetings from Rome!
#TheMarcoPoloDrive is underway. We begin where Marco Polo's story begins: in medieval Italy.
Who was he? How did a young Venetian merchant journey across the Silk Road to the court of Kublai Khan?
Let's find out 👉 https://t.co/A72487QHX5

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How do you measure the impact of your ESD activities?

Join Beyond Activities: Measuring Real Change on 20 June, 1 PM UTC to explore ways to identify meaningful changes from your ESD and SDG initiatives.

Register here https://t.co/dxWowHC1o5

#EducationForSustainableDevelopment

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Civilizations flourish through contact, not isolation.

Join Jeffrey Sachs for an @sdg_academy course inspired by #TheMarcoPoloDrive of Peace, Culture and Sustainable Development, and discover what the Silk Road can teach us about our shared future.

👉 https://t.co/cy02hnglZ2

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📜 What can the Silk Road teach us about the future?
This summer, join Jeffrey Sachs on a 15,000-km journey from Rome to China as part of #TheMarcoPoloDrive of Peace, Culture and #SustainableDevelopment.
Enroll now👉 https://t.co/DCRcc8bSem

#TogetherIsFurther #ToSeeAndBeSeen

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📢 Reminder #3 from Muhammad Nadeem Akhtar, a GSP Advocate from Pakistan.

Learners led action-oriented campaigns on saving water, reducing waste, and protecting the environment. The initiative also connected students with partner schools in the UK, Türkiye, and Indonesia. #SDG4

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Join us for an engaging arts-based panel discussion exploring how educators can use creativity, storytelling, and the arts to advance Education for Sustainable Development in classrooms and communities.

📅 Date: May 30
⏰ Time: 1PM UTC
🔗 Register here: https://t.co/ZXwA2pFYFC

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🌍 Daily Reminder #2 of #OurPowerOurPlanet from Advocate Muhammad Nadeem Akhtar and the learners of Central Model School in Pakistan. 💫

Learners transformed #EarthDay into action through interactive awareness environmental activities

📺️ Watch: https://t.co/AZAkVCv5Bi

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On April 28 at 10am ET / 2pm UTC, we’re bringing together professionals across the climate and sustainability space to answer exactly that through the first Global Schools Program Green Careers Symposium.

Register here: https://t.co/MgXChQQ9F3

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This #EarthDay2026, we spotlight the impact of educators through the story of Gilson Tembo, a Global Schools Program Advocate alumnus leading change in Zambia.

Read the blog here: https://t.co/E9PPQoWxgE

#GlobalSchoolsProgram #EducationForSustainableDevelopment #ClimateAction

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This Earth day, let’s shift the focus.

1.3 billion children face extreme climate events every year: floods, droughts, heatwaves. Many are pushed out of school because of it. Education is climate action.

Swipe for key insights from the 2026 GEM report.
#EarthDay #Education

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📣We are excited to announce that the @GlobalSchoolsProgram has just launched a new guidebook highlighting how educators have integrated ESD into primary and secondary school curricula, operations, and activities!
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Read here! https://t.co/4kn7M7dyUw

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This #EarthDay2026, we’re spotlighting Global Schools Program resources designed to help educators and students turn knowledge into action for the planet. 🌱

🔗 Explore the resources:
https://t.co/cW7f2H0N4u

#GlobalSchoolsProgram #EducationForSustainableDevelopment #Climate

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Happy Earth Day 2026! Today our Global Schools Advocates are showcasing the 'Power' of education to transform our relationship with the environment.

#EarthDay2026 #OurPowerOurPlanet #SDG13 #SDG14 #SDG15