Enhance Your Curriculum
Education in the UN Sustainable Development Goals offers students:
- The tools, skills and knowledge to understand the SDGs.
- SDGs-aligned curriculum that addresses sustainable development principles across disciplines.
- Opportunities to connect with global peers to advance knowledge, evidence-based solutions and innovations focused on SDG implementation and capacity-building in the global community.
- Access to lectures from global academic and UN professional experts in SDGs solutions implementation.
- Immersive learning opportunities to gain critical knowledge of the United Nations system and international affairs at the UN Geneva headquarters and beyond.
Cultivate Your Culture
We collaborate with your institution to ensure commitments to the SDGs are reflected throughout governance and operations and are evident campus-wide through:
- Hiring, employment and admissions practices that promote gender equality and reduce inequalities.
- Suppliers that follow sustainable and ethical methods.
- Energy-efficient and eco-friendly facilities management.
- Visual representation of the UN SDGs inside and outside the classroom
- Student activities and services that are inclusive and promote interactive engagement with the SDGs.
Reach out to Your Community
We bolster your public engagement as a champion of SDGs implementation by supporting:
- Promotion of facilitating discourse across sectors and the globe.
- Activation of regional and global community partnerships to take collective action.
- Communication of SDGs achievements that ignite further academic-sector commitment.
Solutions Designed for Your Learning Community
Change Agent Training
Sustainability Prioritization
Sustainability Prioritization
Our approach helps your school rise as a global leader while fostering a student body ready to adapt to a connected and changing world as informed global citizens.
Sustainability Prioritization
Sustainability Prioritization
Sustainability Prioritization
Through customized surveys and values assessments of your school community, we ascertain your baseline and potential sustainability and social impact priorities in your 3 C’s—Curriculum, Culture on Campus & Community.
Action Planning
Sustainability Prioritization
Progress Reporting
Our team will collaborate with your school leadership and instruction teams to develop strategies that rally your entire campus community in achieving your sustainability goals.
Progress Reporting
BluScope Certification
Progress Reporting
Our team will facilitate gathering and analyzing data to measure your campus-wide success that is driven by students and guided by faculty.
Impact Communications
BluScope Certification
BluScope Certification
Let your school community and prospective students know about your sustainability and social impact journey through effective communications strategies that amplify your commitments.
BluScope Certification
BluScope Certification
BluScope Certification
Celebrate your progress with BluScope certification so your school can proudly take credit for its positive global impact on people and the planet!
A Case Study: An Independent PreK-12 Grade School
Empowering Educators & Staff with UN SDGs Knowledge
The BluScope team took on the task of integrating the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into the curriculum of an independent school in Utah. The challenge was to deliver an SDGs introductory presentation to a broad audience–100 educators from all levels Pre-K to 12 grade and all subjects and 60 staff members with varying familiarity with the SDGs.
Approach
Our team developed and delivered:
- A presentation tailored to the school's multi-level learning community highlighting the origins, framework and core principles of the United Nations and the SDGs.
- Interactive activities to guide educators in exploring the SDGs in their subject areas, the interconnected nature of the SDGs and how the SDGs integrate with the essential project-based learning design elements.
- Comprehensive resources, including SDG-based lesson plans, empowering educators to continually refine their knowledge and teaching of the SDGs.
Outcome
Significant Growth in Participants' SDGs Understanding:
- Significant increase in participants’ SDGs knowledge in key areas, averaging 29% to 84%, an increase of 190%, indicating improved awareness and understanding.
Inspired Momentum:
- Activities sparked enthusiasm and commitment among attendees to seamlessly integrate the SDGs into educational practices.
Catalyst for Collaboration:
- The session aimed to facilitate future collaborative projects addressing local challenges aligned with the SDGs community-based partners for real world impact
Conclusion
BluScope Consulting’s training advanced teachers’ knowledge of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and enhanced teachers’ strategies in integrating the UN SDGs learning into their teaching units and real-world learning activities within their local community.