Community at large​

Cases that involve external partners, such as university networks, industry partners, or public services; community outreach and engagement activities; living labs outside the campus; etc.

Ocean i3; transdisciplinar and cross border research based learning collaboration for ocean’s sustainability

Transdisciplinary, multilingual and intercultural educational innovation: students from two cross-border universities develop projects based on Mission-oriented Research and Innovation to contribute to the reduction of plastics on the Basque-Aquitanian coast.
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The international Youth Environmental Alliance in Higher Education (YEAH) Network

The Youth Environmental Alliance in Higher Education (YEAH) Network is a collaborative, global, multi-institutional network empowering student-voice in sustainability via digital conferences, virtual classrooms, and student participation at UNFCCC Conferences.
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Innovation in Engineering and Methods Courses: Action research and service learning for just sustainabilities

Working with interdisciplinary, multi-generational participants from government and citizens' organizations, our Living Laboratory approach teaches contents, methods and hands-on learning as students develop solutions for pressing sustainability challenges.
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CityAdapt: Partnerships with Universities for Long-term SDG Monitoring

A long-term research programme within university research institutions to monitor the benefits of the implemented urban Ecosystem-based Adaptation interventions in Mexico, El Salvador and Jamaica.
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Developing Coursework and Supplementary Activities

Developing Coursework and Supplementary Activities Description Institution University of Pennsylvania Organizations/areas of the university involved Weitzman School of Design, Penn Institute for Urban Research, Perry World House Country United States More information… This case describes a graduate level course in City and Regional planning, “Issues in Global Sustainable Development: Adapting Formality and Informality in Rapidly […]

Live-in-LabsⓇ – A Unique participatory approach for building sustainable Communities

An interdisciplinary, experiential learning academic program in developing sustainable rural communities for students at Amrita Vishwa Vidhyapeetham and universities worldwide. The Program engages participants in 17 UNSDG's and 117 SDG targets.
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Sustainability course – developing an open interdisciplinary sustainability course to all students

Sustainability course is an interdisciplinary online course for all undergraduate students. It utilises engaging learning methods to empower students to gain expertise in understanding and solving complex sustainability challenges.
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Partnerships for SDG integration in Education Institutions: evidence from the Sectoral Committee for Education and. Training (CS/11)

This practice describes the recent work of the Sectoral Committee for Education and Training (CS/11) namely the work of GT1 - Working Group for SGD integration in Education and Training Institutions (ETI) sharing information and experiences on a voluntary basis building partnerships through collaborative benchmarking processes.
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