Welcome to ACT!

This is a toolkit designed to assist community facilitators to bring Sustainable Development Education into community groups. This resource uses the Sustainable Development Goals to understand what we can do about poverty, inequality, and the climate emergency.

For activities that help your group become more familiar with the SDGs, click “Next Topic” at the bottom of the page. If you know what SDGs you want to explore, choose “The Goals: 1-16” on the left of the screen to browse the goals yourself.

The SDG Wedding Cake

In designing this toolkit, we have taken inspiration from the Wedding Cake model of the SDGs. This model divides development, and the UN Sustainable Development Goals, into three tiers of a cake, each resting on the other for support.

At the bottom is the biosphere, which supports healthy societies; if societies are healthy, then they can support healthy economies. This model is useful because it recognises the importance of treating our biosphere with respect. Many of the activities that engage with higher tiers will also explore the connections back to the biosphere.