About the Club of Budapest and The Laszlo Institute

by Ervin Laszlo | May 17, 2021 | Affordable and Clean Energy, Clean Water and Sanitation, Climate Action, Decent Work and Economic Growth, Gender Equality, General, Good Health and Well-Being, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Life Below Water, Life On Land, No Poverty, Partnerships for the Goals, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Quality Education, Reducing Inequality, Responsible Consumption and Production, Sustainable Cities and Communities, Zero Hunger

The SDG Thought Leaders Circle thanks the Club of Budapest and the Laszlo Institute for these additions to the SDG Thought Leaders Circle’s Commentaries. See also their listing in the resource area under Activities. The Club of Budapest (est. 1993) is a group of...

Business as Usual is Not an Option

by Steve Farrell | Feb 5, 2021 | Affordable and Clean Energy, Decent Work and Economic Growth, General, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, No Poverty, Reducing Inequality, Responsible Consumption and Production, Sustainable Cities and Communities, Zero Hunger

Taking action to manifest the SDGs with no reference to our interior values is a mistake.  We must each answer the call to live consciously, and from this place, we must take action at every level of society to manifest the SDGs now and in the lead up to 2030. Mahatma...

Igniting a Shift in Our Personal and Global Consciousness From “Me” to “We”

by Michele Hunt | Jan 30, 2021 | Affordable and Clean Energy, Climate Action, Decent Work and Economic Growth, General, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, No Poverty, Partnerships for the Goals, Reducing Inequality, Responsible Consumption and Production, Sustainable Cities and Communities, Zero Hunger

The first time, in the History of Humankind, most countries in our world (194) have signed the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals, (SGDs) and they have committed to achieve them by the year 2030. This unprecedented global agreement is aimed at creating...

The Challenge of the SDGs Gauges How We Respond in These Perilous Times

by Kurt Johnson | Jan 26, 2021 | Climate Action, Decent Work and Economic Growth, General, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Life Below Water, Life On Land, Partnerships for the Goals, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Responsible Consumption and Production

The dilemma of the Sustainable Development Goals is that their achievement is paramount to our world future, yet the current skillsets of our global structures and ethical and moral tenor appear to fall far short of what is needed to achieve them. Conferring with His...

A Clarion Call to LIVING the SDGs

by Michele Risa | Jan 12, 2021 | Affordable and Clean Energy, Decent Work and Economic Growth, General, Good Health and Well-Being, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Partnerships for the Goals, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Responsible Consumption and Production, Sustainable Cities and Communities

The Pandemic is a clarion call for the world to change, to heal, to see ourselves anew and to deepen our connection to each other and the Earth as ONE PLANET. The SDGs are themselves a testament of who we can become. We have a collective responsibility to embody,...