Sustainable Innovations for Lifestyle, SDGs, and Greening Education

HRDEF is addressing promising developments towards UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and sustainability of our planet Earth. As per data from various studies, climate education, twenty-first century skills are ignored in mainstream education. To bridge this gap, HRDEF build capacity for citizenship, Climate Action, and SDGs among youth, professionals so that they are able to tackle future challenges. Building an inclusive, effective path for the sustainable future with SHWID require inclusive, quality education. In this regard, learning, engagement with games, hands-on activities are very important, and our work showed that learners understood, took action for climate change, SDGs. HRDEF is developing Educational Games, Hands-on Activities kits for school students, college youth; conducting workshops with them, educators to teach a specific curriculum topic related to sustainability such as climate change, water cycle, energy that increased player’s motivation towards science, sustainable work environments. HRDEF presented their work at the UNESCO MGIEP TECH 2017, 2018, UNESCO ESD 2021, and UN HLPF side event 2021, 2022, STI 2022. We discuss the use of games for students and youth in different settings for advancing SDGs, building sustainability concepts for a Healthy Planet. HRDEF inculcate, motivates learners for STEAM, 21st Century Sustainable living. Apps on SDGs, COVID-19, hands-on activities, quiz, model making, projects and other creative forms of expressions increased players motivation towards sustainability. Students, youth of our after-school GOAL program become motivated, equipped with self-confidence to excel in life and creating sustainable future. As systemic changes require continuous working and time for visible performance.