SDG TREE

United Nations, Secretary-General António Guterres reminds us that “working for the UN is not just a job, it is a mission”, and he urges us all to “fuel the engine to advance the Sustainable Development Goals” <sdgs.un.org/goals> and “lead by example”.

How can you support the work of the UN on a personal level? Click forward to find suggestions and get started.

Change starts with you…[and] fortunately, there are some super easy things we can adopt into our routines that, if we all do it, will make a big difference. Have a look at just a few of the many things you can do to make an impact! The Lazy Person's Guide to Saving the World - United Nations Sustainable Development

https://media.un.org/en/internal/asset/k1g/k1g2hdpofq

By contributing to a “UN Staff Development Fund”, you will get to select and support self-sustaining and life-changing projects that are proposed, supervised and monitored by local contacts.

Join a Fund Click on your duty station location, or where you have a bank account. After checking eligibility and contribution details, complete the membership form.

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Start a Fund Is your duty station not listed? Contact an existing Fund for advice to start one.

As someone who cares about the world, you know that protecting our environment is critical. Change starts with us. Check the latest updates on Greening the Blue, a UN Environmental Programme (UNEP) initative, and also check out another GO2UN Module 8 activity: Check out the tutorial for how to “green the blue” in your workplace

Freerice is an educational trivia game that helps you get smarter while making a difference for people around the world. Every question you answer correctly raises 10 grains of rice for the World Food Programme (WFP) to support its work saving and changing lives around the world.Click “Play the Game” to get started. Encourage friends, family and colleagues to play, too.