UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) - Interactive Mind Map
Overview
An interactive reference work on the UN Sustainable Development Goals with short introductions to the goals, the official translations and numbering of the 17 goals and the 169 underlying targets, zoom in / zoom out at goal or target level, powerful search function, and "deep" hyperlinks to the UN website about the goals.
Compact and online available interactive reference work that can be useful in all kinds of learning activities related to the SDGs.
Currently available in English, Spanish, French and Dutch.
Free to use online, but also to download and "embed" in other websites (HTML5); the source code is also freely available (MMAP).
Background
The 2030 Agenda of the United Nations consists of 17 Sustainable Development Goals, subdivided into 169 targets. All things considered, that's a large amount of text that students can easily "drown" in and lose track of. In order to avoid having to provide the participants with a handout of roughly 20 pages for all kinds of workshops and learning activities, the texts are packaged in a collapsible mind map that is available online.
The first and English edition of the interactive mind map was made for and by the Working Group Fab Labs and Sustainable Development Goals. The interactive mind map is used as a compact reference work during local workshops on aligning Fab Labs with the SDGs. For workshop materials including the facilitators manual, see http://bit.ly/fab14-sdgs-kit.
Functions
Don't worry about small print or blurry text; the interactive mind map is razor-sharp and you can zoom out up to 400%.
- Portal - The interactive mind map initially only shows the 17 goals. If you click on a target, you will see an editorial explanation. You can also link to the relevant page of the UN website.
- Zoom - You can also zoom in on one or more goals. Click on the branch to the right of a target and the underlying targets will appear. Click again and the targets disappear from view again.
- Search - You can also freely search for text. Click on "Search" at the bottom left, type your search term (or part of it) and you will immediately see how often and where it appears in the goals and targets. Try eg "disaster".
- Connect - The interactive mind map uses the official translations of the United Nations. The numbering of goals and targets is the same in every language. Therefore always use these number codes when communicating with colleagues in other language areas.
- And more - For other possibilities of the interactive mind map, see Menu / Help: "Work with HTML5 maps".
Credits
- The source of all information displayed is https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/; (c) United Nations
- [en][nl][sp][fr] UN Sustainable Development Goals and Targets (Interactive Mindmap); Pieter van der Hijden; Working Group "Fab Labs and SDGs"; Pieter van der Hijden, Enrico Bassi, Nagwa Elnwishy, Ted Hung, Beno Juarez, Noksy Letsoalo, Vaneza Caycho Ñuflo, Neville Govender, Yogesh Kulkarni, Wendy Neale; https://bit.ly/fab-sdgs-en (English) and -nl, -sp, -fr (Dutch, Spanish, French)
- Creative Commons Attribute License (CC-AT) Fab Labs & SDGs Working Group (Pieter van der Hijden, pvdh@sofos.nl) et al.