Act on SDGs: Turn It Around

 Six years into the Sustainable Development Regime, on this the Global Week to #Act4SDGs, I, Raakhee Suryaprakash from Chennai, India, am using the platforms of my initiatives Sunshine Millennium and Re.Plastic  (https://www.facebook.com/Re.Plastic10) to showcase and #Amplify @SDGActions from around the world. I am communicating about and sharing #SDG best practices to #TurnItAround on Action on the Sustainable Development Goals. 

Through my initiative Sunshine Millennium, I amplify successes in the fields of #SDG7 - Affordable & Clean Energy, #SDG13 - Climate Action, #SDG11 - Sustainable Cities & Communities, #SDG6 - Clean Water & Sanitation as well as the SDGs 14 & 15 -#LifeBelowWater & #LifeOnLand - basically biodiversity conservation.

With my initiative  REplastic I amplify #SDG8 #SDG9 & #SDG12 for I believe responsible plastic waste management and controlling plastic production combines aspects of #innovation & responsible consumption and production while yielding #DecentWork and #EconomicGrowth.  

Where SDGs Are Met: May Obstacles to This Utopia Be Removed

 

Among the Hindu communities across the globe, today is observed as the birthday of Lord Ganapathi, the remover of obstacles and God of Wisdom & Knowledge in the Hindu pantheon. 

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As the deity who can remove all barriers, any endeavor started after praying to him is believed to go smoothly as he adds a divine inspiration. 

At this first year of the UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration (2021-30) and as India celebrates 75 years of Independence and begins a year-long global and national celebration of "Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav" - #IndiaAt75, here's dreaming of a utopian India where all the sustainable development goals (SDGs) are met. May Lord Vignesh - "vign harta" help us all reach this goal. And in the spirit of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam, the Sanskrit phrase repeated in Hindu texts such as the Maha Upanishad, meaning "the world is one family", let us work towards this goal of a world and India where the SDGs are a reality by the grace of the birthday boy - Ganapathi Bappa!

#SDG1 An India free of poverty

#SDG2 An India free of hunger

#SDG3 An India free of illness - physical or mental

#SDG4 An India free of illiteracy & functional illiteracy, empowered by accessible Quality Education for all

#SDG5 An India free of Gender injustice & GBV where true Gender Equality is the norm

#SDG6 An India free of water poverty - Clean water & sanitation for all 

#SDG7 An India free of Energy poverty - Clean & Affordable electricity & fuel for us all

#SDG8 An India empowered by Decent Work & Economic Growth

#SDG9 Indian Industry & Indian Infrastructure empowered by Indian Innovation

#SDG10 An India independent of inequality

#SDG11 An India of Sustainable Cities & Communities 

#SDG12 An India free of overconsumption, waste & irresponsible production - An India independent of SUPs & plastics

#SDG13 An India made vibrant with Climate Action

 #SDG14 An India of thriving water bodies, seas & ocean life

 #SDG15 Life & Flora, Fauna, Ecosystems thriving on Indian land

#SDG16 A peaceful & just India with strong institutions leading the way to true freedom & independence from injustice

#SDG17 - My dream for India is my dream for the world, because Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam - a utopia where we all work to make our world a better place - True partnerships for progress.