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Teaching the Sustainable Development Goals Through Art – Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation
Intended Audience
Grade 6 to 12 children enrolled in the Canadian education and the International Baccalaureate systems and educators based in Canada. With adaptation, the toolkit is also suitable for young people and educators in other countries who are interested in using it.
- L. Islam, Aga Khan Foundation Canada
“This toolkit of lesson plans and activities explores the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation - through arts and culture. We will look at sustainable development stories from Aga Khan Foundation Canada’s international work, historical artefacts from the Aga Khan Museum’s collection, and Canada’s work towards the Global Goals.” (P.6)
Avaiable in
- English
SDGs LINKAGES
This open-access toolkit helps educators make use of museum collections to educate children and young people about the SDG goals, SDG 6 (clean water and sanitation) in particular, and encourage them to reflect on current affairs and happenings. Topics and contents presented in this tool are highly related to SDG targets 6.3 (educational activities addressing improvement of water quality), 6.4 (educational activities relating to supply of clean water), 6.6 (protection of water-related eco-systems), 6.B (encourage communities to take part in improving water management), 12.4 (reduce pollution and disposal of waste into water), 16.7 (encourage inclusive and participatory decision-making), and 17.17 (encourage effective partnership across different sectors in society).
The toolkit also addresses SDG target 5.1 (relationship between gender and water collection) and helps users achieve SDG target 4.1 (provision of quality primary and secondary education) and 4.7 (knowledge and skills for sustainable development).
Click on the SDG Target to discover Our Collections Matter indicators
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Our Collections Matter indicators:
- Number of programmes drawing on collections that support children at risk of exclusion or otherwise not completing primary and secondary education.
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Our Collections Matter indicators:
- Numbers of people in each type of programme drawing on collections from different demographic groups.
- Increases in numbers of people in each type of programme from different demographic groups.
- Proportion of people involved in such programmes in relation to overall audience size.
- Evidence that learners have acquired knowledge and skills to promote sustainable development.
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Our Collections Matter indicators:
- Collections development to ensure that collections effectively meet the needs of all, irrespective of sex or gender.
- Number and proportion of educational and participatory programmes that promote participation irrespective of sex or gender.
- Numbers and proportions of girls, women and gender-diverse people making use of collections in relation to the demographic of the local population.
- Numbers and proportions of girls, women and gender-diverse people involved in focused programmes aimed at promoting social, economic and political inclusion.
- Numbers and proportions of girls, women and gender-diverse people from different demographic groups involved in decision-making processes relating to collections and collections-based institutions.
- Number and types of partnerships that build relationships with people of different sex and gender.
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Our Collections Matter indicators:
- Amount of pollutants, and reduction in pollutants, to water systems.
- Plans in place for the identification, reduction, replacement and recycling of hazardous chemical and materials, to prevent their release into water systems, with plans to eliminate their use as soon as possible.
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Our Collections Matter indicators:
- Reductions in water use, increase in water recycling, preventing water shortages in vicinity.
- Information on, programmes relating to, and partnerships relating to water use drawing on collections and collections-based institutions in place, to support efficient use of water.
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Our Collections Matter indicators:
- Proportion of water-related ecosystems, including mountains, forests, wetlands, rivers, aquifers and lakes in a good ecological condition.
- Information on, programmes relating to, and partnerships relating to water-related ecosystems drawing on collections and collections-based institutions in place, to support protection of these as effective nature-based solutions and ecosystem services.
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Our Collections Matter indicators:
- Collections development to support sustainable water management and sanitation for all.
- Number of programmes for local communities directed towards water quality improvement and sanitation management.
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Our Collections Matter indicators:
- Quantities, and reduction in quantities, of chemicals of all kinds, including chemicals used in maintenance of collections facilities, and chemicals used in care and preparation of collections, and all wastes throughout their life cycle, reducing release to air, water and soil.
- Plans in place to eliminate the use and release of hazardous chemicals and harmful wastes of all kinds into the natural environment as soon as possible.
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Our Collections Matter indicators:
- Proportions of positions (by sex, age, persons with disabilities and population groups) in public institutions (national and local legislatures, public service, and judiciary) compared to national distributions.
- Proportion of population [audience/users/non-users] who believe decision-making is inclusive and responsive, by sex, age, disability and population group.
- Decision-making addresses societal, environmental and economic challenges related to the community, considering short-term and long-term risks and opportunities.
- Decision-making draws on diverse backgrounds, viewpoints and interests, reflecting a broad base of stakeholders, and working to promote inclusion and provide effective services for all of society.
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Our Collections Matter indicators:
- Amount of United States dollars committed to public-private and civil society partnerships.
- Number and/or increase in number, and diversity of local, national and regional multi-stakeholder (public, public-private and civil society) partnerships that address the SDGs drawing on collections, or that otherwise involve collections-based organisations and institutions.