The United Nation’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals is an audacious to-do list for the world: In 15 years, the U.N. wants everyone on earth to work together to eradicate poverty, stop climate change, and undo inequality and injustice. Though solving the planet’s biggest problems in less than a generation may sound a tad ambitious, the fact is that positive change is already underway. In this infographic, we take a look at 17 ways that the U.N.’s goals are already being accomplished—right now, every day, around the world. Because when you change where you are, you’re taking the first necessary steps to changing the entire planet.
17 Signs Our World Is Already Changing for the Better
When you change where you are, you're taking the first necessary steps to changing the entire planet. #globalgoals
By Katie Wudel,
Katie Wudel
Katie Wudel is deputy editor of GOOD and Upworthy, having previously served as GOOD's features editor.
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