Do you know all 17 SDG's? Check out this video by the United Nations to get an overview of the Sustainable Development Goals.

Here's a snapshot of where we're at in 2024 with SDG 12: Ensure Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns.

For more information, click on the image to read the UN Sustainable Development Goals Report for 2023.

Goal 12 infographic, source: https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/report/2023/

Check out this video of youth from Asia and the Pacific speaking about young people's role in meeting the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. You're never too young to make a difference!

Follow these links for free online tools to use in your design process:

• Download and print this design thinking planner to guide your creative process.

• Get the ideas flowing with this online Crazy 8's Brainstorming Strategy

• Get a group of friends together and start ideating with this online Brainwriting Template.

• Copy this Jamboard Template to get started brainstorming for your design project.

Watch these elementary students describe their experiences with the design thinking process and be inspired!

Waterloo Region has been the birthplace of countless Canadian innovations. Check out this list of 30 Canadian innovations that got started here in Waterloo Region.

And while you're at it, try the 30 Creative Exercises created by the folks at www.creativecapitalofcanada.ca to get your own creative juices flowing.