Revised SDG Keywords: Summer 2022
The CECCS has been updating our SDG-based inventories annually since 2017 using an approach developed initially for categorizing and capturing sustainability content in the Sustainability Undergraduate Course Inventory. This comprehensive and coherent approach has played an essential role in helping us identify and assess the extent of sustainability learning content in the existing curriculum, validate and promote existing sustainability-related courses, provide a basis for future research (e.g., which SDGs are best covered in current courses), and act as a resource for sustainability instructor communities of practice.
In light of our aim of maintaining an up-to-date and publicly accessible sustainability course inventory, the initial list of 73 keywords selected and published by the CECCS in 2019 was revised to:
- add more keywords based on the UN Global Indicator Framework for SDG;
- add more keywords related to Indigenous worldviews and equity, diversity, and inclusion that are not immediately obvious in the SDG framework; and
- remove overly broad keywords that were yielding a great deal of false positives.
From these changes, the list grew to include the following 388 keywords.
| Sustainable Development Goals | Current Keywords |
|---|---|
Goal 1 NO POVERTY | poverty, income distribution, wealth distribution, socio economic, socio-economic, socioeconomic, homeless, low-income, low income, affordab*, disparity, welfare, social safety, developing country, vulnerability, precarity, precarious, pro-poor |
Goal 2 ZERO HUNGER | agricultur*, nutrition, food security, food insecurity, food-secure, food system, child hunger, food justice, food scarcity, food sovereignty, food culture, culinary, agro*, permaculture, indigenous crops, regenerative agriculture, urban agriculture, organic food, biodynamic, food literacy, food education, benefit sharing, access and benefit sharing (ABS), malnutrition, end hunger, food price, zero hunger |
Goal 3 GOOD HEALTH & WELL-BEING | well being, wellbeing, well-being, mental health, public health, global health, health care, healthcare, health issues, mental wellness, disabilit*, sexual education, mindfulness, holism, illness, health education, communicable disease, health determinants, vaccine, substance abuse, maternal mortality, family planning, hazardous chemicals, pollution, health equity, neonatal mortality, infant mortality, child health, road traffic accidents, reproductive health, epidemics, universal health coverage |
Goal 4 QUALITY EDUCATION | equitable, pedagogy, knowledge, worldview, learning, knowledges, traditional knowledge, land-based knowledge, place-based knowledge, decolonial*, anticolonial, settler, equitable, equity, anti-racism, racism, anti-oppression, oppression, anti-discriminatory, early childhood development, peace, citizen, sustainability teaching, sustainability education, universal literacy, basic literacy, universal numeracy, environmental education, education for sustainable development, ecojustice education, place-based education, humane education, land-based learning, nature-based education, climate change education, vocational, technical learning, free education, accessible education, primary education, secondary education, tertiary education |
Goal 5 GENDER EQUALITY | gender, women, girl, queer, female, feminis*, non-binary, non binary, sexes, LGBTQ*, patriarchy, transgender, two-spirit, gender equality, violence against women, trafficking, forced marriage |
Goal 6 CLEAN WATER & SANITATION | water, sanita*, contamination, arid, drought, hygien*, sewage water scarcity, remediation, untreated wastewater, water harvesting, desalination, water efficiency, groundwater depletion, desertification, water filtration, latrines, open defecation, hydrological cycle, water and energy nexus, stormwater management, low impact development, green infrastructure, living infrastructure water education |
Goal 7 AFFORDABLE & CLEAN ENERGY | energy, renewabl*, wind, solar, geothermal, hydroelectric, fuel efficient, fuel-efficient, carbon capture, emission*, greenhouse, biofuel; energy sovereignty, energy security, energy education |
Goal 8 DECENT WORK & ECONOMIC GROWTH | employment, economic growth, sustainable development, labour, labor, worker, wage, economic empowerment, entrepreneur*, small- and medium-sized enterprises, SMEs, sustainable tourism, youth employment, green job, economic recovery, green growth, sustainable growth |
Goal 9 INDUSTRY, INNOVATION & INFRASTRUCTURE | infrastructure, buildings, capital, invest*, internet, globaliz*, globalis*, Industrialization, value chain, affordable credit, industrial diversification |
Goal 10 REDUCED INEQUALITIES | trade, inequality, financial market, taxation, equit*, equalit*, humanitarian, minorit*, refugee, BIPOC, of colour, of color, indigenous, reconciliation, truth and reconciliation, underserved, privileged, affordab*, equal access, marginalized, marginalised, impoverished, vulnerable population, social safety, social security, government program, disparity, income, Gini, anti-oppressive, anti-racist, anti-discriminatory, decolonization |
Goal 11 SUSTAINABLE CITIES & COMMUNITIES | cities*, urban, resilien*, rural, sustainable development, public transport*, metro*, housing green infrastructure, low impact development, climate change adaptation, climate change mitigation, green buildings, affordable housing, walkab*, transit, civic spaces, open spaces, accessib*, indigenous placemaking, indigenous placekeeping |
Goal 12 RESPONSIBLE CONSUMPTION & PRODUCTION | consum*, production, waste, natural resource*, recycl*, industrial ecology, sustainable design, supply chain, outsourc*, offshor*, reuse, decarboniz*,decarbonis*, carbon tax, carbon pricing, food waste, public procurement, fossil fuel subsidies |
Goal 13 CLIMATE ACTION | climate, greenhouse gas, global warming, weather, environmental, planet, vegan, vegetarian, anthropogenic, fossil fuel, emissions, carbon dioxide, CO2, carbon-neutral, carbon neutral, net zero, net-zero, methane, sea level, climate change mitigation, climate change adaptation, climate impacts, climate scenarios, climate solutions, climate justice, global climate models carbon capture, carbon sequestration, low carbon, resilience, anthropocene, climate positive, offsets, carbon trading, carbon markets, UNFCCC, climate finance, loss and damage, Paris |
Goal 14 LIFE BELOW WATER | ocean, marine, pollut*, conserv*, fish, natural habitat, species, animal, biodivers*, coral, maritime, ocean literacy ecosystem, overfish*, fish stocks, ocean, sustainable use, traditional use |
Goal 15 LIFE ON LAND | forest, biodivers*, ecolog*, pollut*, conserv*, land use, natural habitat, species, animal, regeneration, resilience, sustainable and traditional use, land ecological restoration, forest conservation, carbon sequestration, carbon capture, soil, erosion, habitat loss, endangered species ecosystem, deforestation, reforestation, wildlife, flora and fauna, benefit sharing |
Goal 16 PEACE, JUSTICE & STRONG INSTITUTIONS | institut*, governance, peace, social justice, injustice, criminal justice, human rights, democratic rights, voter rights, legal system, social change, corrupt*, nationalism, democra*, authoritarian, indigenous, judic*, ecojustice, indigenous rights, self-determination sovereignty violence, exploitation, trafficking, torture, rule of law, illicit, organized crime, bribe*, terroris*, prior and informed consent, access and benefit sharing, UNDRIP (United Nations Declaration on Rights of Indigenous Peoples), indigenous rights |