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Turning the Page supports the UN campaign of 1 Million Actions for Our Common Future.
At Kurmay, we have made it our mission to incorporate themes that reflect the core values of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in our books, with a primary focus on climate change, quality education, and reducing inequalities. By doing so, we aim to promote environmental responsibility, encourage innovation in education, and inspire meaningful action. Through our publications, we hope to make a lasting impact and contribute to a more sustainable future for all.
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We commit to sustaining the Journal of Global Sustainable Development (JGSD) as a platform for research aligned with SDGs. JGSD promotes interdisciplinary studies on sustainability, fostering collaboration among scholars and practitioners. In this way, will ensure open access and high-quality research dissemination, we bridge the gap between knowledge and action for a more sustainable future.
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Participating Ambassador Schools have submitted 5 minute videos of selected children reading aloud from SDG themed texts for 3 minutes followed by a 2 minute explanation of the relevance of the text to 1 or more SDGs.
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Women experience unique health issues such as pregnancy, childbirth, and menopause, which are understudied due to historical bias. From the prenatal period through childhood, the intestinal microbiota sees major compositional changes, and many diseases have been linked to dysbiosis. IAI invites manuscripts on the vaginal microbiome, pathogen-host interaction in the female reproductive tract, or the infant microbiome for its Women’s Health and the Development of Microbiota in Childhood series.
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Invertimos en un sistema de cosecha de lluvia, que permite mediante la captación, filtrado, almacenamiento y distribución, usar el agua de lluvia en nuestras áreas comunes. Además de la bomba eléctrica, instalamos una bici bomba, para distribuir el agua por pedaleo, con el fin de hacer actividades recreativas con el personal.
Con ello aprendimos sobre el costo de llevar agua a los hogares, disminuimos el uso del agua que provee la Ciudad de México y contribuimos al bienestar del personal.
We invested in a rainwater harvesting system, which allows us to use rainwater in our common areas through collection, filtering, storage and distribution. In addition to the electric pump, we installed a bicycle pump to distribute water by pedaling, in order to do recreational activities with the staff.
With this, we learned about the cost of bringing water to homes, we reduced the use of water provided by Mexico City and we contributed to the well-being of the staff.
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This online platform for educators offers discussion points for Günışığı Kitaplığı books and creative reading practices that can be easily implemented even with limited resources in disadvantaged regions. For each grade, relevant book files can be accessed by searching according to themes or activity types (drama, writing, trip, game, etc.). The discussion points and reading practices suggested in the book files equip educators with tools that enrich the learning environment in their classrooms.
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After the major earthquakes that took place in the Southeastern Region of Turkey on February 6, 2023, Günışığı Kitaplığı took immediate action to support children and young survivors in the region. In addition to making financial donations, Günışığı Kitaplığı, donated 50,000 books to be distributed in collaboration with major NGO’s and public authorities to the students who try continuing their education in containers and/or tent cities in the region.
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Organised by Günışığı Kitaplığı annualy since 2011 this competition is open to middle school students from all over Turkey. Every year a different theme is selected for the stories to be written, some of which are SDG related such as “Love of Nature”. Award winning and short listed stories are compiled as a book and distributed to all schools and libraries free of charge. Encouraging children to express themselves in writing, this competition develops their written communication skills.
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Seminars prepared and given by Mine Soysal, founding manager of Günışığı Kitaplığı, and the author of Eyvah Kitap! (Oh No Books!), a long-best seller which has reached hundreds of thousands of readers of all ages. The content can be customized according to target audience being mainly educators and/or parents. Besides theoretical background, seminar covers case discussions on interesting topics with the purpose of giving insight to adults for understanding the needs of child readers.
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As a diamond open-access journal, “English Studies at NBU” is committed to making knowledge accessible to everyone while addressing global challenges. We take sustainability seriously. Our operations are entirely virtual, with remote offices and online meetings, and minimal needs to travel, which reduces our environmental impact. We reach a broad enough audience through our online publications and from 2025, we plan to switch to a “Print on Demand” model, phasing out traditional print runs.
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Libro gratuito para población vulnerable tiene el objetivo de brindar contenidos con validez científica, en temas específicos de salud física, mental y emocional apoyando problemáticas, en un lenguaje comprensible y sin costo para quien lo adquiere.
El éxito recae en la alianza con especialistas/autores en la materia y proveedores, quienes aportan sus conocimientos en la edición, el papel, impresión y encuadernación sin cobrar por ello, potencializando la labor para trabajar en conjunto.
Free book for vulnerable population aims to provide content with scientific validity, on specific topics of physical, mental and emotional health supporting problems, in an understandable language and at no cost to whoever acquires it.
Success lies in the alliance with specialists/authors in the field and suppliers, who contribute their knowledge in editing, paper, printing and binding without charging for it, empowering the work to work together.
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As part of the Princeton University Press’ commitment to environmental sustainability, the Press launched its first issue of the PULP sustainability newsletter, aimed at educating and informing its staff of environmental issues within the publishing industry, as well as the sustainability initiatives being undertaken by PUP, under the guidance of its Sustainability Working Group. The newsletter is an educational tool to bring more awareness to sustainability to the Press’ employees.
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