There are numerous decentralized and digital events as part of the Bonn SDG Days: The Volunteer Agency presents the SDG-related commitment of Bonn residents in a window of Beuel City Hall with the Volunteer Gallery throughout the campaign period. Greenpeace Bonn, FEMNET association and “Zentrallager Sachspenden Bonn” (ZeSaBo) are organizing a clothing exchange party with sewing workshop and a lecture on the clothing industry. The Bonn action group of UN Women is offering two feminist geocaching tours through Bonn. The student group Fairtrade University Bonn invites to a fair goal wall shooting on the Hofgartenwiese and the association Abenteuer Lernen is organizing a digital SDG pub quiz both, in German and Arabic.
The 17 Goals Space is a disused overseas container that has been converted by Engagement Global into an information and event space and is being used for the first time on Bonn's Münsterplatz. Up to and including September 26, it will offer information and hands-on activities and games as well as a related program. In the morning, workshops for students on the topic of "Innovations from Africa" are offered at the 17 Goals Space in cooperation with "Gemeinsam für Afrika“ (Together for Africa) and Engagement Global. During the day, there are offerings from Fair Trade Town and Organic City of Bonn, from the Disabled Community, Südwind Institute, International Women's Center and others, and on five evenings, Bonn initiatives present films on local or global topics in the new Bonner Glocale series, including two films with English subtitles that also address the city's international community.
An umbrella canopy stretches along Friedrichstraße in the colors of the 17 SDGs, inviting people to engage with the Global Goals and their implementation in Bonn for 17 days. The colorful umbrellas in the street in the city center symbolize the 17 Goals and turns Friedrichstrasse from September 18 to October 4, 2021 into the 17 Goals Zone, where a socially, economically and ecologically sustainable Bonn becomes the overarching theme. Posters on the street and in stores provide information on the SDGs in general and the commitment in Bonn in particular. During the campaign period, numerous initiatives and companies present their efforts in support of the SDGs in Bonn at information stands on Friday afternoon and all day on Saturday. Stores will pick up the topic as well. Footprints on the ground will offer all those interested the opportunity to test their individual ecological footprint.
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Bonn – Germany’s former capital – within the last two decades, has grown into Germany’s United Nations city and a centre where the global challenges of the future – such as climate change, digitalization and sustainable development – are addressed.
