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Alternative Action
- Pay your drivers, house help, factory workers, etc even though they may not be able to come to work.
- Volunteer with the NGOs of your area.
The People's Action
Achieving the SDGs was never going to be easy. By some estimates the global shortfall of funds to were to the tune of 2.5 trillion dollars per annum. This is before the pandemic set in. Today with governments all over the world diverting large resources to fight the virus and its effects, these resources for SDGs are getting scarcer.
But the good news is that the ozone layer is healing, rivers are cleaner, the AQI has improved, and the wild life is reviving. This may have saved huge and precious resources needed for climate action.
In that sense, Corona may yet be the force that has helped to bring the world onto a new path.
We at SDGCC are encouraged by this new path that humanity has begun to take baby steps on. It is time for each one of us, to awaken to our ability to shape our new world.
It is time to participate and partner our respective governments in the implementation of these SDGs by a set of alternate actions to set a new normal.
SDG Way for a New Normal
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Alternative Action
- Do not hoard food
- Give dry ration (wherever possible) to home staff/security guards etc
- Help open a credit line with grocery stores for maids/servants
Start a kitchen garden at home and donate the food - Support ‘ZERO wastage’
Alternative Action
- Messaging regarding good personal hygiene, hand washing, social distancing etc
- Wherever possible pay digitally
- Eat well to immunize
- Don’t drink. It reduces immunity.
- Work out regularly at home
- Shift to e-newspaper in place of paper version
- Sanitize every article before you carry it indoors
- Don’t smoke at home
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Alternative Action
- Help your child adapt to online classes
- Support with online homework
- Can you support the education of a child in the rural areas?
- Can you teach a poor child on whatsapp?
- Free/discounted courses online. Learn something.
Alternative Action
- Learn to cook/more/better
- Support in the kitchen/at home
- Mind your language
- Report domestic violence in neighborhood
Alternative Action
- Consuming clean drinking water,
- Maintaining hygiene
- Keeping surroundings clean, do not litter
- Take short showers, or use a bucket instead
- Operate washing machines on full load
Alternative Action
- Air dry your hair
- Use lids while cooking
- Switch to LEDs
- Avoid using lights during day time.
- Turn off the extra lights & fans & ACs/coolers
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Alternative Action
- Separate your waste into dry and wet.
- Build and maintain community green spaces.
- Avoid using plastic as much you can.
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Alternative Action
- Tips on how to continue working from home
- Online employment for others.
- Interns, Teachers, tutors, accountants
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Alternative Action
- Contribute to Programs for disabled
- Can you support the education of a child in the rural areas?
- Can you teach a poor child on whatsapp?
Alternative Action
- Follow/support your society rules
- Keep an eye open for rule-breakers
- Immediately inform of any suspect case
- Take care of the elderly in the community.
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Alternative Action
- Cook at home. Premade/packaged foods increase waste.
- Use refillable, non-plastic, water bottles.
- Do not use throw aways – cups, plate
- Use cloth napkins. Avoid paper -napkins
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Alternative Action
- Recycle paper/ plastic
- Compost—composting food scraps minimizes climate impact
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Alternative Action
- Do not drain oil into the sink. It finds its way into the rivers
- Do not waste detergent. It finds its way into the rivers
- Use the dust bin. Plastic waste often gets dumped into sewer.
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Alternative Action
- Keep a water bowl in your balcony for the birds
- Feed the strays
- Do not waste water
Alternative Action
- Do not be swayed by rumors.
- Do not fan rumors
- Share information from correct sources only
- Seek to harmonize. Do not share angry, vicious posts
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Alternative Action
- These are difficult times. Partner your neighbors/society/nation for harmony
- Contribute whole heartedly to support front liners – doctors, policemen, sanitation workers
SDG Way for a New Normal
Corona - an accelerator
It has swiftly brought the idea of a catastrophe closer home for all of us and made sure we realize how destructive our way of living is and that WE must mend our ways.
Corona - a course corrector
In just a few weeks it has made us realize the folly of our ways. The stars and the birds can testify to that
Corona - a road map
The virus is showing us a new path. Interestingly it is the exact same path that SDGs laid out for us – a sustainable, balanced, integrated path that leaves no one behind.