SDG 4 - Quality Education

Founded in 1807, the Hunternian is the oldest public museum in Scotland. The Hunternian is home to an extensive, distinguished public art collection, & one of the largest collections outside of the National Museums. From Rubens to Rembrandt, the Scottish Colourists to the Glasgow Boys, its permanent collection alone is one of the best around, recognised as a 'Collection of National Significance', & the museum is one of Scotland's most significant cultural assets.

Category Is Books is a Glasgow's local, independent, queer/LGBTQIA+ bookshop in the city's Southside. Everyone welcome (they're emphatic about that)! Founded & run by a couple, Category Is "hope[s] to create a space for the LGBTQIA+ community to learn about, be inspired by & share in [their] love of queer books, art, history, activism, writing & storytelling."

Housed in a Grade-B listed building that includes the most complete functioning Victorian theatre machinery, & is the second-oldest operational theatre, in the UK (more info at the Building History link below!), the building itself was opened in 1878.

Public library located in the Gorbals area of Glasgow's Southside.

With three screens exclusively showing specialised cinema, Glasgow Film Theatre is Glasgow’s centre for film-lovers. Built in 1939, originally called the Cosmo, GFT is a time-capsule of Art Déco architecture & an era when Glaswegians attended the cinema an average of one time per week. At the same time, through renovations & refurbishment, GFT is today a thoroughly modern venue.

Led by the work of artist Eleanora Jaroszynska, in collaboration with Friends of Garnethill Green Spaces (FRoGGS), Garnethill Bread oven is a community project aimed to empower the local community to gather around the ancient practice of making wood-fired bread, as well as providing the opportunity to learn traditional building skills during the oven's construction.

Wing Hong Elderly Group (also known as Wing Hong Centre / Wing Hong Chinese Elderly Centre) is a charity organisation, a group established with the aim of enhancing the quality of life for the Chinese elderly based in the Glasgow area & promoting equal opportunities for Chinese elders in accessing social, health, welfare, & housing services.

Garnet Pots is a pottery-art studio in Glasgow City Centre's diverse Garnethill area. The owner says, "I have been making pots since the mid 1990s. Pottery has taken me to all sorts of places & introduced me to some really great people. Since 2007, I have been running Fireworks Studio in Glasgow. Over the years, there have been a lot of folks through for lessons & open studio. It also has been a home base for many potters starting before going on to do their own pottery adventures. Of this, I am very proud."

Charity shop whose proceeds benefit the Oxfam organisation, offering a wide variety of secondhand books. From fiction to non-fiction to vintage books, Oxfam bookshops are famous for their amazing finds!

Located just to the north of Glasgow City Centre, on the banks of the historic Forth & Clyde Canal, the award-winning Lambhill Stables Café at the Canal is the heart of Lambhill Stables, & is run almost entirely by a team of loyal & dedicated volunteers. They focus on providing simple yet healthy food at accessible prices & they use fruit & vegetables from their extensive community garden, whenever possible.

Pre-loved children's clothes, toys, & baby goods.

A social enterprise, registered charity, Fair Trade retailer, & educator - "trading fairly in Renfrewshire since 2002." The Rainbow Turtle's Paisley shop (staffed almost exclusively by a dedicated team of volunteers) offers a wide variety of fairly-traded food & drinks, along with an extensive range of ecological household products. Many of these are available to be refilled, thereby reducing waste packaging. They also stock a great range of fairly traded gifts & crafts from around the world, including cards, stationery, jewellery, & fashion accessories, clothing for adults & children, cookware, kitchenware, toys - &, last but not least, pocket-money items for children.

Glasgow's Independent Radical Bookshop.

Located just a short trip to the North of Glasgow City Centre, The Courtyard Pantry & Café is a membership shop & café providing access to good quality food at a low cost for the Glasgow community.

The Willow Tearooms (interchangeably used as Tea Rooms) aka Mackintosh at the Willow is located at 215–217 Sauchiehall Street in Glasgow City Centre. Mackintosh at the Willow re-opened to the public in September 2018 after an extensive restoration. The original Willow Tea Rooms building was initially opened by Miss Cranston, designed by the famous Charles Rennie Mackintosh in 1903. You can now dine in the historic tearooms (or on the outside-seating rooftop terrace, when open), learn more at the new interactive visitor centre about the living-history that is the tearooms, & visit the retail store.

Located in Glasgow's Garnethill area in City Centre, Garnethill Multicultural Centre is a perfect fit for the longstanding strong diversity of the neighbourhood it calls home.

Founded in 1451, University of Glasgow is the fourth-oldest in the UK & the second-oldest in Scotland, with more (architecturally) 'listed' buildings than any other university in the UK. Originally located in the High Street in Glasgow City Centre, UofG was relocated in 1870 to its current location in Glasgow's West End. At that time, the West End consisted of countryside, farms, & country-houses of Glasgow's most wealthy citizens, & adding UofG to the area was a significant part of the city's expansion, by adding the academic elite to the location's social landscape which expanded the horizon for those who might have otherwise remained in City Centre.

Located on Sauchiehall Street in the heart of Glasgow City Centre in the Garnethill neighbourhood, CCA: Centre for Contemporary Arts is Glasgow’s hub for the arts, arts events, cultural organisations, & artists.

The Sustainable Development Goals in aciton on Governros Island; sustainable cities, eco justice organizations, good health and well being, life on land, climate action, life below water. 

This urban farm grows many fruits and vegetables. The diverse plant life is good for birds, bees, and butterflies. The farm contributes to the school's composting efforts. Students who work on the farm engage in hands-on work, encouraging them to engage in sustainable practices. New York Harbor School students and the Marine Affairs Program complete this greening operation. More info here.  https://harborpolicy.org/

Castle Williams is on the North side of the island directly facing Manhattan and New Jersey. Castle Williams is an amazing representation of Quality Education because of the massive amount of signs around it, and in it. Quality Education is the 4th goal in sustainable development and ensures that people of any age are accessible to education. Therefore, making Castle Willams a prime example of that, as it is free of charge, and anyone can visit. The signs in and around Castle Williams teach visitors about the history and architecture of the Castle. On the weekends the Castle is open to the public to see and learn more. This is an amazing learning experience that everyone should try out. The Governors Island Parks Service also lists a lot about Castle Williams and is a good thing to check out before, during, or after your visit. 

This is located at the Intersection of Kimmel Rd. and Andes Rd. to the right of Pier 101.

There are plants, vegetables that are grown by students from the New York Harbor School high This teaches students how to grow food and they are good life lessons. Life lessons that are being taught is how to become more independent and how to learn how to farm, grow food by your own which is a key lessons to know in life. This relates to quality education because students get to learn more and more every day and learn more about fruits and plants. Come Check out the Farm!!!

The site where the Jamesburg Board of Education meets in order to make decisions for the entire school district. This site illustrates the town's commitment to providing a valuable education for young children.