SDG 14 - Life Below Water

★荒野保護協會為依法設立之公益社會團體，是一個由尋常老百姓自發組成的環境保護團體。

Located along the Esopus Creek, this park is within view of the Creek's entry into the historic Hudson River. Come check it out when there's an event or when you want to relax, play or get your kayak or small boat out onto the water. Photo by Village of Saugerties. Find more details here ! 

Our deluxe workshop venue! See saugertiesearthdayweek.org for the complete schedule of events for Earth Day Week 2025

The UVic Coastal Climate Solutions Leaders (CCSL) program offers an immersive learning experience for graduate students seeking to advance climate solutions. Bridging across the sciences, engineering, social sciences, business, and law, this program delivers enriched interdisciplinary and inter-sectoral training to prepare the next generation of leaders with the knowledge, experience, and skills needed to rise to the challenge of climate change. We are always looking to partner with Vicotira organizations to deliver novel, community-engaged training opportunitites.

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A walk along the banks of the River Kelvin that winds through Glasgow (9.8km, from the city all the way to Milngavie!) is a beautiful experience at any time of the year. Today, it's taken for granted that the Kelvin is thriving & healthy, a Glasgow City link to nature. Yet, it is only in recent years that the river's clean-up has supported its being such a rich natural habitat & thread of calm, right in the middle of the city.

Coffee roasters & café in Glasgow's City Centre, on Gordon Street right outside the Glasgow Central Station. A great locally-run option when arriving to or departing from Glasgow via train!

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!

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.

Scottish Canals is the official body that (in their own words) "look[s] after the Scottish canals, conserving them as part of our heritage, & transforming them to play a vital role in Scotland today." The offices are located on the banks of the Glasgow Canal that stretches across Glasgow City, this canal, itself, being a section of the Forth & Clyde Canal that crosses central Scotland.

The Forth & Clyde Canal that crosses central Scotland includes the Glasgow Canal which stretches across the city, & the Forth & Clyde Spur Towpath is 7.7-kilometers of green-space just a short walk (or wheelchair-roll!) to the North of Glasgow's City Centre.

Located on Glasgow's Southside near Strathbungo Cross, Bawn is an 'Ethical Textile Atelier', offering textiles by the metre (or 1/2 metre!), haberdashery goods & supplies (including clothing patterns with a contemporary emphasis), books on sewing / textiles / fibre art, fabric remnants (avoiding waste that's common in the textiles industry), & in-shop events.

A wonderful completely-gluten-free bakery with a continually-changing range of sweet & savoury items - including lots of vegan options!

Located in the former tennis pavilion in Newlands Park, Dandelion Café is a popular & friendly local café (vegetarian with vegan options!) in the Southside of Glasgow, serving breakfast, brunch, lunch, coffee, & cakes.

Dear Green (a reference to Glasgow, which is often referred to as the 'Dear Green Place' ['glas' means 'green' / 'grey-green' in Scottish Gaelic]) is a local coffee roasters who roast specialty coffee with passion, ethics, & good vibes at the centre of all they do.

Good health and well being is being promoted by the positivity of nature being around when you walk up the hill and get to the top, where you can look out into the harbor.

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/

The oyster reefs in the water at this location are in man-made cages, created and managed by the Billion Oyster Project. Oysters are filter feeders, meaning they filter through the water to remove algae, to eat, and often filter out pollutants as well. The oyster reefs also provide habitat for hundreds of species and can help protect New York City from storm damage.

TIMA K, young leader from Syria met students and premiered the film in the library at Climate Action Week NY.

The Levenmouth Whale Project is a community-led development with global ambitions. Big Art, Engineering and Green Tourism combine to create a unique attraction which will draw local, national and international visitors.

The Lekwungen's would winter in this area as they were very fond of herring, and there were plenty to be had. This area was also used to dry the fish.

Kastrup Søbad byder på bemærkelsesværdigt skøn svømning - en strandpromenade fra stranden fører dig ud til en cirkulær træstruktur med siddepladser rundt om et havvandsbassin.Kastrup Søbad is offers remarkably wonderful swimming - a boardwalk from the beach leads you out to a wooden circular structure with seating all around a seawater pool.

The UVic Map Shop is a community-campus initiative dedicated to collaborative place-based learning and mapping. Operated by the Department of Geography, the Map Shop's mission is to facilitate processes for community engagement, student learning, globally-relevant research, and sustainable community planning through participatory community mapping. This is achieved through engaging students, community members, Indigenous partners, and other participants both locally and globally in classroom-based and field-based courses, workshops, map-making, internship opportunities, scholarly research, publications, summits, and conference participation.