can therefore include actions to end racism , to end modern slavery , or any other destructive and harmful practice that leads to an unfair , unequitable , and unsustainable society . Ultimately , all the issues we list are interlinked but we can ' t tackle all of them at the same time - we need to break them down into maneagable chunks . The Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations is doing just that , setting ambitious targets that countries are working towards :
sdgs . un . org / goals .
Schools , colleges and universities also need to play their part in goal setting . Schools , for instance , account for around 2 % of UK greenhouse gas emissions , roughly the same as all the energy and transport emissions of Manchester , Newcastle , and Bristol combined . The main culprits are : Energy use in school buildings ; Pupil and staff travel to and from school , and other journeys undertaken on school business ; Emissions produced by companies that supply goods and services to schools , for example , a school food provider . This could include emissions related to their use of energy to run their buildings and produce their food products , as well as the emissions associated with transporting their products to school sites ; and Emissions from waste produced by schools .
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