{"id":1268,"date":"2025-09-06T09:41:20","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T09:41:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democraticeducationnetwork.net\/?page_id=1268"},"modified":"2025-09-25T08:47:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T08:47:11","slug":"overview","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/democraticeducationnetwork.net\/index.php\/sdgs\/overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1268\" class=\"elementor elementor-1268\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1da93947 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1da93947\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7331978f elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"7331978f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-487c85a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"487c85a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Overview<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e618142 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"4e618142\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-391ceba2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"391ceba2\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-395216db elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"395216db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a9b6bec e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a9b6bec\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-801a8da e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"801a8da\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e830fb8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e830fb8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Sustainability in Action<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1fe9bb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b1fe9bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Democratic Education Network (DEN) places the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the heart of everything we do. From student-led research and conferences to field trips, creative projects, and global partnerships, our initiatives are shaped by the SDGs, ensuring education is connected to real-world challenges.<br \/>Our work aligns especially with SDG 4 (Quality Education), SDG 10 (Reduced Inequalities), SDG 16 (Peace, Justice &amp; Strong Institutions), and SDG 17 (Partnerships for the Goals). Through blogs, podcasts, field trips, conferences, and publications, DEN empowers students to turn local action into global change\u2014building a more inclusive, just, and sustainable future.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32dde4d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"32dde4d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6958cdd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6958cdd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/democraticeducationnetwork.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/SDG-circle-image-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1297\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/democraticeducationnetwork.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/SDG-circle-image-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/democraticeducationnetwork.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/SDG-circle-image-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/democraticeducationnetwork.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/SDG-circle-image-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/democraticeducationnetwork.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/SDG-circle-image-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/democraticeducationnetwork.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/SDG-circle-image-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/democraticeducationnetwork.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/SDG-circle-image-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ce7909 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0ce7909\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c75cb5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8c75cb5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Why SDGs Matter to DEN\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c6d83e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c6d83e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By aligning with the SDGs, DEN helps students link local action to global change. 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