The document discusses progress towards achieving the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) for environmental sustainability and improving lives. Specifically, it outlines targets to incorporate sustainability principles into laws and projects by 2015, reduce biodiversity loss by 2010, provide access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation to more people by 2015, and improve the lives of 100 million slum dwellers by 2020. It notes that as of 2010, 89% of people had access to safe drinking water and more than 200 million slum residents' lives had improved. It encourages involvement through supporting hashtags and events.

1. The millennium development
goals
7. Ensure environmental
sustainability.

2. Targets for 2015
• Target 7a: Is to incorporate the principals of
sustainability in to local laws and projects and to
stop the loss of environmental resources e.g. the
rainforest.
• Target 7.B: Reduce biodiversity (our environment)
loss, achieving, by 2010, a significant reduction in
the rate of loss.
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3. Targets for 2015
• • Target 7.C:Halve, by 2015, the amount of people
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without sustainable access to safe drinking water
and basic sanitation
• Target 7.D: Achieve, by 2020, a significant
improvement in the lives of at least 100 million
slum dwellers
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4. Are we there yet?

5. Sanitation
• In 2010, 89% of the world’s population, 6.1
billion people, had access to safe drinking
water. In 2015, that number will increase to
92% of the world’s population
• We have improved the lives of more than 200
million people living in slums
• 1,800 people have gained access to basic
sanitation
• World Toilet Day Video

6. How can you get
involved? by
• You can show your support
#MDGMOMENTUM, #MDGMomentum
• #TOILETS4ALL
• Join in with the UN success webcast
on September 23.

7. Progress
• 2.1 billion people have gained access to clean
drinking water since the year 1990.
• Many lives of people living in slums have
improved since the year 1990.
• The MDG song- Here is how Girl Guides is
promoting The MDGS

8. Resources
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http://mdgsaustralia.wordpress.com/improve-the-lives-of-100-million-slum%C2%A0dwellers/
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http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/environ.shtml
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http://www.undp.ps/en/mdgs/mdgmain.html
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFDPWZKC0pc