Sustainable Development Goals countdown clock
date: label: date made
content: ca 2015
notes: label: Description
content: This countdown clock, which featured an electronic readout when plugged into an electrical outlet, marked the time remaining to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals agreed to by United Nations member states in 2015. Building on earlier multilateral efforts to tackle development and environmental priorities, the member states committed to a plan to work in partnership to towards goals including ending poverty, ending hunger, promoting education, and combatting climate change by 2030.
label: Description
content: In 1997, CNN founder Ted Turner gave $1 billion to create the United Nations Foundation to support international efforts to address global challenges. His gift helped launch a new era of large-scale, ambitious, and sometimes controversial philanthropy, particularly by titans of media, tech, and finance companies.
place: label: place made
content: United States
label: Associated Place
content: China
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content: Work and Industry: Philanthropy
label: Exhibition
content: Giving in America
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: United Nations Foundation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2019.0040.01
label: accession number
content: 2019.0040
label: catalog number
content: 2019.0040.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: clock
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic, metal, paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall (without cord): 23.5 cm x 61.5 cm x 6.5 cm; 9 1/4 in x 24 7/32 in x 2 9/16 in