{"666334":{"#nid":"666334","#data":{"type":"news","title":" SDG Week Highlights Sustainable Development Goals ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/president.gatech.edu\/sdg\u0022\u003ESustainable Development Goals Action and Awareness Week 2023\u003C\/a\u003E is March 6 \u2013 10. The campus community is invited to participate in a variety of events that increase awareness of and encourage actions that advance the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sdgs.un.org\/goals\u0022\u003E17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals\u003C\/a\u003E (SDGs).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe SDGs were adopted by the UN General Assembly in 2015 as part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. They address the world\u2019s most monumental challenges, including poverty, inequality, climate change, environmental degradation, and peace and justice. Some of the objectives are improved industry, innovation, and infrastructure; affordable and clean energy; and sustainable cities and communities. The SDGs appear by name in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/strategicplan.gatech.edu\/focus\/global\u0022\u003EInstitute\u2019s strategic plan\u003C\/a\u003E as long-term goals that should guide teaching, research, and operations.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESDG Action and Awareness Week 2023 will focus primarily on SDG13: Climate Action and intersecting SDGs. Georgia Tech strives to be a leader in climate action across the Institute in operations, education, research, and economic development, and the development of a comprehensive Climate Action Plan is underway. President \u00c1ngel Cabrera encourages the Tech community to participate in virtual and in-person climate action events throughout the week.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOn Thursday, March 9, at 8:30 a.m., Cabrera will convene a panel of faculty to discuss climate action. Joining him will be: Marilyn Brown, Regents\u2019 Professor and the Brook Byers Professor of Sustainable Systems in the School of Public Policy; Andrea Calmon, assistant professor in the Scheller College of Business and faculty fellow in the Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems; Tim Liewen, Regents\u2019 Professor, David S. Lewis Chair, and executive director of the Strategic Energy Institute; and Brian Stone, professor in the School of City and Regional Planning and director of the Urban Climate Lab.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe panel is a hybrid event, with remote or in-person participation (at the Scholars Event Network Theater in Price Gilbert Library). \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gatech.campuslabs.com\/engage\/event\/8871322\u0022\u003ERSVP here\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOther events during the week include a Green Cleaning DIY Workshop through the Office of Sustainability, a Social Impact Careers Alumni Panel through the Alumni Association, a Community Market through Auxiliary Services, a session on How to Afford Study Abroad and SDG Interactive Art Hours through the Office of International Education, a Seminar on Race and Gender through the Black Feminist Think Tank and the School of History and Sociology, two micro-workshops on aligning course objectives with the SDGs through the Center for Teaching and Learning and Serve-Learn-Sustain, a Corporate Carbon Accounting panel through Scheller College of Business, an information session and ice cream social through the EcoCar Vertically Integrated Project team, and a Climate Action Plan Stakeholder Engagement Session through the Office of Sustainability. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gatech.campuslabs.com\/engage\/events?categories=19273\u0022\u003EView a listing of the week\u2019s events for details and registration\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESDG Action and Awareness Week is part of a larger global effort through the University Global Coalition (UGC), which Cabrera chairs and helped found. The UGC is comprised of higher education leaders from around the world who work to advance the SDGs through education, research, service, and campus operations.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESDG Action and Awareness Week is an annual event occurring in early March. To collaborate next year, contact \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/drew.cutright@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EDrew Cutright\u003C\/a\u003E, Office of Strategic Consulting.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe campus community is invited to participate in a variety of events that increase awareness of and encourage actions that advance the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The campus community is invited to participate in a variety of events that increase awareness of and encourage actions that advance the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. 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