Sustainability Blog

Museum Exhibit: Sustainability in Chaos

Museum Exhibit: Sustainability in Chaos

Until Friday, April 12th, 2024 | 9 AM – 5 PM

Jurors Helen Hiebert and Eileen Wallace invited twenty-nine paper artists to demonstrate their insights as artists in the chaos of today’s life and how they transform chaos into a vision of what is possible. Through the medium of paper with its boundless style, sustainability, and conceptual framework, the featured artists share their responses to chaos and demonstrate how the arts and sustainability can elevate inspiration and leave a lasting impression on communities.

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Teaching with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): A faculty-led introductory workshop for instructors

Teaching with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): A faculty-led introductory workshop for instructors

Tuesday, March 5th, 2024 | 11 AM – 1 PM

Interested in bringing sustainability and the UN SDGs into your classroom but not sure where to begin? Learn from experienced faculty instructors how you can make small changes in your course that support transformative sustainability learning. Box lunch provided.

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Virtual Book Launch: ‘A Global Humanities Approach to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals’

Virtual Book Launch: ‘A Global Humanities Approach to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals’

Thursday, March 28th, 2024 | 1 – 2 PM

Learn about a new co-authored textbook at the intersection of the humanities and sustainability studies, edited by Kelly Comfort, director of undergraduate studies and professor of Spanish in the School of Modern Languages. Registration requested. 

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Sustainable-X Hangout

Sustainable-X Hangout

Tuesday, March 26th, 2024 | 3 – 4 PM

Learn how to become a social and environmental entrepreneur and get resources for your project. This monthly event occurs on the 4th Tuesday of every month.

Register to attend here.

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Elfriede Jelinek and Sustainable Development Mini Symposium

Elfriede Jelinek and Sustainable Development Mini Symposium

Monday, March 11th, 2024 | 9 AM – 4 PM

The Elfriede Jelinek and Sustainable Development Mini Symposium will focus on Nobel Laureate Elfriede Jelinek’s perspective on the environment, including environmental pollution, environmental destruction, destruction of the Alps through tourism and skiing, deforestation, the climate crisis, climate activism, environmental protection, the use of fossil fuels, renewable energy, sustainable development, economic factors, market economy, capitalism, meat production and consumption, luxury fashion, fast fashion, gender inequality, armed conflict, wars, war refugees and climate refugees, humans and their relationship to other animals and plants as well as their role as part of and within nature.

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Ocean Sustainability at Georgia Tech

Ocean Sustainability at Georgia Tech

Friday, March 8th, 2024 | 6 – 9 PM

The faculty and students of the Ocean Science and Engineering program at Georgia Tech will give an overview about their research and adventures under and on the water, while celebrating the 9th Annual UN Sustainability Week.

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Innovative Teaching with the UN SDGs: Examples from Georgia Tech Faculty

Innovative Teaching with the UN SDGs: Examples from Georgia Tech Faculty

Thursday, March 7th, 2024 | 11 AM – 12:15 PM

Learn how Georgia Tech faculty across diverse disciplines are enhancing teaching and learning with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This dynamic panel presentation will provide exciting examples for aligning your teaching with Tech’s strategic commitment to advance the SDGs. Registration link: https://bit.ly/CTL-3-7-24 

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Sustain-X Competition

Sustain-X Competition

Thursday, March 28th, 2024 | 4 – 6 PM

Come celebrate our entrepreneurs that are passionate about creating start ups with environmental and social impact. The showcase will provide participants the chance to show off their ideas. Top three submissions will win cash prizes and the chance to join the CREATE-X Startup Launch program in the summer.

Find out more here.