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SDGs and You: How you can contribute to a sustainable world (6-7 pm IST)

Virtual Eastern Standard Time Zone, GA

Project Adhyayan presents a workshop on "SDGs and You: How you can contribute to a sustainable world." This event will help students understand how they can contribute to a more sustainable world on an individual level and how grassroot level ideas bring about change. To register: https://forms.gle/Jx6YdPjSAWsroMCaA Feb 28 6 to 7 pm IST

Organizer: SDSN (Sustainable Development Solutions Network) - Youth Division

Feb 28 6 to 7 pm IST

Free

Building a Legacy : The Sustainable Way (11:00 am-12:30 pm IST)

Virtual Eastern Standard Time Zone, GA

Panipat Institute of Engineering and Technology,Haryana, India is hosting a session on various ways that are being adopted here towards accomplishing sustainable goals. This event including talka and round the table discussion of students will help everyone to understand that all technical efforts keeping an eye on sustainable goals can increase our attainments to a greater extent.

Organizer: Panipat Institute of Enginering and Technology

11:00 am -12:30 pm IST March 2

Free

SDG7: Clean and Affordable Energy: The Future of Renewable Energy and Trends from the Field

Virtual Eastern Standard Time Zone, GA

Dr. Pamela Martin with lead Solar Ambassador Hannah Bennet with introduce a unique solar seed fund for nonprofits in the United States and discuss SDG 7: Clean and Affordable Energy in the context of solar energy. Then, Dr. Dominique deWit, Director of Business Development for GridX will discuss the renewable energy market, trends, and challenges, as well as career paths in the field. This conversation will connect the global and local renewable energy trajectories, and provide valuable career and private industry insights from a Coastal Carolina University alumna who is now at a cutting edge energy firm.
To Join: https://ccuchants.zoom.us/j/93642156713?pwd=MUxWRXEzMHhaWkdZenpXQlk3R2lVUT09

Organizer: Coastal Carolina University

Free

A Healthy Georgia: Exploring the Impact of the Energy Transition on Public Health

Virtual Eastern Standard Time Zone, GA

As climate change worsens, the importance of adopting clean energy solutions is imperative. However, we have a responsibility to ensure that the benefits of clean energy are experienced equally, and also do not lead to unintended adverse health outcomes. Hear from experts on sustainable building technologies, air quality, and the economics of clean energy and health discuss the challenges and opportunities before us as the energy landscape undergoes monumental shifts. Register at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwoc-murz8iGdG8E9NyM6c3UDahWWhVH4Hv

Organizer: Georgia Institute of Technology

Free

Considering the Green Economy and Mobility

Virtual Eastern Standard Time Zone, GA

Hosted by the University of Tennessee Center for Global Engagement and the British Consulate - Atlanta, the forum will bring together students, faculty, business leaders, and government and non-governmental representatives to explore opportunities in economic development.

Free

“Meet the Maker” of the Beyond the Box: SDGs exhibit, Nebraska alumna Peyton Bishop

Virtual Eastern Standard Time Zone, GA

“Beyond the Box: CASNR Edition” is a collection of resources in an interactive audio exhibit highlighting Nebraska faculty and staff contributions towards the Sustainable Development Goals (currently on display at the Nebraska East Union third floor). The project was created to utilize digital storytelling to support students in various grades as they explore their future. Through focusing on important human values, these collections of stories highlight how individuals have found their way into the sciences and how their chosen career has allowed them to do amazing and impactful work related to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.
Organizer: University of Nebraska-Lincoln
To register: https://unl.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYucuutqjIvGNJGfYtANyfZlAZMyJnQvA-f

Los estudiantes nos cuentan: Avances en las investigaciones del semillero CODS (3.30-5.00 CST)

Virtual Eastern Standard Time Zone, GA

Students from diverse undergrad programs that take parte of the research HUB of the SDG Center will be sharing their research updates. The topics are Communities in endangered ecosystems, sustainable transportation and transition to sustainable energy in the fashion industry.
Organizer: Universidad de los Andes
Watch live at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxZZwKFbX14

Religious Studies and Climate Justice

Virtual Eastern Standard Time Zone, GA

Religious studies students come to understand that religion and climate justice are not just compatible with each other, but that climate justice cannot be achieved without the mobilization and inclusion of religious communities. How do students develop this knowledge into skills for sustainability development?
Organizer: JMU Dining
Link to join: https://us05web.zoom.us/j/88136798892?pwd=KxX3uwq0aM0J5DxYJ2KmAROs3m0Pby.1 password: sdg