Environmental Sustainability Of The United Nations Millennium Development Goals

Studies show that education, training, and incentives are causing university students to become more concerned with their environment and the environment of the next generation (Levy and Dilwali, 2000). Providing the opportunity to live in a sustainably built environment has become an important differentiating factor among universities around the world and is becoming increasingly important to students in terms of both how they adopt sustainable practices and their choice of a university. The majority of students and their parents are making acceptance decisions based on a university’s environmental commitment (Princeton Review, 2012). If the University of Central Arkansas would raise the facility fee, then the higher percentage rates

The conversation of introducing environment sustainability actions on campus were solemnly expressed through individuals who had concern for the environment. In the book, “Greening the Ivory Tower” by Sarah Creighton, the author mentions ways students can take action to maintain a healthy environment. Creighton introduces the benefits of protecting the campus from harmful effects of abusing the environment around them. By doing so, she allows the readers to be aware of environmental issues in addition to providing solutions to these problems. Creighton claims, “Five ingredients are key to successful university action: . . . (2) university commitment and demonstrated support for

Every year, over 34,000 students attend North Carolina State University, which creates over 90,000 local jobs and contributes over six billion dollars to the state’s economy. The universities helps to create and produce skilled graduates, successful companies and innovative technologies. There are over 9,000 staff and faculty who help train students to meet tomorrow’s challenges. Together, they forge powerful partnerships with government, industry, and academia to remake our world for the better. For example, North Carolina State University is one of the academic leaders in reducing climate change and nuclear proliferation through developing clean energy and manufacturing alternatives. The university’s Sustainability Office strives to reduce energy consumption and reduce solid waste to

The University of Montana's carbon neutrality goal by 2020 is fast approaching. The purpose of our class project is to help the university discover potential ways to move towards its goals at a more accelerated pace. Since our campus is a large establishment naturally we have a large carbon-footprint as well as a larger consumption of energy. As it stands, the general campus is somewhat concerned with the sustainability goals of the university. However the primary concern is within the environmental related departments.

Imagine a time where the whole world lives a more sustainable lifestyle. Think about how clean and desirable our planet would then become. Well in order to achieve this, we have to start small, why not at the college level. If I were to run for college president, with a platform for a more sustainable campus, I would make sure to make it a fun and enjoyable environment for students. Some changes and ideas I have for the campus would be adding bike paths, increasing the recycling bins, installing solar panels, planting native plants and trees, and buying food locally.

Therefore, information in this article is still useful today. This article is also not yet 10 years old or older; it still has recent and useful information on how some universities are participating in environmental sustainability. Like how it shows that it is some universities policies that are showing more of a drive toward integrating environmental sustainability into universities “rather than that [of] state, national, or international [policies]” (Ralph and Stubbs

College campuses across the nation have taken action to participate in the Reduce, Recycle and Reuse initiative to help make their campus a better and more environmentally safe. The program encourages recycling in communities, schools and work place. Through this proposal I plan to implement the program “Let’s Go Green” at Savannah State University. This program would challenge the faculty, students and the university itself to implement eco-friendly activities into day to day operations or everyday lives.

The student and staff population of the University of Regina is soon going to surpass a population of 15,000 students. The growing population of the U of R requires administrative and student action to maintaining environmental sustainability. It is crucial to its maintenance to implement environment sustainability. Environment sustainability can be defined as taking responsible actions towards maintaining the environment and eliminating any type of negative impacts that we produce to negate any environmental damages.

When I was five years old I began school. In Kindergarden we learned basic things like letters, numbers, and how not to be fully engulfed in flames. For some reason, 2004 was the height of anti-fire education in Missouri and before I knew how to tie my shoes I knew that if I ever was ablaze, to cover my face, fall to my knees, and roll back and fourth. This is what my institution placed serious value upon and because I was a student of that institution I also placed serious value upon it. The same idea must be applied to a university's teaching of environmental sustainability. This is discussed in David Orr's "What is Education For?" Through choosing a curriculum a university chooses what it places value onto, by making the environment a priority it showcases to the future generations that environmental wellness is an important responsibility for them to take ownership.

One of our greatest achievements comes at the time of graduating college, obtaining college degrees has brought progress to our society. However, too often this "progress" has resulted in a lack of extensive knowledge surrounding our communities, environment, and planet. Educating college students on general education, their degrees, and ultimately their life choices and direction has aided society in more ways than people can imagine. Unfortunately, some colleges if not most fail to explain and illustrate how we as students can help maintain a positive environment. The environment is clearly important to all us and many fail to influence nor recognize this, there are however some people who have made effective positive impacts on the world; these are the people that have to teach others how to do the same. Educational institutions especially colleges should make environmental sustainability an important priority in their facilities development and educational programs.

There is no question that our resources on earth such as water, electricity and plastic are limited. As humans, we have begun to realize that we cannot consume these resources at a high rate because if we do our future generations will be left with nothing. A large part of cutting down on resource consumption is practicing sustainability on college campuses. Colleges and Universities around the country are currently attempting to become more “green” or environmentally sustainable. Nazareth College has already begun to take steps towards sustainability with new L.E.D lights and recycling bins around campus, but the college can definitely take more strides towards becoming a more green campus. Nazareth College could improve on becoming a more sustainable campus by creating an atmosphere where students are more involved, limiting resource use in dorms, academic buildings and the dining hall, and by giving students and faculty more incentive to act in ways that are environment friendly.

Emanuel, R., & Adams, J. N. (2011). College students' perceptions of campus sustainability. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 12(1), 79-92. (David)

From 14th to 17th October, my colleagues and I attended the AASHE sustainability conference in San Antonio, Texas. There, we met green advocates and sustainability students from universities all over the US and shared our ideas with them. The experience and insights we gained from the conference shed some light on how we should encourage sustainable living here in Berea.

Sustainable development interconnects with the economic growth, nature conservation and the concept of equality for all. Environmental education is a complex and dynamic field, and so, a difficult one to assess. But given the urgency of the topic, its evaluation and better understanding may provide us with the tools necessary to pursue sustainability. My primary motivation for the research resides in the importance of sustainability as a vital practice for the future. The best way to do this is through the spreading of knowledge and improvement of education and learning and find what can be done to enhance it.

In 2000, the UN Millennium Summit created eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) that aim to catalyze development in our world. A total of 193 countries and 23 international organizations agreed to participate and complete these goals by 2015. The MDGs encompass a total of fifteen targets that range from eradicating hunger and poverty to encouraging global partnership for development. Specifically, goal 7 aims to ensure environmental sustainability. One of the largest known and acknowledged problems in our world is that nonrenewable resources are both depleting and in many cases causing harmful environmental effects. Carbon dioxide emissions have increased by approximately 50% since 1990 and 24% of global diseases are attributed to environmental factors and pollutants. Industrialization tends to lead to a decrease in life expectancy due to increased amounts of exposer to harmful pollutants. However, the United Arab Emirates is one country that is taking careful strides to ensure that economic development does not become a burden on neither the environment nor its people. The UAE is currently one of the leading countries in creating innovated ways to reverse the loss of environmental resources. By finding alternative energy sources and implementing policies and regulations, the United Arab Emirates is effectively completing the Millennium Developmental Goal 7.A which aims to reverse the loss of environmental resources.