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Advancing Sustainability
in Higher Education
Hello! “Education is the most powerful
weapon which you can use to change the world”
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Pillars of Sustainability
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Social Capital (Community)
Human Capital
(People)
Natural Capital
(Planet)
Economic Capital (Profit)
Think Local Dallas is becoming a Megacity
17 Million people by 2050
1 person every 3.6 min
Access ￮ Global Enrollment
of 60,000- 2.4% increase
￮ 185 bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees
￮ 34.6% rise in degree attainment over past 5 years
￮ Annual research expenditure is $100M
Preparing the Next Generation of Workforce
Success ￮ 200 Ph.D. students
graduated in 2016-17 ￮ SEIR Building ￮ Carnegie R-1 Highest
Research Activity ￮ a top 25 “leader”
university for providing high social mobility and impactful research
￮ $13.6 Billion annual impact
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“Sustainable development cannot be achieved by technological solutions, political regulation or financial
instruments alone.
We need to change the way we think and act. This requires quality education and learning for sustainable development at
all levels and in all social contexts” 6
Sustainability at UT Arlington
￮ Operations- energy, waste, water, transportation ￮ Academics and Research ￮ Education ￮ Strategic Plan with a focus on sustainability ￮ Collaboration ￮ Community Engagement ￮ Sustainability Reporting
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Community Engagement
Service Learning Projects Hands-on learning
Academy’s AISD STEM
Career Development Lockeed Martin CDC.
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Community Garden Collaboration with City of Arlington
Community Service Big Event
Composting Award winning program Composting classes.
Reshaping the Metroplex
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Institutes and Centers
￮ Center for Transportation Equity, Decisions & Dollars
￮ Urban Water Institute
￮ Institute for Sustainability and Global Impact
￮ Institute for urban Studies
Education and Training
￮ Arlington Urban Design Center
￮ UTA/DART Transportation Leadership Academy
￮ Environmental Training Institute
￮ Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center (TMAC)
Research ￮ Watershed
Modeling ￮ Dam safety ￮ Flood
Forecasting ￮ Rapid pipe
inspection, Pipeline Integrity
￮ Air Research Consortium
Sustainable Development Goals
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Regional Center for Education in SDGs
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Benefits & Stakeholders
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EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS
NON PROFIT
PRIVATE SECTOR
PUBLIC SECTOR
Collective Impact
Shared Resources
Regional Partnership
Advancing Policies
Aligning Initiatives
Think (and educate) Globally, Act Locally
Sustainability initiatives must be locally motivated and driven, but they must not ignore the larger global context in which they exist. This means two things: connecting with other initiatives to share ideas and best practices AND educating the value of collaboration and systems thinking.
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Why should you care?
￮ Cost Savings ￮ Consumer Demand ￮ Risk Mitigation ￮ Leadership ￮ Employee Retention ￮ Brand Reputation ￮ Resource Limitations ￮ Keeping up with the competition
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