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Sustainability in Action
Published: 3 November 2023
Join us for the Future17 SDG Challenge
This month we started our recruitment drive for students to take part in our first semester Sustainability Literacy programme, the Future17 SDG (Sustainable Development Goals) Challenge. Participants will be working in virtual groups with students and mentors from 10 universities across the globe. You will have the opportunity to collaborate to find solutions for global sustainability challenges centered around themes such as climate action, reduced inequalities and gender equality, poverty reduction, innovation and industry, and more…
Sustainability in Action
Published: 10 October 2023
Climate Change Quiz and our Sustainability World Café
This month we have some interesting events where students and staff at SU can become involved in a number of workshops and events to help us embed sustainability at our institution. We would like to welcome all students and staff to an IPCC Workshop on the 3rd of October, and a Sustainability World Café on the 9th. Senior students and researchers are encouraged to submit an abstract to take part in the AC21 Legacy Symposium to be held at SU in early November…
Sustainability World Café
Published: 8 September 2023
Join us for the Sustainability World café.
Come celebrate our international community at this year’s Global Engagement Week: The SDG/2063 Impact Hub in collaboration with the Centre for Global Engagement at SUI, will be hosting a dynamic and informative world café event which will look at sustainability at SU, South Africa, and the continent. As an advocate of both the UN SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) and the AU’s Agenda 2063, the evening’s event will holistically inform participants about sustainable developement…
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Sustainability at SU
Published: 8 September 2023
An African renaissance is pre-eminent.
The AU’s Agenda 2063 for a peaceful and prosperous Africa seeks to transform Africa into a thriving, self-reliant, and globally competitive entity by 2063, addressing issues such as economic development, infrastructure, peace, cultural identity and aspires towards an African Renaissance. The Agenda focuses explicitly on cultivating a strong African cultural identity with Goal 16: An African Cultural Renaissance is pre-eminent. In South Africa, this aspiration is celebrated on Heritage Day in South Africa on September…
Sustainability Education
Published: 13 August 2023
Future17 SDG Challenge
Do you want to contribute to Sustainability in your studies, work, or personal life but you just don’t know where to start? Apply for the Future17 SDG (Sustainable Development Goals) Challenge, taking take place from mid-September to the first week of December 2023. You will have the opportunity to participate in real-life challenges with an industry partner, using the SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) as a framework acquiring valuable expertise around sustainability…
SDG 5 – Gender Equality
Published: 7 August 2023
Women’s Month in South Africa
Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 5, Gender Equality, is in focus this Women’s Month in South Africa. The Goal hopes to “Ensure women’s full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision-making in political, economic, and public life” by 2030. This aligns with the AU’s Agenda 2063 Goal 17, Full gender equality in all spheres of life. We celebrate Women’s Day on 9 August to commemorate the Women’s March on the Union Buildings on 9 August 1956.More than 20,000 South African women of all races…
Sustainability in Action
Published:22 June 2023
Finalist of the SDG Initiative of the Year Award
The SDG/2063 Impact Hub has been selected as a finalist in the ACEEU, Triple E Awards for SDG Initiative of the Year. These awards are a global recognition of efforts towards the quest for entrepreneurship and engagement in higher education. Our Programme Manager will be travelling to Barcelona to take part in the Awards and the partnered conference on Engaged and Entrepreneurial Universities for Sustainable Development – linking education, research and innovation to achieve the SDGs.
Earth Week 2023 Invest in our Planet 17 – 22 April
Published: 22 April 2023
Climate expert: Scandal that Africa gets so little research funding.
It’s grossly unfair and morally wrong that funding for climate change research on Africa is a very small proportion of global climate research funding, said globally renowned climate change researcher Guy Midgley. He said the African perspective is important because, generally, African countries contribute very little to the causes of climate change, but the continent is experiencing the most significant adverse effects. An African perspective…