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Building Sustainable Green Buildings to Achieve Green Growth and Equity in A Global World
Mukaddes Darwish, College of Engineering TFPETR 208 (Terry Fuller Petr.) | 11:00 a.m. - 11:50 a.m.
We are in the midst of several global crises today, from the threat of global climate change, to energy crisis, to terrorism and poverty. These challenges require an international community to commit towards sustainable development and practices that will address each issue and resolve them as best as possible. The issues at hand require an emphasis on several factors, of which, the environment, the economy and society overall have crucial impact. These are referred to as the three pillars or fundamentals of sustainable development.
Buildings are an inextricable part of society; considering the need for housing and infrastructure expected over the coming decades, the building sector is critical to achieving long-term sustainability objectives. The bottom line takes into consideration social equity, however, while several talk about social equity, they are not in fact talking about the same thing. Green buildings are an essential part of sustainable development, but are they the road towards social equity? For true balance, gender equity is just as vital, this lecture will provide an insight towards the ideals that green buildings may be the tool to achieve green growth, green economy and equity as template in a global world.
OTC 2014 -Bridging the Communication Gap: Globalization, Privilege, Poverty & Sustainability
Globalism as a way of thinking about the interconnectedness, the commonalities, the shared interests of a larger community signals a paradigmatic shift from the way that many of us grew up thinking about community. This view of globalism as a polity with the welfare of the many as its central assumption contrasts sharply with that of a globalized community—one that has been overtaken or colonized by political and/or economic forces. Globalism speaks to nuances of internationalism, of a collective, whereas globalization can trigger connotations of oppression and imperialism. What can be lost in all of the mediated information is the importance of human dignity around the globe. How do we understand the perspective of the privileged, of the mainstream? How do we, in the midst of all this "knowledge," also acknowledge human talent, experience, and plight? How do we incorporate into discussions of poverty, privilege, and sustainability the innovations of technology, policy, development, resources, utilization, and environmental degradation? Such distinctions in the meanings of these terms help to illustrate the powerful subtleties of the OTC initiative for 2014.
The aim of the Open Teaching Concept is to explore the issues of diversity and social justice, access and disparities, policy and poverty over a variety of disciplines, methods, theories, and paradigms. Looking at such topics as human rights, civil rights, hunger, multiculturalism, gender, labor and production, health, education, LGBT rights, economic opportunity, sexual violence, class, religious difference, environmental sustainability—OTC will allow students, faculty, and staff to dialogue on the larger questions of social responsibility, global citizenship, and the ever-widening, ever-constricting local global nexus.
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Posted:
10/12/2014
Originator:
Nathian Rodriguez
Email:
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Department:
Media and Communication
Event Information
Time: 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM
Event Date: 10/13/2014
Location:
TFPETR 208
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