Greater Atlanta RCE Higher Ed Learning Community

6th World Planning Schools Congress 2026 website has launched: wpsc2026.org

PERIPHERAL VISIONS: RETHINKING PLANNING, will take place 29 June - 3 July '26 in Helsinki and Espoo Finland, with PhD Workshop 26-29 June in Tampere. #WPSC26

Apply Now: Become a 2025 United Nations Young Leader for the SDGs(Fully-funded and open to youth worldwide) - Opportunities for Youth The Young Leaders for the SDGs initiative recognizes exceptional young people who are leading efforts to support the achievement of the Sustainable

Become a 2025 United Nations Young Leader for the SDGs
DEADLINE: April 18, 2025
The Young Leaders for the SDGs initiative recognizes exceptional young people who are leading efforts to support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). opportunitiesforyouth.org/2025/03/19/a...

Empowering Students, Advancing Sustainability: UN SDG Faculty Spotlight The 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) are a call for action and global partnership. These goals provide a blueprint for “peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now …

Pamela Pollet and Jenny Houlroyd received financial support to redesign a Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) course using the SDGs.

blog.ctl.gatech.edu/2025/02/25/e...

Thailand's economic development prioritization of export manufacturing has been at odds with traditional Thai ideas of sethakit porpiang or sufficiency economy.
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN THAILAND Gregory Gullette, Prof Anthropology, Ga Gwinnett College. @RCE_Atlanta seminar

Sustainable Development, Urban Ecologies, and Livelihood Vulnerabilities in Bangkok, Thailand
@GregoryGullette Prof Anthropology @GeorgiaGwinnett

Fri 14 Feb 25 | 12pm-1:15pm | Building W, Room 1210, Georgia Gwinnett College, and Zoom

Register: lnkd.in/enedp5Ep

YouTube video by UN-Habitat Learn Saut Sagala - Urban Resilience Approach: Rapid Risk Diagnostic to Improve Quality of Life

Saut Sagala: Urban Resilience Approach: Rapid Risk Diagnostic to Improve Quality of Life. Third episode of Season 7 of the Global Urban Lectures.

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@unhabitat-uni.bsky.social #qualityoflife #climateaction4cities

Climate change threatens everything humans value, but we must think of nature's values as well.
-- Chris Cuomo, UGA Franklin College of Arts and Sciences prof philosophy

RCE Greater Atlanta research seminar, 17 Jan. #climatechange

Caring about Nature: Necessary Responses to Our Climate Crisis Chris Cuomo, Prof of Philosophy, @universityofga.bsky.social
RCE_Atlanta Research Seminar
Fri 17 Jan 25 12h00-13h15 325 Swan Bldg, GeorgiaTech
& online; Register: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
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Learn about @GeorgiaTech's one-year Master of Science in Global Development degree program: February 5 (11am UTC-5: New York time)
Learn more and register: planning.gatech.edu/information-...
@NunnSchoolGT @GATechEcon #globaldevelopment #internationaldevelopment

Teaching climate change planning: fostering hope while building capacity Preparing planners to effectively engage with climate change poses vexing multi-level challenges for instructors across content, pedagogy, and relationships. There exists an urgent need, and demand...

Much awaited results of the US and Canadian study of planning school climate action education! Bravo Elisabeth Infield Mark Seasons and Ward Lyles!

"Teaching climate change planning: fostering hope while building capacity" - doi.org/10.1080/0269...
@climateaction4cities #planningeducation 1/4

The Atlanta Mayor’s Office of International and Immigrant Affairs will celebrate World Migrants Day this coming Tuesday 17 December, noon-1pm, in the City Hall Atrium, 55 Trinity Ave SW. Free and open to the public.

"Caring about Nature: Necessary Responses to Our Climate Crisis" Chris Cuomo, Prof Philosophy Uni Georgia

RCE Greater Atlanta HELC Sustainable Development Research Seminar. Lunch provided.

📍 325 Swann Building, Georgia Tech, + online
🗓️ Jan 17, '25, 12-1:15pm
✏️ Register: loom.ly/K0MmKFw.

Today on Human Rights Day, we mark 76 years since the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights!

#StandUp4HumanRights #HumanRightsDay2024

The Atlanta Declaration on SDG Education and Research calls on our colleges and universities to advance implementation of the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals through teaching and innovation. #AtlantaSDGDeclaration

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