Centre for Global Sustainability Studies (CGSS) Universiti Sains Malaysia has collaborated with Penang Green Council (PGC) to organise a workshop on Waste to Wealth to increase community knowledge and awareness on waste management and train the community to practice waste management at home and in daily life. With the guidance from CGSS and PGC, this […]
Sustainable Development Goal: 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
Composting Workshop
The workshop was organised by the Centre for Global Sustainability Studies (CGSS) Universiti Sains Malaysia and Penang Green Council (PGC) on 9th January 2022. The workshop was fully conducted by the students under existing courses (Public Sector Economics and Tourism Economics). The students have worked together with the Consumer Association of Penang (CAP) to demonstrate […]
Segregate & Recycle Your Waste!
Centre for Global Sustainability Studies (CGSS) Universiti Sains Malaysia has collaborated with Penang Green Council (PGC) to organise Segregate and Recycle Your Waste! program. This program was carried out at Kampung Perlis, Balik Pulau, Penang on 15th January 2022. The program was run by students from university courses. The main purposes of this program are […]
Be a Community Recycling Hero!
This program was organised by the Centre for Global Sustainability Studies (CGSS) Universiti Sains Malaysia and Penang Green Council (PGC) on 15th January 2022 at Kampung Perlis Balik Pulau, Penang. This program was successfully run by the students under university courses (Public Sector Economics and Tourism Economics). In order to meet the program needs, the […]
Earth Edwardsville: A Pocket Park
This project centers on a potential parking garage planned for the Downtown Edwardsville area. Students enrolled in Prof. Dieleman’s Environmental Ethics course made recommendations for the City of Edwardsville that were informed by theory. The recommendations given provided the City with environmentally ethical and ecofriendly ideas that could be implemented during the planning of the […]
Columbia Valley Park and Recreation District (CVPRD) Public Participation and Comprehensive Park Plan
During the period of summer 2020-January 2021, Sustainable Communities Partnership (SCP) partnered with the Columbia Valley Park and Recreation District (CVPRD) in East Whatcom County. Through this partnership, students in Dr. Tammi Laninga’s fall quarter Community Development and Participatory Methods course (ENVS 475) conducted a (remote) public engagement campaign in Columbia Valley, and graduate student, […]
Building Community Resilience through GMA Comprehensive Planning
During the 2020-21 academic year, Whatcom County partnered with Western Washington University’s Sustainable Communities Partnership (SCP) to support consistent and coordinated climate planning across jurisdictional boundaries within Whatcom County. This partnership, with staff support from the Port of Bellingham and the City of Bellingham, formed the collaborative Building Community Resilience Project (BCRP) to support Whatcom […]
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Voices from the Vernacular Music Center: A podcast in Community Arts and Education
The Vernacular Music Centers work focuses on research, teaching, and advocacy in the world’s vernacular musics- musics and dance that are learned, taught, and passed-on by ear and in memory. “Voices from the Vernacular Music Center: A Podcast in Community Arts and Education” is a podcast about how, why, when, and with what impact people […]
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Downtown Parking in City of Edwardsville
The partners involved in this project are Public Works department(city of Edwardsville), SIUE Successful Communities Collaborative, courses involving Sociology and Philosophy. The courses for sociology are Sociology- Research Methods(302), Independent Study(396); Philosophy- Environmental Ethics(222). The aim of this project is to build structures with adaptive reuse in mind, the City of Edwardsville will help to […]
Health impact assessment of multi-hazards
The purpose of this document is to provide Pepin County with a summary of the reports from University of Wisconsin–Madison regarding the 2017-2022 Pepin County Multi-Hazards Mitigation Plan. Thereports cover four topics within the plan that are expected to have significant impact on Pepin County residents: extreme weather, flooding, water quality, and agricultural land use. […]