13 Climate Action

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Development of an Environmental Awareness Program on Climate Change and Biodiversity Conservation for Lapus-Lapus Integrated Marine Protected Area, Municipality of Dumangas, Iloilo Province, Western Visayas Philippines

The coastal town of Dumangas is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change resulting to biodiversity loss. Coupled with unsustainable coastal resource utilization they greatly affected the fishing-based livelihood of the community. The local government in partnership with an academic institution -ISAT U and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and other […]

Residential Xeriscape Plan Design

As a sprawling metro region, the City of Phoenix is a desert city with warm temperatures year-round. As an alternative to lush, green lawns, the City prioritizes the use of xeriscaping as a sustainable alternative to typical residential landscaping. With an emphasis on irrigation reduction, xeriscaping includes functional use of plants to reduce water use […]

Sustainability Assessment & Urban Infrastructure

In 2022, the City of Peoria passed its Sustainable Peoria Plan, a roadmap for sustainability. As the city rolls out its initiatives, the City hopes to develop a sustainability dashboard with improved metric tracking. Additionally, the City is interested in evaluating opportunities for Green Building codes. Students from the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering […]

Fleet & Equipment Optimization and Efficiency

The Town of Gilbert’s Environmental Services Division manages solid waste services for the quickly-growing Town of over 270,000 residents. With a fast-growing population resulting in increased need for solid waste services, the Environmental Services Division is interested in exploring how the Town may more efficiently manage its fleet and equipment to continue to provide high-quality […]

Zero-Waste towards a Sustainable Community

The Zero-Waste towards a Sustainable Community project was created to help the community to establish waste management programme that best suit the community, trains the community on best practices of waste management toward zero waste, and increase community awareness on waste management. The Centre for Global Sustainability Studies (CGSS), Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) has collaborated […]

Lemon Grove Wastewater Reuse

The City of Lemon Grove seeks to incorporate more natural elements and green spaces throughout the Downtown Village area of the city. The goal of this project was to propose additional green spaces to the Downtown area of Lemon Grove and create a wastewater treatment facility to obtain water to irrigate these proposed areas. Throughout […]

Water Management and Community Cleanliness in Lemon Grove

The City of Lemon Grove has partnered with the Sage Project and environmental engineering students at San Diego State University to address several of the City’s environmental goals. Students in the Environmental Engineering Seminar course (ENV E 101) collaborated in teams to develop cost-effective proposals to manage stormwater runoff, water usage, and litter hotspots in […]

City of Lemon Grove Village Core District Street & Sidewalk Improvements (Team 7)

Did you know how beneficial a roundabout could be in the city? Roundabouts are very creative ideas that would help the traffic and our environment a lot and make the city look nicer. The City of Lemon Grove plans to construct the 2022 Village Core District Street and Sidewalk Improvement. Our plan is to stimulate […]

Greening a Renewable Lemon Grove

The City of Lemon Grove is a continuously developing community that is actively seeking new ways of implementing sustainable initiatives. Community involvement is critical concerning reformation of current greenery within Lemon Grove. Our team of five students decided to explore the varying perspectives of residents pertaining to the current landscaping conditions of their neighborhoods, parks, […]

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Sustainable Development Goal: 13 Climate Action