Sustainability

CMU Students Travel to Geneva for UN Meeting on Disarmament

In one of many ongoing efforts to reduce the destruction caused by landmines globally, three Carnegie Mellon University students were selected by Mines Action Canada and CMU’s Sustainability Initiative to visit the United Nations and participate in the 21st Meeting of the States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction.

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Sustainability Initiative and DISCOVER Network Join Forces Toward Regional Sustainability

At Carnegie Mellon, the Sustainability Initiative is committed to amplifying sustainability efforts across education, research, and practices. Since finding a permanent home in the University Libraries, it has grown as a convener, bringing students, researchers, and other contributors together. Now, Director Alexandra Hiniker is finding ways to share her technical expertise and experience with an even broader group across the region through the DISCOVER network.

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Students at the UN General Assembly

This summer, the Sustainability Initiative interns — Ishwrya Achuthan Geetha, Bethel Endawoke, Camden Johnson, and myself — received an email with this as the subject line from Alex Hiniker, director of the Sustainability Initiative. We all excitedly responded “yes”. This was a once in a lifetime opportunity to tour the United Nations, sit in on various sessions, engage with leaders across America, and truly to see the broader vision of our work at Carnegie Mellon.

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Local Advocacy for Global Change

This past semester, “Local Advocacy for Global Change,” taught by Sustainability Initiative Director Alexandra Hiniker, helped students center equity while identifying links between environmental, social, and economic justice, and strategizing solutions to issues both at home and around the world.

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