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Sustainability Service Honors

Are you passionate about building a more sustainable world for the future and want to leave a physical mark on campus? Sustainability Service Honors awards graduating students who complete at least 150 service hours during their time at UTD, advancing any of the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG ZSustainable Development Goal[ s) with graduation regalia, a certificate, and invitation to our annual planting ceremony and more. Simply apply and document your hours!

 

 

 

Requirements & Awards

Bronze Level Silver Level Gold Level

Bronze
150 hours

Silver
200 hours

Gold
250 hours

Honorees receive SDG [Sustainable Development Goal] regalia, website recognition, and a certificate.

Honorees receive SDG [Sustainable Development Goal] regalia, website recognition, a certificate, and office swag.

Honorees receive SDG [Sustainable Development Goal] regalia, website recognition, a certificate, office swag, and an invitation to our planting ceremony.

Hours must be reported by December 1 for fall semester graduates and May 1 for spring semester graduates.

Are you a transfer student, interested in pursuing Sustainability Service Honors? Contact our office to learn how you could qualify!

 

What Qualifies as Service?

Qualifications. Landscaping on the UT Dallas Campus.

Service qualifications include:

  • Membership meetings for organizations affiliated toward the SDG [Sustainable Development Goal] s
  • Group volunteer service and events with affiliated clubs/organizations/associations
  • Individual volunteer service with affiliated clubs/organizations/associations
  • Unpaid internships, research, and study abroad (if affiliated toward the SDG [Sustainable Development Goal] s)

For each occurrence of volunteer service, you will be required to input a description of the activity. In addition, the description must reflect how the service is affiliated to the SDG [Sustainable Development Goal] s. For any questions or assistance, please contact sustainability@utdallas.edu.

IMPORTANT: Paid internships, jobs, and class projects for credit do not count towards this award.

 

Meet the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

The UN SDG [United Nations Sustainable Development Goal] s are a global framework for advancing sustainability-oriented development worldwide. Adopted by over 150 nations in the UN [United Nations] General Assembly in September 2015, these goals outline 17 goals with 169 associated targets that to achieve by 2030. The goals are broad and interdependent; encompassing environmental, social, and economic sustainability.

Sustainable Development Goals - 17 goals with 169 associated targets

Sustainable Development Goals - 17 goals with 169 associated targets

Goal 1: No Poverty - End poverty in all its forms everywhere

End poverty in all its forms everywhere

Goal 2: Zero Hunger - End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture

End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture

Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being - Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages

Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages

Goal 4: Quality Education - Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all

Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all

Goal 5: Gender Equality - Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls

Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls

Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation - Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all

Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all

Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy - Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all

Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all

Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth - Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all

Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all

Goal 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure - Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation

Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation

Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities - Reduce inequality within and among countries

Reduce inequality within and among countries

Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities - Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable

Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable

Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production - Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns

Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns

Goal 13: Climate Action - Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts

Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts

Goal 14: Life Below Water - Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development

Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development

Goal 15: Life on Land - Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss

Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss

Goal 16: Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions - Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels

Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels

Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals - Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development

Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development

Explore the SDGs and see how you can contribute to global sustainability.

 

Service Opportunities Available

 

Opportunities. Two volunteers preparing to transfer plants from pots into a planting bed.

On-Campus Opportunities

Office of Student Volunteerism
Student Organizations

Off-Campus Opportunities