Bring Sustainability to Your Future Career
While Weber State University has many sustainability centered majors and minors to choose from it is critical that sustainability be integrated across all career paths to address issues we face on a daily basis. Regardless of one's chosen career whether that be business, education, health sciences, or the arts, everyone is capable of making informed decisions that contribute to a more sustainable and resilient world. The Sustainability Practices and Research Center (SPARC) is dedicated to creating a culture of sustainability that extends beyond the classroom and into every workforce to shape responsible leaders for tomorrow.
Explore below to learn more about sustainability and how you can bring sustainability to your future career!
Sustainability - It's All Interconnected!
Sustainability is about balancing our needs today without jeopardizing future generations' ability to meet theirs. Sustainability encompasses three main pillars: environmental, social, and economic sustainability. Environmental sustainability is all about conserving natural resources and ecosystems to keep our planet thriving. Social sustainability focuses on ensuring fair social systems. Economic sustainability aims to create systems that support long-term growth without harming social or environmental factors. Together, these pillars guide policies and practices that help to enforce a happy existence between human activity and the natural world.
Why Should We Care?
Change doesn't happen over night that much is evident. However, what we do on a daily basis adds up, whether it is good or bad, what we do affects the environment in which we live. If everyone makes one small change that small change builds into one that can potentially make a huge difference. Doing your small part matters, doing your small part makes a difference.
Climate Change Affects Us All
Climate change is sometimes seen as a controversial topic, but it shouldn't be. A lot of misinformation and myths float around dinner tables and office water coolers all around the world. Luckily most of these myths can be debunked with scientific evidence. It is our job as college students to learn, research, and grow especially when our climate is involved. Make sure to do your research!
What is Climate Change?
"Climate change refers to the long-term shifts in temperature and weather patterns. Such shifts can be natural, due to changes in the sun's activity or large volcanic eruptions. But since the 1800s, human activities have been the main driver of climate change, primarily due to burning of fossil fuels like coal, oil, and gas." - United Nations
Explore the essential facts to learn more about climate and energy, the science behind climate change, causes and effects of climate change, renewable energy, and so much more.
"You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make."
- Dr. Jane Goodall, Scientist and Activist
Sustainability Development Goals
Explore the Sustainability Development Goals to learn more about sustainability as a whole and how you can apply it to your future career.
"Sustainable development is how we must live today if we want a better tomorrow, by meeting present needs without compromising the chances of future generations to meet their needs. The survival of our societies and our shared planet depends on a more sustainable world." - United Nations
