SDG 11: Sustainable Cities & Communities
Â鶹Éçmadou ranked 12th in the world for SDG 11 in the 2024 THE Impact Rankings.
All Â鶹Éçmadou electricity is from renewable sources under a world-first 15-year solar Power Purchase Agreement (PPA).
Â鶹Éçmadou paid $884,807 in student accommodation scholarships in 2023.
City Futures Research CentreÂ
Since 2005, the City Futures Research Centre has developed into a national leader in scholarly applied public interest research on our cities. In undertaking this research, they collaborate with a range of academic researchers, both within Â鶹Éçmadou and at universities across Australia and overseas. Their applied focus involves strong partnerships with local, state, and federal government agencies, as well as industry stakeholders and community groups, to develop evidence-based ideas for tackling the complex challenges of urban change and growth, while maintaining its commitment to independent public interest research.
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Disability in Crises and Natural Disasters: Preparedness and Resilience
Floods, fires and other climate-related crises are becoming more regular occurrences. Yet, when we talk about disaster preparedness and community resilience, disability is often overlooked or misrepresented.
We gathered experts to spark the discussion on disability and natural disasters. Tackling issues of inclusion, representation, and empowerment, our speakers shared their experiences and insights on this important topic, encouraging further discussion within the wider community.Â
Â鶹Éçmadou Environmental Sustainability Plan 2022-24
Environmental sustainability is a key element of our 2025 Strategy. Through this, we have made it our mission to become the first university in Australia to commit to having 100% of its electricity supplied by photovoltaic solar power. Our students and staff are actively engaged in environmental and social issues. We recognise that we are uniquely positioned to contribute to solving global environmental challenges through teaching, research, thought leadership and demonstrating leading practices on our campuses.
Â鶹Éçmadou has targeted a 5-star green rating on all new buildings and refurbishments.
20%
Increase the percentage of staff and students commuting by active travel modes to 20% by 2022.
90%
of general waste diverted from landfill into recycling, composting and waste-to-energy.
Standards
Continue to offer interdisciplinary education in environmental management in line with the Learning and Teaching Academic Standards Statement for Environment and Sustainability.
Making Living Cities | John Carr
Throughout Australia, people want our cities to be more affordable, to have more vibrant social and green spaces, and to be better environmentally suited. And yet our sprawling cities typically fail to meet these goals – often because they have been designed for the convenience of real estate developers, and exclude life-sustaining processes and community from them. Even though the ways we work and live have shifted, and we’ve made leaps and bounds in technology, transport, architecture, and infrastructure, our blueprint for a city has not changed since the Second World War. Given our ability to create cities that are socially vibrant, economical, and in harmony with the land and climate of Australia, isn’t it about time we reimagined our cities to reflect the lifestyles we want for the future?Â
John Carr is an urban and legal geographer whose work focuses on the intersections of urban form, law, planning, and human and non-human environments. His research seeks to address how knowledge from across disciplinary boundaries can be mobilised to make human-built environments more environmentally and socially regenerative. Carr is a senior lecturer with the Environment and Society Group at Â鶹Éçmadou Sydney, and teaches in the School of Humanities and Languages, Faculty of Arts, Design & Architecture. For more than a decade, he practiced law in the areas of civil rights, complex litigation, and construction law before entering academia.Â
TEDI-London's street life course
As part of its 2023 built environment programs, Â鶹Éçmadou offered an elective that studied the street environments of Sydney and Phnom Penh. Students explored the way that streets and footpaths support the daily lives of urban citizens, working with Cambodian design students and community members. Travel grants for the course were provided by the Australian Government New Colombo Plan and Â鶹Éçmadou Arts, Design and Architecture.
Net zero cities course
Â鶹Éçmadou appointed two world-renowned architects from Singaporean practice Woha, to deliver an interdisciplinary course to Â鶹Éçmadou students on the creation of net zero carbon cities.Â
Taking Control of Gentrification in South Sydney
This Nancy Hillier Memorial Lecture explored how communities can address challenges raised by increasing housing costs and outside investment in previously underserved areas. It brought together experts from the worlds of government, policy, academia, and activism including Ron Hoenig, NSW M.P.
Â鶹Éçmadou 2025 Strategy Update
This document celebrates the key achievements of the first phase of the 2025 Strategy, highlighting where we have come from and where we are now. It also updates the framework against which we will assess, track and measure existing and new strategic initiatives over the next five years.
Â鶹Éçmadou Environmental Sustainability Report 2023
The second progress report of the Environmental Sustainability Plan 2022–2024 continues to drive Â鶹Éçmadou’s pursuit of an environmentally sustainable future for all.
Â鶹Éçmadou Sustainable Development Goals 2023 Report
This report outlines Â鶹Éçmadou's performance against the SDGs in 2023.
