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Concrete Jungle to Green Oasis: Why a Patch of Grass Matters in Universities Between packed sidewalks and busy streets, Boston University’s campus might not look like a nature retreat—but don’t be fooled. From BU Beach to the Charles River Esplanade, students and professors have mastered the art of loving urban green space. Here’s why it matters more than you think.Read More
Beyond Textbooks: The Sustainability Revolution Transforming India's Universities Indian universities like IIT Madras, BHU, TERI SAS, Amrita and Symbiosis are turning campuses into eco-hubs with sustainable solutions. These green initiatives are not just reducing emissions; they’re shaping students into climate leaders.Read More
Beyond Carbon Neutral: How a Small College is Making an Outsized Climate Impact Bryn Mawr has made impressive strides toward becoming carbon-neutral by 2035, with a history of student, faculty, and staff-led initiatives not through offsets, but through real transformation. College recently introduced beekeeping as a hands-on learning opportunity for the communityRead More
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Message Of The Week From Director's Desk
Resilience is the New Development Paradigm
by
Dr. Rajendra Shende
IIT Bombay Alumni, former Director UNEP
‘Universities must get ready to make youth ready by making Resilience at the heart of the education system. That was the clear message by Prime Minister Narendra Modiat the International Conference on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure 2025, hosted by France and organized by Coalition of 46 countries with its headquarter in New Delhi – CDRI.
A compelling vision of PM Modi for a safer and stronger world in the face of rising climate threats was evident when he stated that there is urgent need of integrating disaster resilience courses, modules, and skill development programs into higher education to build a skilled workforce equipped to tackle future challenges.
He stressed the need for a global digital repository to document best practices and learnings from countries that have faced disasters and rebuilt with resilience.
The value of early warning, preparedness, community resilience has been experienced widely in the sudden downpour, landslides, super cyclones, floods and even gradually approaching but life threatening water scarcity.
Education for resilience as well as AI linked weather system warning and emergency plans based on digital repository of best practices are needed. Transdisciplinary education that transcends resilience across the various educational modules including architecture, fashion and interior designs are to be incorporated and re-imagined. Indeed resilient infrastructure is no longer optional; it’s urgent. And building skills and raising human capital for such resilience is soft-ware part of that infrastructure.
Green TERRE Foundation -GTF-through its Smart Campus Cloud Network for Net Zero University campus has recognised this need of skilling the youth in resilience and adaptation to climate hazards quite some time back. GTF and working with its 500+ universities to move forward in this direction. We welcome the new paradigms in resilience and suggestions. Join www.sccnhub.comEND
