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Sustainable development is the development that fulfills the needs of the present generation without compromising the needs of future generations. Therefore, sustainable development aims to improve the living conditions of people without excessive consumption of natural resources or polluting the environment in a way that exceeds its ability recover. There are 3 main pillars of sustainable development, which are economic growth, social development, and conservation of natural resources. Moreover, the concept of sustainable development includes moral values represented in equality between the same generation, and between various generations, which requires preparing future development plans that push current development projects forward but with full awareness of their long-term impacts on the environment and people. Consequently, sustainable development is a conscious, goal-oriented process with a long-term strategy, aware of and committed to societal goals. It has the capacity to effectively use the society resources in a manner that maintains the integration and compatibility between environment and development; for better living standards and higher quality of life.
For this reason, KAU not only promotes internal education about the SDGs for its students and faculty, but also in the wider community, through various channels like, hosting educational lectures and conducting outreach activities that touch on the SDGs' highlights, concerns, and needed actions.
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center to Support Sustainable Development Goals
Education & Support for SDGs in the Wider Community
King Abdulaziz University is making continuous efforts to achieve the goals of Vision 2030 in the fields of education, research, innovation and entrepreneurship. The university's areas of interest in research and innovation have diversified through the preparation of advanced infrastructure for research and innovation, such as providing highly equipped laboratories, establishing a mechanism to support research, concluding partnerships and others, and establishing many specialized research centers.
The center provides its services to:
Businessman interested in patents
Researcher
Entrepreneurial project owner
Innovator
Student or faculty member at the university
KKing Abdulaziz University, represented by the College of Environmental Sciences, in cooperation with the Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture branch in Makkah Al-Mukarramah Region, and the Green SchoolsProgram at the Jeddah Education Department, concluded the "Our Rural is Healthy" initiative.
41 entities from colleges, institutes, and green schools participated in the initiative, and the awareness hours exceeded 2400 hours, and 5700 seedlings were planted at the university and abroad.
Several campaigns were carried out, including: an awareness field campaign in Prince Majid Park, an awareness campaign in the historic Jeddah area, a campaign to clean Dhahban Park in the eastern part, in addition to many visits, namely a visit to the agricultural nursery at Jeddah Airport, a visit to the agricultural nursery at the university, a visit to a solution factory for the treatment of electronic waste, and a visit to the Estada Paper Recycling Company.
The initiative has also held a number of courses on proper afforestation in dry areas and waste management, and the initiative's various programs contribute to shedding light on the two most important challenges facing the Arab world, the first is drought and increasing desertification, and the second is waste and how to dispose of it safely.
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