Sustainable Cities and Communities

Global Goal: SUSTAINABlE Cities and COMMUNITIES

Dakota Jones

01 Homepage Introduction

02 About Me

03 Video: Target goals

index

04 Issues in Sustainability

05 Mindmap

06 Target of Global Goal

07 Survey Introduction

08 Survey Analysis

09 Brainstorm Solutions

10 EMagazine

11 PSA Video

12 Test: PSA Feedback

13 Reflection

14 Closings

HOmepage: Introduction

• Over 1 billion people are experiencing:
• Slum conditions
• No access to transportation
• No public space access
• Increased disaster destruction rates
• Reduced air quality

About Me:

Dakota Jones

• LME Class Project
• Western Kentucky University
• Psychology Major
• Career aspiration in clinical Psychology

Info

This is a short video about the target goals from the UN foundation.

Global, national, and local issues:

• Global warming
• Hurricane impacts on costal environments
• Tennessee floods

Issues in sustainability:

Mindmap

5 Causes of unsustainable communities

• Overuse of resources
• Safety issues
• Lack of transportation
• Pollution
• Weather disasters

two causes of unsustainably

lack of public TRANSPORTATION

ABSENCE of small buisnesses

• Economic value
• Build community
• Bring oppuntiunties

• Rarely used but could solve several problems

Survey: Opinions on the target goals

Interesting Survey Results:

On average, how often do you hear about or see car crashes occurring?

How important are small businesses to a community?

Would you use transportation if it was available in your city and was reliable?

• 80% of small buisnesses survive the first year
• 30% survive after ten years
• Does business support decrease?

Practical Solutions:

• Use other routes of transportation
• Volunteer at local events
• Sign petitions to advocate for sustainability
• Eat and shop local
• Educate others

EMagazine: World-Wide Upgrades

Green Spaces

Slums

Public Transportation

Develop: PSA Video

Create awareness for the state of the world

Provide three ways to help

Gather feedback about the sustainability problem

Encourage people to share this with other

Test: PSA Feedback

• Include information about renewable resources
• Unlikeliness to get involved in community events
• Lack of acceptance within community's
• Inflection that was used

Data:

• 100% saw the benefits of change
• Majority would vote for sustainability
• Over half would use green spaces

Reflection

I learned:

I would improve:

• Information on pollution and renewable resource
• PSA by creating more realistic stories
• Explanation's about community involvement

• How public transport improves community and individual lives'
• The need for slum upgrading
• Green spaces being made inclusively

Thank you for watching!

Click the link below for a list of further resources about this topic.

Link

Further Information

Global Goals Website

Environmental Protection Agency

Insitute for Sustainable Communities