{"id":3572,"date":"2020-04-13T10:58:29","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T14:58:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/sustainability\/?page_id=3572"},"modified":"2025-12-30T13:58:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T18:58:47","slug":"why","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/sbe\/why\/","title":{"rendered":"Why"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kb-row-layout-id3572_5865f0-2f > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id3572_5865f0-2f > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id3572_5865f0-2f > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}.kb-row-layout-id3572_5865f0-2f > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kb-row-layout-id3572_5865f0-2f > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kb-row-layout-id3572_5865f0-2f > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}<\/style><div class=\"kb-row-layout-wrap kb-row-layout-id3572_5865f0-2f alignnone wp-block-kadence-rowlayout\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-1-columns kt-row-layout-equal kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-mobile-layout-row kt-row-valign-top\">\n<style>.kadence-column3572_829b3f-ea > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column3572_829b3f-ea > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column3572_829b3f-ea > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column3572_829b3f-ea > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column3572_829b3f-ea > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column3572_829b3f-ea > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column3572_829b3f-ea{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column3572_829b3f-ea > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column3572_829b3f-ea > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column3572_829b3f-ea inner-column-1\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3572_bb704a-19, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3572_bb704a-19[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3572_bb704a-19\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3572_bb704a-19 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3572_bb704a-19[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3572_bb704a-19\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3572_bb704a-19 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3572_bb704a-19[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3572_bb704a-19\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<h1 class=\"kt-adv-heading3572_bb704a-19 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3572_bb704a-19\">Why <mark class=\"kt-highlight\"><mark class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">&#8230;<\/mark><\/mark> S<mark class=\"kt-highlight\"><mark class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">BE<\/mark><\/mark> Here Now?<\/h1>\n\n\n<style>.kb-row-layout-id3572_96b2c8-ee > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:center;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id3572_96b2c8-ee > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:center;}.kb-row-layout-id3572_96b2c8-ee > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}.kb-row-layout-id3572_96b2c8-ee > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kb-row-layout-id3572_96b2c8-ee > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kb-row-layout-id3572_96b2c8-ee > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}<\/style><div class=\"kb-row-layout-wrap kb-row-layout-id3572_96b2c8-ee alignnone wp-block-kadence-rowlayout\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-1-columns kt-row-layout-equal kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-mobile-layout-row kt-row-valign-middle\">\n<style>.kadence-column3572_7d7a87-5d > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column3572_7d7a87-5d > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column3572_7d7a87-5d > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column3572_7d7a87-5d > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column3572_7d7a87-5d > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column3572_7d7a87-5d > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column3572_7d7a87-5d{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column3572_7d7a87-5d > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column3572_7d7a87-5d > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column3572_7d7a87-5d inner-column-1\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3572_8e32dc-a9, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3572_8e32dc-a9[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3572_8e32dc-a9\"]{text-align:left;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3572_8e32dc-a9 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3572_8e32dc-a9[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3572_8e32dc-a9\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3572_8e32dc-a9 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3572_8e32dc-a9[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3572_8e32dc-a9\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading3572_8e32dc-a9 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3572_8e32dc-a9\">A Four-Fold Fabric<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The SBE program empowers curators, communicators, and decision-makers with the critical thinking capacity, analytical skills, and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.unesco.org\/courier\/2018-2\/lexicon-anthropocene\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">emerging lexicon<\/a> to help communities cope with the changes and uncertainties central to the human experience in the bottleneck of the <a href=\"https:\/\/scied.ucar.edu\/learning-zone\/earth-system\/anthropocene\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Anthropocene<\/a> (<em>the epoch or event defined by humanity as the prime mover of global change<\/em>). We approach our work along a four-fold fabric in the tapestry of sustainability as we eat to thrive, dwell to survive, move to arrive, and commune to self-realize in all built environments along the rural-to-urban transect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sustainability makes no room for static structures and rigid foundations. Textiles wear with use, so SBE students serve as wisdom weavers at the loom of life, iteratively living, learning, and rethreading the tapestry of sustainability from the source, as its edges fray through time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like a signal that shatters the silence of our inattention, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.auroraorchestra.com\/2019\/05\/28\/pythagoras-the-music-of-the-spheres\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">song of the spheres<\/a> sounds the call to save our spaceship Earth through stewardship of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stockholmresilience.org\/research\/research-news\/2019-07-25-its-all-about-the-safe-operating-space.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">safe operating space (SOS)<\/a>. You are neither a <em>human has been<\/em>, nor a <em>human will be<\/em>, but rather a <em>human being<\/em> &#8230; so <strong><em>SBE here now.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-3572_658b06-36 .kt-block-spacer{height:20px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-3572_658b06-36 .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#eee;width:80%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-3572_658b06-36 alignnone\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kb-row-layout-id3572_7cc3db-84 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id3572_7cc3db-84 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id3572_7cc3db-84 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}.kb-row-layout-id3572_7cc3db-84 > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kb-row-layout-id3572_7cc3db-84 > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kb-row-layout-id3572_7cc3db-84 > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}<\/style><div class=\"kb-row-layout-wrap kb-row-layout-id3572_7cc3db-84 alignnone wp-block-kadence-rowlayout\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-1-columns kt-row-layout-equal kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-mobile-layout-row kt-row-valign-top\">\n<style>.kadence-column3572_e50257-4a > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column3572_e50257-4a > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column3572_e50257-4a > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column3572_e50257-4a > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column3572_e50257-4a > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column3572_e50257-4a > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column3572_e50257-4a{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column3572_e50257-4a > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column3572_e50257-4a > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column3572_e50257-4a\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-image-fill-element\" style=\"border-radius:10px\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2020\/04\/2018-02-22_Spring_Campus_Beauty-7845-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3684 size-full\" style=\"object-position:17% 45%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/sbe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2020\/04\/2018-02-22_Spring_Campus_Beauty-7845-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/sbe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2020\/04\/2018-02-22_Spring_Campus_Beauty-7845-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/sbe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2020\/04\/2018-02-22_Spring_Campus_Beauty-7845-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/sbe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2020\/04\/2018-02-22_Spring_Campus_Beauty-7845-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/sbe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2020\/04\/2018-02-22_Spring_Campus_Beauty-7845-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-3572_6957b8-cc .kt-block-spacer{height:20px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-3572_6957b8-cc .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#eee;width:80%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-3572_6957b8-cc alignnone\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3572_03ca31-7f, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3572_03ca31-7f[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3572_03ca31-7f\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3572_03ca31-7f mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3572_03ca31-7f[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3572_03ca31-7f\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3572_03ca31-7f img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3572_03ca31-7f[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3572_03ca31-7f\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading3572_03ca31-7f wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3572_03ca31-7f\"><strong>01<mark class=\"kt-highlight\"><mark class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">.<\/mark><\/mark><\/strong> Planet<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Threads tied to the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/mynasadata.larc.nasa.gov\/basic-page\/about-atmosphere\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>atmosphere<\/strong><\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/mynasadata.larc.nasa.gov\/basic-page\/about-cryosphere\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>cryosphere<\/strong><\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/mynasadata.larc.nasa.gov\/basic-page\/about-geosphere\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>geosphere<\/strong><\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/mynasadata.larc.nasa.gov\/basic-page\/about-hydrosphere\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>hydrosphere<\/strong><\/a><\/em>, and <em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/heliophysics\/focus-areas\/magnetosphere-ionosphere\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">magnetosphere<\/a><\/strong><\/em> of our shared Earth, as a <a href=\"https:\/\/mynasadata.larc.nasa.gov\/basic-page\/about-earth-system\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">system of systems<\/a> (<em>parts are wholes and vice-versa across nested scales<\/em>), and the ways we may manage the natural capital of its planetary processes in the <a href=\"https:\/\/scied.ucar.edu\/learning-zone\/earth-system\/anthropocene\">Anthropocene<\/a> (<em>an age of human-driven <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stockholmresilience.org\/publications\/publications\/2016-04-18-the-trajectory-of-the-anthropocene-the-great-acceleration.html\">accelerating change<\/a><\/em>).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-3572_e57d94-55 .kt-block-spacer{height:20px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-3572_e57d94-55 .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#eee;width:80%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-3572_e57d94-55 alignnone\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3572_23b3f1-48, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3572_23b3f1-48[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3572_23b3f1-48\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3572_23b3f1-48 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3572_23b3f1-48[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3572_23b3f1-48\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3572_23b3f1-48 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3572_23b3f1-48[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3572_23b3f1-48\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading3572_23b3f1-48 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3572_23b3f1-48\"><strong>02<mark class=\"kt-highlight\"><mark class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">.<\/mark><\/mark><\/strong> People<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Threads tied to the <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/mynasadata.larc.nasa.gov\/basic-page\/about-biosphere\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">biosphere<\/a><\/em><\/strong> (<em>living beings<\/em>) connected through the pace and pulse of our metabolic webs and the networked relations, rights, roles, rules, and responsibilities (<em>interdependencies and regulatory feedback loops of living systems<\/em>) that bound our biological and social capital in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.physoc.org\/explore-physiology\/what-is-physiology\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">physiological flux of life<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-3572_0744ca-2d .kt-block-spacer{height:20px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-3572_0744ca-2d .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#eee;width:80%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-3572_0744ca-2d alignnone\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-3572_d8a485-c2 .kt-block-spacer{height:20px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-3572_d8a485-c2 .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#eee;width:80%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-3572_d8a485-c2 alignnone\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-image-fill-element\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-3572_08178d-28 .kt-block-spacer{height:20px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-3572_08178d-28 .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#eee;width:80%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-3572_08178d-28 alignnone\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3572_31cb50-a5, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3572_31cb50-a5[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3572_31cb50-a5\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3572_31cb50-a5 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3572_31cb50-a5[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3572_31cb50-a5\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3572_31cb50-a5 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3572_31cb50-a5[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3572_31cb50-a5\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading3572_31cb50-a5 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3572_31cb50-a5\"><strong>03<mark class=\"kt-highlight\"><mark class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">.<\/mark><\/mark><\/strong> Purpose<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Threads tied to the <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/jpim.12669\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ethnosphere<\/a><\/em><\/strong> (<em>ways of living<\/em>) and <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanenergy.io\/what-is-the-noosphere\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">noosphere<\/a><\/em><\/strong> (<em>ways of thinking and communicating<\/em>) which inform how we experience and come to know the world as we use intuition, think critically, navigate narratives, transform spaces into places, and cultivate collective human capital from micro to macro scales.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-3572_f08b82-40 .kt-block-spacer{height:20px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-3572_f08b82-40 .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#eee;width:80%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-3572_f08b82-40 alignnone\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3572_1793f9-2c, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3572_1793f9-2c[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3572_1793f9-2c\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3572_1793f9-2c mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3572_1793f9-2c[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3572_1793f9-2c\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3572_1793f9-2c img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3572_1793f9-2c[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3572_1793f9-2c\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading3572_1793f9-2c wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3572_1793f9-2c\"><strong>04<mark class=\"kt-highlight\"><mark class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">.<\/mark><\/mark><\/strong> Prosperity<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Threads tied to the <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.unesco.org\/courier\/2018-2\/unbearable-burden-technosphere\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">technosphere<\/a><\/em><\/strong> (<em>matter and energy transformations by humans<\/em>) and <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/book\/9780128141885\/social-ecology-in-the-digital-age\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/book\/9780128141885\/social-ecology-in-the-digital-age\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cybersphere<\/a><\/em><\/strong> (<em>information transformations by humans<\/em>) through the iterative innovations empowered by our financial, manufactured, and machine capital, as modeled through <a href=\"https:\/\/aecmag.com\/news\/digital-twins-for-a-sustainable-built-environment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">digital twin<\/a> decision support and regulated in equitable, efficient service to global well-being and the emerging regenerative economy.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-3572_dfcc88-f7 .kt-block-spacer{height:20px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-3572_dfcc88-f7 .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#eee;width:80%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-3572_dfcc88-f7 alignnone\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"769\" src=\"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/sbe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2020\/03\/20151011_141151_P1010184_DMC-G7-1024x769.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3320 size-full\" style=\"object-position:58% 41%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/sbe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2020\/03\/20151011_141151_P1010184_DMC-G7-1024x769.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/sbe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2020\/03\/20151011_141151_P1010184_DMC-G7-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/sbe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2020\/03\/20151011_141151_P1010184_DMC-G7-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/sbe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2020\/03\/20151011_141151_P1010184_DMC-G7-1536x1153.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/sbe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2020\/03\/20151011_141151_P1010184_DMC-G7-2048x1538.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-3572_4a1f70-7e .kt-block-spacer{height:20px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-3572_4a1f70-7e .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#eee;width:80%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-3572_4a1f70-7e alignnone\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3572_6f5c74-ef, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3572_6f5c74-ef[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3572_6f5c74-ef\"]{text-align:left;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3572_6f5c74-ef mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3572_6f5c74-ef[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3572_6f5c74-ef\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3572_6f5c74-ef img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3572_6f5c74-ef[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3572_6f5c74-ef\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading3572_6f5c74-ef wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3572_6f5c74-ef\">Sustainability <em>(<\/em><mark class=\"kt-highlight\"><em><mark class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">verb<\/mark><\/em><\/mark><em>)<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n<style>.kb-row-layout-id3572_07891e-92 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:center;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id3572_07891e-92 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:center;}.kb-row-layout-id3572_07891e-92 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}.kb-row-layout-id3572_07891e-92 > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kb-row-layout-id3572_07891e-92 > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kb-row-layout-id3572_07891e-92 > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}<\/style><div class=\"kb-row-layout-wrap kb-row-layout-id3572_07891e-92 alignnone wp-block-kadence-rowlayout\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-1-columns kt-row-layout-equal kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-mobile-layout-row kt-row-valign-middle\">\n<style>.kadence-column3572_e879c6-32 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column3572_e879c6-32 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column3572_e879c6-32 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column3572_e879c6-32 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column3572_e879c6-32 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column3572_e879c6-32 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column3572_e879c6-32{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column3572_e879c6-32 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column3572_e879c6-32 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column3572_e879c6-32 inner-column-1\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.kb-row-layout-id3572_cc8e97-7f > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:center;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id3572_cc8e97-7f > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:center;}.kb-row-layout-id3572_cc8e97-7f > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);grid-template-columns:minmax(0, calc(40% - ((var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem) * 1 )\/2)))minmax(0, calc(60% - ((var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem) * 1 )\/2)));}.kb-row-layout-id3572_cc8e97-7f > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.50;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kb-row-layout-id3572_cc8e97-7f > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr) minmax(0, 2fr);}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kb-row-layout-id3572_cc8e97-7f > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}<\/style><div class=\"kb-row-layout-wrap kb-row-layout-id3572_cc8e97-7f alignnone wp-block-kadence-rowlayout\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-2-columns kt-row-layout-right-golden kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-mobile-layout-row kt-row-valign-middle\">\n<style>.kadence-column3572_8c98aa-dc > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column3572_8c98aa-dc > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column3572_8c98aa-dc > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column3572_8c98aa-dc > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column3572_8c98aa-dc > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column3572_8c98aa-dc > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column3572_8c98aa-dc{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column3572_8c98aa-dc > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column3572_8c98aa-dc > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column3572_8c98aa-dc inner-column-1\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2020\/08\/noun_climb_3384565_brown_b35c00_medium.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5878\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/sbe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2020\/08\/noun_climb_3384565_brown_b35c00_medium.png 512w, https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/sbe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2020\/08\/noun_climb_3384565_brown_b35c00_medium-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/sbe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2020\/08\/noun_climb_3384565_brown_b35c00_medium-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column3572_21191f-88 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column3572_21191f-88 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column3572_21191f-88 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column3572_21191f-88 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column3572_21191f-88 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column3572_21191f-88 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column3572_21191f-88{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column3572_21191f-88 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column3572_21191f-88 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column3572_21191f-88 inner-column-2\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<p>Sustainability is neither a person, a place, nor a thing. And it&#8217;s certainly not a checklist. Sustainability is an experience-based, value-derived, decision-making process to maintain a desired social-ecological system state, within a subjectively bounded space, for a defined span of time. While sustainability sometimes considers <em>&#8220;tame problems&#8221;<\/em> and evaluates <em>potential solutions<\/em>, mostly it works on <em>&#8220;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stonybrook.edu\/commcms\/wicked-problem\/about\/What-is-a-wicked-problem\"><em>wicked problems<\/em><\/a><em>&#8220;<\/em> (also called dilemmas or paradoxes) which may <em>merely be managed<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like climbing a mountain, conditions change, hand-holds evolve, and each position serves as the solution for the last and the problem of the next. No two ascents are the same and every climb starts anew. Neither the climber, nor the mountain, are the focus, but rather the essence of the climb itself.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column3572_d4b4fc-8c > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column3572_d4b4fc-8c > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column3572_d4b4fc-8c > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column3572_d4b4fc-8c > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column3572_d4b4fc-8c > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column3572_d4b4fc-8c > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column3572_d4b4fc-8c{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column3572_d4b4fc-8c > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column3572_d4b4fc-8c > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column3572_d4b4fc-8c\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Understanding social-ecological systems\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1WrMK-cqmkc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>(Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/1WrMK-cqmkc\">Stockholm Resilience Centre<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-3572_77b63c-42 .kt-block-spacer{height:20px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-3572_77b63c-42 .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#eee;width:80%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-3572_77b63c-42 alignnone\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kb-row-layout-id3572_86f97d-4a > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:center;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id3572_86f97d-4a > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:center;}.kb-row-layout-id3572_86f97d-4a > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);grid-template-columns:minmax(0, calc(60% - ((var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem) * 1 )\/2)))minmax(0, calc(40% - ((var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem) * 1 )\/2)));}.kb-row-layout-id3572_86f97d-4a > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.50;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kb-row-layout-id3572_86f97d-4a > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 2fr) minmax(0, 1fr);}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kb-row-layout-id3572_86f97d-4a > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}<\/style><div class=\"kb-row-layout-wrap kb-row-layout-id3572_86f97d-4a alignnone wp-block-kadence-rowlayout\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-2-columns kt-row-layout-left-golden kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-mobile-layout-row kt-row-valign-middle\">\n<style>.kadence-column3572_14bcbf-5b > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column3572_14bcbf-5b > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column3572_14bcbf-5b > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column3572_14bcbf-5b > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column3572_14bcbf-5b > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column3572_14bcbf-5b > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column3572_14bcbf-5b{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column3572_14bcbf-5b > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column3572_14bcbf-5b > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column3572_14bcbf-5b inner-column-1\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<p>Challenges to sustainability are endless in number and infinite in variety. Complications never cease to arrive, and <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.ecocom.2005.07.004\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">today\u2019s novel solutions evolve into tomorrow\u2019s inevitable problems<\/a>. Thus, sustainability must be an active condition of perpetual and persistent questioning and answering as we cope with complexity and adapt to uncertainty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As it is with the horizon on our <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.planetary.org\/worlds\/pale-blue-dot\" target=\"_blank\">pale blue dot<\/a> in the vastness of space, there are no ends to reach nor edges to risk, merely means to sense and make sense of <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.organism.earth\/\" target=\"_blank\">organism Earth<\/a>. To SBE, you must think <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/overviewinstitute.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">outside of the box,<\/a> then realize and respond with the attention, intention, and action that our collective potential is unbounded, yet grounded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the nature of our work.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column3572_281f5a-55 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column3572_281f5a-55 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column3572_281f5a-55 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column3572_281f5a-55 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column3572_281f5a-55 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column3572_281f5a-55 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column3572_281f5a-55{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column3572_281f5a-55 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column3572_281f5a-55 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column3572_281f5a-55 inner-column-2\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.kb-gallery-id-3572_c52b7c-60 .kadence-blocks-gallery-item .kb-gal-image-radius, .kb-gallery-id-3572_c52b7c-60 .kb-slide-item .kb-gal-image-radius img{border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;;}.kb-gallery-caption-style-bottom.kb-gallery-id-3572_c52b7c-60 .kadence-blocks-gallery-item .kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner .kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption, .kb-gallery-caption-style-bottom-hover.kb-gallery-id-3572_c52b7c-60 .kadence-blocks-gallery-item .kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner .kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption{background:linear-gradient(0deg, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8) 0, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 100%);}.kb-gallery-wrap-id-3572_c52b7c-60.wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery{overflow:visible;}.kb-gallery-wrap-id-3572_c52b7c-60.wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery .kt-blocks-carousel{overflow:visible;}<\/style><div class=\"kb-gallery-wrap-id-3572_c52b7c-60 alignnone wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-ul kb-gallery-non-static kb-gallery-type-slider kb-gallery-id-3572_c52b7c-60 kb-gallery-caption-style-bottom-hover kb-gallery-filter-none\" data-image-filter=\"none\" data-lightbox-caption=\"true\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-carousel splide kt-carousel-container-dotstyle-dark kt-carousel-arrowstyle-none kt-carousel-dotstyle-dark kb-slider-group-arrow kb-slider-arrow-position-center\" data-slider-anim-speed=\"400\" data-slider-scroll=\"1\" data-slider-arrows=\"false\" data-slider-fade=\"true\" data-slider-dots=\"true\" data-slider-type=\"slider\" data-slider-hover-pause=\"false\" data-slider-auto=\"\" data-slider-speed=\"7000\" data-show-pause-button=\"false\"><div class=\"splide__track\"><ul class=\"kt-blocks-carousel-init kb-blocks-slider splide__list\"><li class=\"kb-slide-item kb-gallery-slide-item splide__slide\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.ecocom.2005.07.004\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic kb-gallery-image-ratio-inherit kb-has-image-ratio-inherit\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"376\" height=\"228\" src=\"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/sbe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2021\/01\/Tainter_SocialComplexitySustainability_CostBenefitCurve_1-s2.0-S1476945X0600002X-gr1.gif\"   alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/sbe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2021\/01\/Tainter_SocialComplexitySustainability_CostBenefitCurve_1-s2.0-S1476945X0600002X-gr1.gif\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/sbe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2021\/01\/Tainter_SocialComplexitySustainability_CostBenefitCurve_1-s2.0-S1476945X0600002X-gr1.gif\" data-id=\"9964\" class=\"wp-image-9964 skip-lazy\"\/><\/div><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">The marginal productivity of increasing complexity. At a point such as B1, C3, the costs of complexity exceed the benefits, and complexity is a disadvantageous approach to problem solving.\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-3572_1ebd43-47 .kt-block-spacer{height:20px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-3572_1ebd43-47 .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#eee;width:80%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-3572_1ebd43-47 alignnone\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3572_4e1b01-6b, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3572_4e1b01-6b[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3572_4e1b01-6b\"]{text-align:left;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3572_4e1b01-6b mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3572_4e1b01-6b[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3572_4e1b01-6b\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3572_4e1b01-6b img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3572_4e1b01-6b[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3572_4e1b01-6b\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading3572_4e1b01-6b wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3572_4e1b01-6b\">Degree Disciplinary Domains<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The SBE program offers majors two specializations. Within the first, the Interdisciplinary Specialization, SBE students typically pursue one of two disciplinary domains, Green Protocols or Systems Thinking, which collectively support solutions related to green building, sustainability science, community resilience, and greenhouse gas emissions drawdown in diverse industries and institutions. Within the second, the Geodesign Specialization, SBE students focus on the science and applications which fuse design thinking with geospatial data analytics and decision-support to solve problems related to land use change and human habitation. We encourage you to learn more about these domains linked below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kb-row-layout-id3572_b080de-fa > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id3572_b080de-fa > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id3572_b080de-fa > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);}.kb-row-layout-id3572_b080de-fa > .kt-row-column-wrap > div:not(.added-for-specificity){grid-column:initial;}.kb-row-layout-id3572_b080de-fa > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:repeat(3, minmax(0, 1fr));}.kb-row-layout-id3572_b080de-fa > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kb-row-layout-id3572_b080de-fa > .kt-row-column-wrap > 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decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2020\/04\/noun_Check_2422615-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"Icon of a green circle with a green checkmark.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" title=\"Green Protocols\" loading=\"lazy\" role=\"img\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3572_998242-e3, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3572_998242-e3[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3572_998242-e3\"]{text-align:center;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3572_998242-e3 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3572_998242-e3[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3572_998242-e3\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3572_998242-e3 img.kb-inline-image, 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.kb-btn3572_722877-10.kb-button{border-top-color:var(--ast-global-color-7);border-top-style:solid;border-right-color:var(--ast-global-color-7);border-right-style:solid;border-bottom-color:var(--ast-global-color-7);border-bottom-style:solid;border-left-color:var(--ast-global-color-7);border-left-style:solid;}}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn .kb-btn3572_722877-10.kb-button:hover, .wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn .kb-btn3572_722877-10.kb-button:focus{border-top-color:var(--ast-global-color-7);border-top-style:solid;border-right-color:var(--ast-global-color-7);border-right-style:solid;border-bottom-color:var(--ast-global-color-7);border-bottom-style:solid;border-left-color:var(--ast-global-color-7);border-left-style:solid;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn .kb-btn3572_722877-10.kb-button{border-top-color:var(--ast-global-color-7);border-top-style:solid;border-right-color:var(--ast-global-color-7);border-right-style:solid;border-bottom-color:var(--ast-global-color-7);border-bottom-style:solid;border-left-color:var(--ast-global-color-7);border-left-style:solid;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn .kb-btn3572_722877-10.kb-button:hover, .wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn .kb-btn3572_722877-10.kb-button:focus{border-top-color:var(--ast-global-color-7);border-top-style:solid;border-right-color:var(--ast-global-color-7);border-right-style:solid;border-bottom-color:var(--ast-global-color-7);border-bottom-style:solid;border-left-color:var(--ast-global-color-7);border-left-style:solid;}}<\/style><a class=\"kb-button kt-button button kb-btn3572_722877-10 kt-btn-size-standard kt-btn-width-type-full kb-btn-global-outline  kt-btn-has-text-true kt-btn-has-svg-false  wp-block-kadence-singlebtn\" href=\"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/sbe\/why\/green-protocols\/\"><span class=\"kt-btn-inner-text\">Benchmark Buildings<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column3572_202ce7-c8 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column3572_202ce7-c8 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column3572_202ce7-c8 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column3572_202ce7-c8 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column3572_202ce7-c8 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column3572_202ce7-c8 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column3572_202ce7-c8{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column3572_202ce7-c8 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column3572_202ce7-c8 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column3572_202ce7-c8 inner-column-2\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-image uagb-block-bdf3b5cf wp-block-uagb-image--layout-default wp-block-uagb-image--effect-static wp-block-uagb-image--align-none\"><figure class=\"wp-block-uagb-image__figure\"><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/sbe\/why\/systems-thinking\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2020\/04\/noun_complex-thinking_1779451-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"Icon of a blue brain outline with five network nodes displayed\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" title=\"Systems Thinking\" loading=\"lazy\" role=\"img\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3572_caf837-3d, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3572_caf837-3d[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3572_caf837-3d\"]{text-align:center;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3572_caf837-3d mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3572_caf837-3d[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3572_caf837-3d\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3572_caf837-3d img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3572_caf837-3d[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3572_caf837-3d\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<h3 class=\"kt-adv-heading3572_caf837-3d wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3572_caf837-3d\">Systems Thinking<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">For adaptive capacity managers<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kb-btns3572_839b32-b0{gap:var(--global-kb-gap-xs, 0.5rem );justify-content:center;align-items:center;}.kt-btns3572_839b32-b0 .kt-button{font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn kb-buttons-wrap kb-btns3572_839b32-b0\"><style>ul.menu .wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn .kb-btn3572_b18e25-cf.kb-button{width:initial;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn .kb-btn3572_b18e25-cf.kb-button{color:var(--ast-global-color-4);background:var(--ast-global-color-5);border-top-color:var(--ast-global-color-4);border-top-style:solid;border-right-color:var(--ast-global-color-4);border-right-style:solid;border-bottom-color:var(--ast-global-color-4);border-bottom-style:solid;border-left-color:var(--ast-global-color-4);border-left-style:solid;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn .kb-btn3572_b18e25-cf.kb-button:hover, .wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn .kb-btn3572_b18e25-cf.kb-button:focus{color:var(--ast-global-color-5);background:var(--ast-global-color-4);border-top-color:var(--ast-global-color-4);border-top-style:solid;border-right-color:var(--ast-global-color-4);border-right-style:solid;border-bottom-color:var(--ast-global-color-4);border-bottom-style:solid;border-left-color:var(--ast-global-color-4);border-left-style:solid;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn .kb-btn3572_b18e25-cf.kb-button{border-top-color:var(--ast-global-color-4);border-top-style:solid;border-right-color:var(--ast-global-color-4);border-right-style:solid;border-bottom-color:var(--ast-global-color-4);border-bottom-style:solid;border-left-color:var(--ast-global-color-4);border-left-style:solid;}}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn .kb-btn3572_b18e25-cf.kb-button:hover, .wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn .kb-btn3572_b18e25-cf.kb-button:focus{border-top-color:var(--ast-global-color-4);border-top-style:solid;border-right-color:var(--ast-global-color-4);border-right-style:solid;border-bottom-color:var(--ast-global-color-4);border-bottom-style:solid;border-left-color:var(--ast-global-color-4);border-left-style:solid;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn .kb-btn3572_b18e25-cf.kb-button{border-top-color:var(--ast-global-color-4);border-top-style:solid;border-right-color:var(--ast-global-color-4);border-right-style:solid;border-bottom-color:var(--ast-global-color-4);border-bottom-style:solid;border-left-color:var(--ast-global-color-4);border-left-style:solid;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn .kb-btn3572_b18e25-cf.kb-button:hover, .wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn .kb-btn3572_b18e25-cf.kb-button:focus{border-top-color:var(--ast-global-color-4);border-top-style:solid;border-right-color:var(--ast-global-color-4);border-right-style:solid;border-bottom-color:var(--ast-global-color-4);border-bottom-style:solid;border-left-color:var(--ast-global-color-4);border-left-style:solid;}}<\/style><a class=\"kb-button kt-button button kb-btn3572_b18e25-cf kt-btn-size-standard kt-btn-width-type-full kb-btn-global-outline  kt-btn-has-text-true kt-btn-has-svg-false  wp-block-kadence-singlebtn\" href=\"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/sbe\/why\/systems-thinking\"><span class=\"kt-btn-inner-text\">Create Connections<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column3572_81460f-e2 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column3572_81460f-e2 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column3572_81460f-e2 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column3572_81460f-e2 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column3572_81460f-e2 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column3572_81460f-e2 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column3572_81460f-e2{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column3572_81460f-e2 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column3572_81460f-e2 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column3572_81460f-e2 inner-column-3\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-image uagb-block-83d04c3c wp-block-uagb-image--layout-default wp-block-uagb-image--effect-static wp-block-uagb-image--align-none\"><figure class=\"wp-block-uagb-image__figure\"><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/sbe\/why\/geodesign\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2020\/04\/noun_world_3255653-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"Icon of an abstract planet outlined in orange with an orange location pin\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" title=\"Geodesign\" loading=\"lazy\" role=\"img\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3572_465cb5-6f, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3572_465cb5-6f[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3572_465cb5-6f\"]{text-align:center;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3572_465cb5-6f mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3572_465cb5-6f[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3572_465cb5-6f\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3572_465cb5-6f img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3572_465cb5-6f[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3572_465cb5-6f\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<h3 class=\"kt-adv-heading3572_465cb5-6f wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3572_465cb5-6f\">Geodesign<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">For geospatial designers, modelers, &amp; analysts<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kb-btns3572_e3d608-32{gap:var(--global-kb-gap-xs, 0.5rem );justify-content:center;align-items:center;}.kt-btns3572_e3d608-32 .kt-button{font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn kb-buttons-wrap kb-btns3572_e3d608-32\"><style>ul.menu .wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn .kb-btn3572_738cbf-e7.kb-button{width:initial;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn .kb-btn3572_738cbf-e7.kb-button{color:var(--ast-global-color-0);background:var(--ast-global-color-5);border-top-color:var(--ast-global-color-0);border-top-style:solid;border-right-color:var(--ast-global-color-0);border-right-style:solid;border-bottom-color:var(--ast-global-color-0);border-bottom-style:solid;border-left-color:var(--ast-global-color-0);border-left-style:solid;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn .kb-btn3572_738cbf-e7.kb-button:hover, .wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn .kb-btn3572_738cbf-e7.kb-button:focus{color:var(--ast-global-color-5);background:var(--ast-global-color-0);border-top-color:var(--ast-global-color-0);border-top-style:solid;border-right-color:var(--ast-global-color-0);border-right-style:solid;border-bottom-color:var(--ast-global-color-0);border-bottom-style:solid;border-left-color:var(--ast-global-color-0);border-left-style:solid;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn .kb-btn3572_738cbf-e7.kb-button{border-top-color:var(--ast-global-color-0);border-top-style:solid;border-right-color:var(--ast-global-color-0);border-right-style:solid;border-bottom-color:var(--ast-global-color-0);border-bottom-style:solid;border-left-color:var(--ast-global-color-0);border-left-style:solid;}}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn .kb-btn3572_738cbf-e7.kb-button:hover, .wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn .kb-btn3572_738cbf-e7.kb-button:focus{border-top-color:var(--ast-global-color-0);border-top-style:solid;border-right-color:var(--ast-global-color-0);border-right-style:solid;border-bottom-color:var(--ast-global-color-0);border-bottom-style:solid;border-left-color:var(--ast-global-color-0);border-left-style:solid;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn .kb-btn3572_738cbf-e7.kb-button{border-top-color:var(--ast-global-color-0);border-top-style:solid;border-right-color:var(--ast-global-color-0);border-right-style:solid;border-bottom-color:var(--ast-global-color-0);border-bottom-style:solid;border-left-color:var(--ast-global-color-0);border-left-style:solid;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn .kb-btn3572_738cbf-e7.kb-button:hover, .wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn .kb-btn3572_738cbf-e7.kb-button:focus{border-top-color:var(--ast-global-color-0);border-top-style:solid;border-right-color:var(--ast-global-color-0);border-right-style:solid;border-bottom-color:var(--ast-global-color-0);border-bottom-style:solid;border-left-color:var(--ast-global-color-0);border-left-style:solid;}}<\/style><a class=\"kb-button kt-button button kb-btn3572_738cbf-e7 kt-btn-size-standard kt-btn-width-type-full kb-btn-global-outline  kt-btn-has-text-true kt-btn-has-svg-false  wp-block-kadence-singlebtn\" href=\"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/sbe\/why\/geodesign\/\"><span class=\"kt-btn-inner-text\">Process Patterns<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-3572_e0fb97-73 .kt-block-spacer{height:20px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-3572_e0fb97-73 .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#eee;width:80%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-3572_e0fb97-73\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3572_84e648-3a, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3572_84e648-3a[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3572_84e648-3a\"]{text-align:left;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3572_84e648-3a mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3572_84e648-3a[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3572_84e648-3a\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3572_84e648-3a img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3572_84e648-3a[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3572_84e648-3a\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading3572_84e648-3a wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3572_84e648-3a\">SBE Integrates the SDGs<\/h2>\n\n\n<style>.kb-row-layout-id3572_cdba84-25 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:center;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id3572_cdba84-25 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:center;}.kb-row-layout-id3572_cdba84-25 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);grid-template-columns:minmax(0, calc(40% - ((var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem) * 1 )\/2)))minmax(0, calc(60% - ((var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem) * 1 )\/2)));}.kb-row-layout-id3572_cdba84-25 > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.50;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kb-row-layout-id3572_cdba84-25 > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr) minmax(0, 2fr);}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kb-row-layout-id3572_cdba84-25 > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}<\/style><div class=\"kb-row-layout-wrap kb-row-layout-id3572_cdba84-25 alignnone wp-block-kadence-rowlayout\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-2-columns kt-row-layout-right-golden kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-mobile-layout-row kt-row-valign-middle\">\n<style>.kadence-column3572_ab0eca-da > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column3572_ab0eca-da > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column3572_ab0eca-da > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column3572_ab0eca-da > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column3572_ab0eca-da > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column3572_ab0eca-da > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column3572_ab0eca-da{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column3572_ab0eca-da > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column3572_ab0eca-da > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column3572_ab0eca-da inner-column-1\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"446\" src=\"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/sbe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2021\/02\/UF_SustainabilityCoursesImpacts-1024x446.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/sbe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2021\/02\/UF_SustainabilityCoursesImpacts-1024x446.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/sbe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2021\/02\/UF_SustainabilityCoursesImpacts-300x131.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/sbe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2021\/02\/UF_SustainabilityCoursesImpacts-768x334.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/sbe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2021\/02\/UF_SustainabilityCoursesImpacts.jpg 1215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column3572_adf3cb-a4 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column3572_adf3cb-a4 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column3572_adf3cb-a4 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column3572_adf3cb-a4 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column3572_adf3cb-a4 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column3572_adf3cb-a4 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column3572_adf3cb-a4{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column3572_adf3cb-a4 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column3572_adf3cb-a4 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column3572_adf3cb-a4 inner-column-2\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<p>The language of sustainability increasingly infuses diverse realms of teaching, research, outreach, and operations at UF. The SBE program is proud to collaborate with other campus leaders promoting the principles and practices of sustainability through the lens of the United Nations (UN) <a href=\"https:\/\/sdgs.un.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)<\/a>. The narrative that follows is excerpted from the introduction of the living document guiding UF&#8217;s integration of the SDGs within our classrooms. To learn more, we encourage you to read the guide&#8230;and walk the talk.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<style>.kb-row-layout-id3572_67f712-c7 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:center;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id3572_67f712-c7 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:center;}.kb-row-layout-id3572_67f712-c7 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);grid-template-columns:minmax(0, calc(60% - ((var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem) * 1 )\/2)))minmax(0, calc(40% - ((var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem) * 1 )\/2)));}.kb-row-layout-id3572_67f712-c7 > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.50;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kb-row-layout-id3572_67f712-c7 > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 2fr) minmax(0, 1fr);}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kb-row-layout-id3572_67f712-c7 > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}<\/style><div class=\"kb-row-layout-wrap kb-row-layout-id3572_67f712-c7 alignnone wp-block-kadence-rowlayout\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-2-columns kt-row-layout-left-golden kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-mobile-layout-row kt-row-valign-middle\">\n<style>.kadence-column3572_c868e0-a5 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column3572_c868e0-a5 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column3572_c868e0-a5 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column3572_c868e0-a5 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column3572_c868e0-a5 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column3572_c868e0-a5 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column3572_c868e0-a5{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column3572_c868e0-a5 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column3572_c868e0-a5 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column3572_c868e0-a5 inner-column-1\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<p>In September 2020, the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsdsn.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN)<\/a> released <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/resources.unsdsn.org\/accelerating-education-for-the-sdgs-in-universities-a-guide-for-universities-colleges-and-tertiary-and-higher-education-institutions\" target=\"_blank\">Accelerating Education for the SDGs in Universities: A guide for universities, colleges, and tertiary and higher education institutions<\/a>. The document expands upon the 2017 publication <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/resources.unsdsn.org\/getting-started-with-the-sdgs-in-universities\" target=\"_blank\">Getting Started with the SDGs in Universities<\/a>. &#8220;As the providers of general, professional and vocational education across all disciplines, and reaching hundreds of millions of learners at all stages in their life, universities are in a unique position \u2013 and therefore have a critical responsibility \u2013 to provide ESDGs to as many learners as they can within their sphere of influence.&#8221; This new SDSN guide offers extensive resources and support for the SDGs in higher education institutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In January 2020, a group of faculty and staff connected to sustainability and SDG work on the UF campus gathered to discuss potential collaborations across programs. Over the past year, contributors gathered monthly to share resources and determine actionable items we felt would be beneficial to both our group and others. We believe the SDGs offer a framework for interdisciplinary work to advance global awareness and sustainability literacy. We desired to develop a tool to share more about how the SDGs can be an effective tool in the collegiate classroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This resulting brief resource offers faculty at the University of Florida a snapshot of the SDGs, current work within undergraduate and graduate courses at UF, and provides additional resources contextual to UF as you consider bringing an aspect of the SDGs to a course or campus effort. We recognize that this is a first step in connecting many ongoing efforts on campus under the umbrella of the SDGs and hope you will consider the &#8216;Next Steps&#8217; section to help us continue building resources around the SDGs at UF.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column3572_fce818-b0 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column3572_fce818-b0 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column3572_fce818-b0 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column3572_fce818-b0 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column3572_fce818-b0 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column3572_fce818-b0 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column3572_fce818-b0{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column3572_fce818-b0 > 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The SBE Program is a natural extension of DCP&#8217;s history of excellence and a response to the profound challenges and creative opportunities for the human endeavor in the Anthropocene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As an interdisciplinary program, SBE interweaves all of the DCP curricula. 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