Learning through social academic groups: understanding, sharing and contributing. the FAU social case

Abstract

In 1st January 2016, more than 150 world leaders signed a historical pact towards the Sustainable Development of all the countries in the world. The “United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” is a document composed by 17 Goals and 169 Targets, which aims to put the entire world in a sustainable development in three different dimensions: economic, social and environmental. The seventeen goals are related to people and eradication of poverty; planet and the sustainable usage of natural resources; prosperity and citizens access to economic, social and technology progress; peace and the end of violence in all forms; and global partnership, strengthening solidarity intra and inter nations. Since this paper concerns about the play architects and urban designers have in the society, it will focus on the topics which reach us the most and can be practiced within our career: