On your own time, critically review the following videos and web sites:

Introduction to SDGs

• The Sustainable Development Goals – Action Towards 2030
  • • (5.52 mins)
• Emma Watson introduces The World’s Largest Lesson 2016 #2 – The Global Goal
  • • (5.28 mins)
• SDG Website
  • • https://sdgs.un.org/goals

Role of engineers with SDGs

• Why are the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals so important?
  • • (1.55 mins)
• Engineers: Leaders in Sustainable Infrastructure Development
  • • (2.45 mins)
• Creating Sustainable Communities – Part I ASCE
  • Discussion on the role engineers play in the Partnership for Sustainable Communities (7.21 mins)

Your assignment will be 1-2 pages

1. In ? 5 sentences, a) explain what the Sustainable Development Goals are and b) your role as an engineer in achieving the sustainable development goals (SDGs)
2. Make a table
   1. In the first column list 5 sustainable development goals you believe as a civil/environmental engineer you can contribute to (list the Goal Number and Title of the SDG (e.g., SDG #5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls).
   2. In the second column, list 2 specific targets associated with each of the five SDGs you identified that a civil/environmental engineer you can contribute to (e.g., Target 5.5: Ensure women’s full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision-making in political, economic and public life).

One of the five SDGs you select should be SDG 11 (Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable).