UNAIR NEWS – Ministry of Science, Research, and Technology of Student Executive Board (BEM) Faculty of Advanced and Multidisciplinary Technology (FTMM ) Universitas Airlangga (UNAIR) has held AIRNOLOGY 1.0. The activity was themed “The Future Power: Renewable Resources as Stabilizing Instruments, Economic and Environment towards Global Security ” on Saturday, October 1, 2022, through the Zoom Meetings platform.
A webinar, “Millennial’s role on advancing technology to achieve the SDGs”, aims to provide education for the entire community, especially millennials, in utilizing technology to achieve the SDGs. The webinar participants senior high school students in Indonesia, college students, administrative staffs, and lecturers of FTMM.
On that occasion, BEM FTMM UNAIR invited Savira Rizma Yunita SM as UNAIR SDGs Center Internal Coordinator as a speaker. Savira explained the SDGs Paradigm and its urgency to the contribution of millennials in implementing technology to achieve the SDGs.
Savira explained that in the SDGs there are 5Ps ( People, Planet, Prosperity, Peace, and Partnership ) which are interrelated with each other. One way to achieve the SDGs by 2030 is to increase cross-sectoral and international collaboration.
Furthermore, Savira explained the 4 pillars of the SDGs initiated by the Ministry of National Development Planning/Bappenas. These pillars include the pillars of economic development, focusing on achieving quality economic growth; the social development pillar focusing on achieving the fulfillment of quality basic human rights in a fair and equal manner; the environmental development pillar focusing on achieving sustainable management of natural resources and the environment; and the pillars of legal development and governance focusing on realizing legal certainty and effective governance.
Savira also explained the dynamics and progress of achieving the SDGs in Indonesia. According to her, the implementation of the SDGs in Indonesia has shown significant developments. As a university, Universitas Airlangga is also active in carrying out SDGs activities within the university and reporting on SDGs activities in the university’s sustainability report.
At the end of the presentation, millennials are expected to have awareness, concern and take real action in implementing SDGs activities in the surrounding environment.
Author: Bakti Hasanudin
