Sustainable Development Goals
Protecting the Planet and Ensuring Prosperity for All
Many initiatives and activities at Purchase College advance the goals of protecting the planet and ensuring prosperity for all, as defined by the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
In 2015, a global delegations of experts developed, debated and introduced the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to be adopted by the United Nations and its 193 member countries. The 17 goals emerged from rigorous research into global conditions and trends.
They are at the forefront of international development conversations, initiatives, and require innovative research collaborations to create new possibilities and a better future for a more sustainable world. To learn more about what each of the seventeen United Nations Sustainable Development Goals entails and its benefit, click one of the icons below or the buttons on the right!
Upcoming:
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Apr
14
Protect the Purchase Nature Preserve Tabling
Time: All DayWe will be tabling at lunch (11-1pm) and dinner (5-7pm) throughout the week. Please stop by and sign our letter to the next president of Purchase and pick up a sticker!
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Apr
15
From Prostitutes to Queers: Policies of Confinement and Urban Repression of “Undesirable Bodies” in Brazil (1940–1980)
Time: 2:30pmA Lecture by Maíra Rosin
This lecture explores the historical processes of urban exclusion and the regulation of marginalized populations in 20th-century Brazil, with a focus on the city of São Paulo. Beginning in the 1940s, it examines how the Department of Culture, under the leadership of Mário de Andrade, implemented cultural policies that contributed to the moral normalization of urban space, including the spatial confinement of sex workers to the Bom Retiro neighborhood. The analysis then moves into the period of the Military Dictatorship (1964–1985), situating Brazil within the broader context of Latin American authoritarian regimes. During this era, state repression intensified, now targeting LGBTQIA+ individuals through police operations and surveillance. The lecture highlights how practices of hygienization and moral policing persisted across decades, reaffirming the city—notably areas such as Boca do Luxo and Boca do Lixo—as a key site of social control, exclusion, and the production of “undesirable” bodies.
About the Speaker
Maíra Rosin is a historian with a Master’s degree in Social History and a Ph.D. in History and Fundamentals of Architecture and Urbanism from the University of São Paulo (USP). Her research centers on urban history through the lens of gender and the relationship between marginalized groups and the city. She is a postdoctoral researcher at the Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), where she is part of the CAPPH research group — City, Architecture, and Heritage in Historical Perspective. She is currently a visiting scholar at New York University.
The language describing each goal was sourced from the un.org Sustainable Development Goals website.
News:
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Mobile Food Pantry
Once a month, in partnership with Feeding Westchester, a Mobile Pantry will visit campus to bring fresh protein, dairy, produce, and grains to campus community members in need. -
Tobacco Free Campus
The tobacco free policy is driven by respect for others and the environment -
Gender Inclusive Housing
Gender Inclusive Housing provides students the opportunity to occupy a safe space housing option that does not require all room/apartment-mates to be of the same legal sex. -
Energy Efficient Lighting Project Reduces Greenhouse Gas Emissions
The New York Power Authority (NYPA), in partnership with the SUNY, has completed the installation of energy-efficient LED lighting throughout the Purchase campus, including outdoor street lighting and in several buildings.
