![Community-Based Mitigation Project in Peru: Seismic Retrofit of an Adobe School Building in Rural Peru Using Geomesh](https://pages.charlotte.edu/inss/wp-content/uploads/sites/568/2014/06/JoseAlbertoHeader-470x140.jpg)
This post is another in our series presenting member research, focused primarily on the many insightful posters presented at this year’s conference. Jose Quispe Acosta…
![Food Sovereignty and Social Sustainability Through Solidarity Economy Networks](https://pages.charlotte.edu/inss/wp-content/uploads/sites/568/2014/06/HankinsHeader-470x140.jpg)
This year’s INSS conference included many really exciting attendees, and we were fortunate that many presented their current projects in our poster session. Jonny Hankins…
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A new documentary examines the intersection of a natural gas project, a landslide, and governance in Papua New Guinea. When we were Hela and the accompanying report…
![Coordinating social sustainability in Michigan: The Sustainable Michigan Endowed Project (SMEP)](https://pages.charlotte.edu/inss/wp-content/uploads/sites/568/2014/05/Screen-Shot-2014-05-20-at-12.43.22-PM-470x140.png)
The Sustainable Michigan Endowed Project (SMEP) is a Kellogg Foundation-funded organization focused on promoting interdisciplinary research into sustainability with relevance for the state of Michigan….
![What helps Charlotte businesses address social sustainability?](https://pages.charlotte.edu/inss/wp-content/uploads/sites/568/2014/03/stockvault-charlotte137575-small-470x140.jpg)
INSS members met last week with ten sustainability officers from Charlotte area businesses, government agencies, and universities to talk social sustainability in business and related…
![NSF collaboration possibility](https://pages.charlotte.edu/inss/wp-content/uploads/sites/568/2012/12/nsf1.jpg)
The goal of the 2014 NSF Sustainability Research Networks Competition (SRN) is to develop and support multidisciplinary teams of researchers, educators, managers, policymakers and other stakeholders working together to…
![Recent member contributions](https://pages.charlotte.edu/inss/wp-content/uploads/sites/568/2014/01/OEC-470x140.png)
Our members are busy people, producing resources, papers, and presentations in a variety of places. This month, we’re featuring a few from Frazier Benya, Cris…
![World Business Council for Sustainable Development - a case example](https://pages.charlotte.edu/inss/wp-content/uploads/sites/568/2013/11/WBCSD-470x140.png)
Post by Frazier Benya, Program Officer in the National Academy of Engineering’s Center for Engineering Ethics and Society (CEES) The World Business Council for Sustainable Development…
![Teaching engineering students about social sustainability](https://pages.charlotte.edu/inss/wp-content/uploads/sites/568/2013/11/BrettBlog31-470x140.png)
By Brett Tempest, UNC Charlotte Civil and Environmental Engineering An emerging field of study for engineers illuminates specialized methods for design and construction in developing…
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By Frazier Benya, National Academy of Engineering Defining social sustainability is an area of particular interest to those who attended the first network meeting and…