Building Collaborations

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Building Collaborations

Building Collaborations

The Greater Good Initiative, funded by the ISE Worldwide Societal Impact Endowment, plays a key role in building collaborations between schools, nonprofit organizations, and businesses. Through its various programs, the fund brings together people from different fields to work toward solving social and environmental issues. By creating partnerships, the initiative helps tackle complex challenges that require a diverse range of expertise and resources.

The initiative offers a platform for knowledge sharing and collaboration. It allows participants to exchange ideas, learn from each other, and solve problems together. As a result, everyone can contribute their strengths and resources toward a common goal. By working together, the initiative ensures that each partner’s skills are put to the best use. This approach leads to more effective and sustainable solutions to the challenges we face.

Creating Lasting, Positive Change

Furthermore, The Greater Good Initiative emphasizes the importance of cross-disciplinary partnerships. It brings together people from a wide variety of backgrounds, encouraging them to share their unique perspectives. This creates a more integrated approach to solving problems. Through collaboration, the initiative fosters a sense of shared responsibility and encourages collective action toward creating a better world.

The ultimate goal of the initiative is to create long-lasting, positive change. By encouraging cooperation between different sectors, it helps generate solutions that are not only sustainable but also impactful. Through these partnerships, the initiative works to address the root causes of social and environmental issues, making a difference for communities around the world. As you get involved, you help shape a future where these challenges are met with innovative, holistic solutions that benefit society as a whole.

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A person planting a small tree sapling in the ground to showcase lasting impact of Building Collaborations.

Current and Planned Activities

Spring 2023

  • Seminar series related to water, jointly with WaSH cluster and CCEE faculty and ISE faculty
  • Water research collaboration initiated between NC State and Denmark
  • International travel between the universities and collaborations with faculty and students

Fall 2023

  • Workshops to form research interest groups and seed funding competition

Spring 2024

  • Seed projects begin