--- title: Interactive Tree Promotes Sustainability description: There's an interactive tree in the UAT commons! Thanks to UAT student Hector Sanchez, you can engage with our Christmas tree like never before. image: https://www.uattech.com/hubfs/IMG_3392.jpg --- [![image-26](https://www.uattech.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Marketing/Logos/image-26.png?width=99&name=image-26.png "image-26")](https://www.uat.edu/) ** - [Home](https://www.uattech.com) - [Majors](http://www.uat.edu/advancing-technology-degrees) - [About UAT](https://www.uat.edu/about-uat) - [Request More Information](https://www.uat.edu/request-info) [![Take a Virtual, Interactive Tour ](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/3455363/92ff0e66-7821-430b-88c3-a32c82c5bda2.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/3455363/92ff0e66-7821-430b-88c3-a32c82c5bda2) # University of Advancing Technology's Official Technology Blog ALL CATEGORIES - [all Categories](https://www.uattech.com) - [ Advancing Computer Science ](https://www.uattech.com/tag/advancing-computer-science) - [ Advertising Art ](https://www.uattech.com/tag/advertising-art) - [ Artificial Intelligence ](https://www.uattech.com/tag/artificial-intelligence) - [ Business Technology ](https://www.uattech.com/tag/business-technology) - [ Cyber Security ](https://www.uattech.com/tag/cyber-security) - [ Data Science ](https://www.uattech.com/tag/data-science) - [ Digital Maker and Fabrication ](https://www.uattech.com/tag/digital-maker-and-fabrication) - [ Digital Marketing ](https://www.uattech.com/tag/digital-marketing) - [ Digital Video ](https://www.uattech.com/tag/digital-video) - [ Game Studies ](https://www.uattech.com/tag/game-studies) - [ Human Computer Interaction ](https://www.uattech.com/tag/human-computer-interaction) - [ Robotics and Embedded Systems ](https://www.uattech.com/tag/robotics-and-embedded-sytems) - [ Software Engineering ](https://www.uattech.com/tag/software-engineering) - [ Virtual Reality ](https://www.uattech.com/tag/virtual-reality) - [ Alumni ](https://www.uattech.com/tag/alumni) - [ Behind the Bits Magazine ](https://www.uattech.com/tag/behind-the-bits) - [ Career and Work ](https://www.uattech.com/tag/career-and-work) - [ Competitions ](https://www.uattech.com/tag/competitions) - [ Events ](https://www.uattech.com/tag/events) - [ Geek411 Magazine ](https://www.uattech.com/tag/geek-411) - [ Graduate Studies ](https://www.uattech.com/tag/graduate-studies) - [ Military ](https://www.uattech.com/tag/military) - [ People, Places and Things ](https://www.uattech.com/tag/people-places-and-things) - [ Perimeter83 ](https://www.uattech.com/tag/Perimeter83) - [ Student Innovation Project (SIP) ](https://www.uattech.com/tag/student-innovation-project) - [ Student Work ](https://www.uattech.com/tag/student-work) - [ Technology News ](https://www.uattech.com/tag/technology-news) - [ UAT Life ](https://www.uattech.com/tag/UAT-life) - [ UAT News ](https://www.uattech.com/tag/UAT-news) [Advancing Computer Science](https://www.uattech.com/tag/advancing-computer-science), [UAT Life](https://www.uattech.com/tag/uat-life), [Business Technology](https://www.uattech.com/tag/business-technology)   |   3 Min Read ## Interactive Tree Promotes Sustainability ![Picture of Nathan Glover](https://www.uattech.com/hubfs/NathanGlover%20Prof-1.jpg) [ Written by Nathan Glover ](https://www.uattech.com/author/nathan-glover)   Check out the interactive holiday tree in the UAT commons! Thanks to one of our very creative students, Hector Sanchez, you can engage with our Christmas tree like never before.   ![IMG_3396](https://www.uattech.com/hs-fs/hubfs/IMG_3396.jpg?width=281&name=IMG_3396.jpg) As part of UAT's Environmental Science Course SCI-330 Green Technology, students were tasked with creating a means to share and display the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals around campus to encourage students and staff to participate and act in a more sustainable manner.   On our tree this year, you will find 17 new ornaments. Each ornament is a designed with a UAT logo and a hashtag [UN2030](https://sdgs.un.org/2030agenda) (the year the U.N. goals are to be evaluated, and hopefully achieved).   The ornaments also include an [interactive](https://www.uattech.com/programming-a-social-robot-to-help-around-campus) QR scannable code, which will take you to a page containing information pertaining to one of the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals!    This year, enjoy engaging with our tree and discovering just how [sustainability](https://sdgs.un.org/2030agenda) can make the world a better place.    Happy Holidays!   ![IMG_3395-1](https://www.uattech.com/hs-fs/hubfs/IMG_3395-1.jpg?width=3003&name=IMG_3395-1.jpg)   ---   ![SDG Wheel_WEB](https://www.uattech.com/hs-fs/hubfs/SDG%20Wheel_WEB.png?width=175&name=SDG%20Wheel_WEB.png) ## Not on campus to see our tree? Check out the 17 sustainability goals at  [https://sdgs.un.org/goals](https://sdgs.un.org/goals). 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