Erin Lennox, Engineers for Sustainable World
Nichole Heil, Engineers for Sustainable World
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Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW) is a national non-profit organization committed to building a better world. We believe engineers can be a vital part of the solutions needed to more effectively meet global human needs while providing sustainable access to the world’s resources for current and future generations. ESW operates as a network of 50 predominantly collegiate chapters translating to 1000 active members across North America. This year we have launched a new pilot program called the Resilient CommUnity Design Challenge. Through this challenge, collegiate chapters partner with local organizations and citizens to conduct a resilience assessment of a local community around the four key topic areas of energy, food, transportation, and public spaces. After this initial assessment chapters and their local partners then propose a specific implementation project for one or more areas that will improve the overall sustainability and resilience of the community, as well as the quality of life of its residents. Challenge winners will receive funding and support from ESW-HQ to implement their projects beginning in year two.
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Here we present results from year one of this challenge: highlighting student experiences from our 14 participating chapters and showcasing our selected challenge winners. Our intent is to build and share a portfolio of sustainable, resilient interventions that will be an example for our chapters, their communities, and other neighborhoods and cities to quantifiably and cost-effectively improve their local environmental and social well-being.