Faces and Places of Sustainability in Africa: Inspirations and Innovations
Overview
The students in CIVE230: Engineering and Sustainable Development go beyond the course content by learning from the world around us and from each other. This e-book has been the project experience that allowed students to explore topics of their choice in cities of their choice, and has become a souvenir from the course!
Sustainability lives within the people we know and places we visit
The students in CIVE230: Engineering and Sustainable Development go beyond the course content by learning from the world around us and from each other. This e-book has been the project experience that allowed students to explore topics of their choice in cities of their choice, and has become a souvenir from the course!
Students in the course were tasked with making a contribution to an e-book. They were creative and innovative in applying course concepts to cities of their choice by exploring sustainability challenges and innovations. Their sustainability project encouraged them to explore solutions including sustainable infrastructure, technologies, policies and initiatives, globally. Students took on the task of connecting these sustainability innovations that make an impact – no matter how small – to relevant Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). They also explored sustainability champions and highlighted their efforts and described their inspiration for choosing them.
I am proud of all student contributions. I am proud of the teaching team as well - Mahmoud Badawy, Soukaina Jazouli, and Jide Ogunbanjo - who ensured this course ran efficiently. This e-book serves as a contribution by the class for the class, and for the wider University of Waterloo and engineering community. Please enjoy browsing through!