World Student Community for Sustainable Development

“World Climate Change Survey”: results available

Universities  all over the world are not doing enough in order to help society to cope with the challenges posed by climate change. This is one of the findings of the “World Climate Change Survey”, a research initiative aimed at identifying  the general level of awareness of and needs of university students about climate change in [...]

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Call for Participation, Support and Partnership

A project initiated “by youth for youth” to sustainably develop a community through youth employment and delivering skills, information and education to the youth. Youth in Sustainable Development Project Workcamp2010, Rivan, Nepal “Youth in Sustainable Development” is a joint project of USSHA Foundation and IDEM – Identity through Initiative. Our aim is to enable sustainable development focusing on rural [...]

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Student-based workshop in the AGS-AM 2010 in Tokyo

Today we are pleased to announce that the AGS-UTSC is hosting a student-based workshop in the AGS-AM 2010 in Tokyo. The AGS-AM is an annual meeting of the AGS member schools that include Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Chalmers University of Technology and University of Tokyo. The AGS-AM 2010 Student Project [...]

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Student e-book on climate change – Call for submissions

Do you have the solutions? Do you want to be part of history in Copenhagen? Submit your story at ebook@wscsd.org! Deadline 20th October Do you want to be seen by thousands of change-makers with your successful student-run project to fight climate change? Submit your story and photos no later than 20th October! The WSC-SD is currently actively collecting stories of successful student-led initiatives tohat are successfully addressing or tackling climate change. The best stories will be published in an e-book and will be displayed during a COP15 exhibit and side event in Copenhagen, December 2009.

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MIT Student SD Summit

MIT's Sustainability Summit, the first of what is expected to be an annual event, was held last week at Walker Hall and garnered a full-house turnout for a series of talks, panel discussions and breakout sessions. The summit capped four days of Earth Week activities on campus, and was the lead achievement of the new student organization called Sustainability@MIT. The summit, titled "Discovering New Dimensions for Growth," focused on the growing awareness and need for businesses to incorporate concepts of sustainability in their planning.

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