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SEED is very happy to have a newcomer join the team! Beth Eden is SDSN Canada’s new Youth Network Coordinator for the 2019-2020 academic year.

In this position, Beth will focus on engaging students at SDSN Canada member campuses to take action and pioneer solutions that advance the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

For International Development students at the University of Waterloo and St. Paul’s University-College, the final Capstone presentation is a culmination of four years of study, and an intensive two-term placement with the World University Service of Canada, and a local partner organizations in Bolivia, Ghana, Malawi, Nepal, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, and Vietnam.

SEED takes part in UWaterloo's #EarthMonth for a lunch hour clean-up!

A team of SEED faculty and staff participated in a campus "20 minute makeover" organized by the UW Sustainability office. Just one simple way to help keep waste out of our environment and to be disposed of properly.

Last night the School of Environment, Enterprise and Development (SEED) hosted its annual Environment and Business (EB) final capstone project showcase. This event is the culmination of ENBUS 402A and B instructed by Professors Dan Murray and Goretty Dias. The two courses span eight months and give students the chance to apply the knowledge and skills they gain in the classroom to a meaningful project for the business community. Teams of four to five students are matched with organizations to work on projects that integrate and apply the concepts of business and sustainability. 

The following two courses are available next semester, and have been updated:

• ENBUS 308: Sustainability Standards/Auditing
• ENBUS 409: Circular Economy

Last Wednesday at the EDCO 2019 annual conference, Paul received the President's Award in recognition of his contribution to graduate studies and professional training.

What FUN! The Faculty of Environment's Dean Jean, threw a surprise pop up party for the upcoming 50th anniversary this morning in the atrium of EV3. Students from the Faculty of Environment  were treated to delicious homemade cupcakes baked by Bruce Frayne, the director of SEED and owner and baker from Black Island Bakery. Are there more surprises to come??

 

Professor Komal Habib will be offering an exciting new course "Circular Economy" in the Spring term. This course has been designed to equip students with the knowledge and expertise required to design and implement a circular economy initiative and monitor its progress through circularity indicators. The course will guide students in assessing the business value of circular economy cases.

Read Profesor Nayak's recently published article "Interplay Between Local and Global: Change Processes and Small-Scale Fisheries: Analysis and Practice" 

Read Professor Prateep Nayak's article in full here: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/328316932
from thebook Transdisciplinarity for Small-Scale Fisheries Governance highlights.   

During the 24th Conference of the Parties (COP) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) on 7 December 2018 in Katowice, Poland, Prof Barbara Mikolajczyk of the University of Silesia and University of Waterloo SEED Professor Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger, chaired the international law symposium Advancing Law & Governance Contributions to Climate Action under the Paris Agreement.