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Summary by: Dana Iskoldski Environment and Business student

The Waterloo Environment and Business Society held its first environmental discussion panel on Canada’s sustainable development outlook this week. The event, graciously co-hosted by SEED, was >meant to mobilize students to actively pursue sustainable development. It was a wonderful success with over 140 students and community members attending at St. Paul's College.

Chilika lagoon is the largest brackish water lagoon in Asia situated along the east coast of India in the state of Odisha. More than 400,000 fishers, belonging to specific fisher castes, customarily depend upon the lagoon for their livelihood. As a Sustainability Management Program Master’s student at the University of Waterloo and as a part of my Master’s research thesis, I got the opportunity to do a Village level study in Chilika Lagoon.

The MEB program faculty and staff are please to share the 2015 recipients of the Academic Achievement Awards: 

The award winners are as follows:

2012 Cohort:

• 1^st = Sandra Jackson-Wood
• 2^nd = Lisa Ricci
• 3^rd = Bettina Marie Carius

2013 Cohort:

• 1^st = Nalini Jagnarine
• 2^nd = Koop Alkema
• 3^rd = David Cano Tinoco

Current cohort:

Three successful sustainability leaders from the University of Waterloo have been named to the Corporate Knights 30 under 30 list. Complied each year, the list acknowledges a collection of young entrepreneurs, activists, corporate professionals and students eager to make our world a better place.

With the impending retirement of current Environment Teaching Fellow Mary Louise McAllister, Environment is proud to announce that Simron Singh, a professor in the School of Environment Enterprise and Development with a cross-appointment in Environment and Resource Studies, will be taking over that role.

The position of Teaching Fellow was created by the Provost to promote, enhance and support teaching excellence and experiential learning in each of the Faculties at the University of Waterloo.

In the midst of the dry season in Trinidad and Tobago, seventeen graduate students from the Master of Development Practice (MDP) program engaged themselves in understanding the real-life challenges of water management on the islands.

Student wins $15,000 to take innovative mining solution to next phase

We are pleased to announce that Professor Olaf Weber a researcher in the School of Environment, Enterprise and Development, has accepted the position of Associate Director, Research, at the Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy (WISE), for a one-year term effective January 1, 2015.

Water, water everywhere - or is it? A second-year Environment and Business student is turning her passion into action by installing water meters on campus in an effort to reduce water consumption.

With renewable energy systems such as solar and wind power now commonplace, safely harnessing power from beneath the sea could be the next frontier of sustainable energy generation.