Engineering for One Planet (EOP)

Helping educators change the course of engineering by infusing sustainability and leadership competencies into engineering curriculum

Webinar Summary

Engineering for One Planet (EOP) is an initiative to transform engineering education and equip all future engineers across all disciplines with the fundamental skills and principles of social and environmental sustainability. Catalyzed by The Lemelson Foundation and VentureWell in collaboration with hundreds of sustainability advocates across sectors, the EOP initiative envisions a world in which all engineers play a critical role in ensuring that the solutions of today do not become the problems of tomorrow, restoring and regenerating our environment, and improving lives for all. EOP is accelerating curricular transformation by supporting faculty change efforts and fostering collaboration among stakeholders across sectors.

Experts from academia, civil society and government co-developed the EOP Framework in 2020, including an adaptable and adoptable menu of core and advanced sustainability and leadership learning outcomes. Five universities pilot tested the EOP Framework in curricular changes over two years, and the EOP Framework was revised in 2022. In 2023, EOP launched companion teaching guides with step-by-step guidance and free teaching resources for integrating learning outcomes from the EOP Framework. During this webinar, we will share an overview of the EOP initiative and its freely available teaching resources.

About the Presenter

Cindy Anderson

Cindy Anderson (she/her/hers) is the founder and CEO of Alula Consulting. Cindy specializes in innovative sustainability-focused research and curriculum projects for academic institutions, non-profits, government and corporations. Cindy has taught thousands of people through courses and workshops, around the world and online, in the fields of sustainability, biology and biomimicry. She is honored to be a collaborative partner and serves as a Strategy Consultant for the Engineering for One Planet initiative since its inception. She is co-author of the EOP Framework and two new companion EOP teaching guides and is an active EOP Network Member. Cindy holds a MS from Oregon State University, a MEd from Griffith University (Queensland, Australia), and a BSc in biology from the University of Guelph (Ontario, Canada).

Webinar Format

This will be an interactive session with "live chat" capability. The session is open to environmental engineering and science professionals across all sectors and career stages. Our objective is to offer special insights on leading edge solutions for graduate and undergraduate students as well as early to mid-career environmental professionals who are considering specialty certification.

AAEES Board Certified Individuals: Attend this event and earn 1.5 PDHs towards your PDH requirements for maintaining your specialty certification.

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