Bayer - Eco-Minds

New Zealand | June 03, 2009

Low carbon strategy wins award

A multidisciplinary team made up of students from five countries took out the Pathfinder Award at the 2009 Eco-Minds Youth Forum, held in New Zealand May 25 – 29.

Zoom imageEco-Minds 2009 Pathfinder Award recipients, from left: Gerard Penecilla, Alex Readford, Cindy Marattanachai, Desideria Murti and Daniel Scott.

At the week-long forum 25 students from nine participating countries were divided into five groups of five. Their task was to take on board the lessons of the forum and present their own sustainability solutions to a judging panel on the last day.

The theme of the Eco-Minds forum and the group presentations was Sustainable Energy Systems: Challenges and Opportunities.

The winning team focused its presentation on a strategy for a low carbon future based on sustainable renewable technologies.

This included a look at the economic, social, environmental, technological and political challenges and opportunities for sustainable development.

The winning team was made up of students from various backgrounds and disciplines, but all are key to addressing the issue of sustainability.

The winning students and their backgrounds are: Desideria Murti (Indonesia) Social Science and Politics; Daniel Scott (New Zealand) Engineering; Gerard Penecilla (Philippines) Biology; Cindy Marattanachai (Thailand) Engineering; and Alex Readford (Australia) Resource Management and Law.

Each student was presented with a Pathfinder Award trophy by Dr Ulrich Bornewasser, an environment and sustainability expert from Bayer Germany.

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