RCE Grand Rapids-2016

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1. Project Title: 
Wicked Problems of Sustainability: Wege Prize (update)
2. Thematic area/s addressed by the project
Select your options: 
Biodiversity
Climate Change (CC)
Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)
Health and Nutrition
Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP)
Higher Education (HE)
3. Project partner contact information : 
Organization: 
Kendall College of Art and Design: FSU
Role: 
Convener
Main Contact: 
Gayle DeBruyn
Name: 
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Affiliation: 
Kendall College
Email: 
GayleDebruyn@ferris.edu
4. Project type
Select the relevant type for your project: 
Bridging local and global perspectives on SD
Engaging with transformative learning and research for SD
Contributing to capacity development of stakeholders and partners
5. Project description
Provide a short description of the project including strategies, regional challenges, aims and specific project activities.: 

Competition among international teams of undergraduate students to solve difficult problems of sustainability using design thinking.

6. Project status
On Going
Description: 
This is an update on a project previously submitted.

In its third year the Wege Prize was awarded to an international student team
8. Tagging
Region: 
Americas
Tags (choose up to 5): 
Agriculture
Cities
Energy
Food & Hunger
Innovation, Infrastructure & Technology