Nurturing the Next Sustainable Thinkers and Actors

Date: 11 July, 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Admission: Free (register with mylibrary username)
Venue: Online (zoom)
Organiser: National Library Board

What are the sustainability competencies that will prepare our next generation of youths to be future/work-ready for a world fraught with sustainability concerns? What are the challenges and opportunities our youths will face, and how can education make a difference to the development of future generations? Join Dr Corrine Ong * in this talk to explore these questions!

*About the speaker
Corinne is an educator at Ridge View Residential College at the National University of Singapore. She received her postgraduate (Masters and Doctoral) training in the U.S. (North Texas) as an urban and environmental sociologist. She has researched and taught courses touching on various aspects of environmental sustainability and climate change issues. In particular, she made contributions to social science and public policy research on water and energy resource management. She remains active in research involving the study of social behaviour and institutions, and their interactions with the geophysical environment. As a higher education instructor, she firmly believes in the importance and impact of nurturing the next generation of environmental stewards capable of thinking and acting critically, responsibly, and ethically in canvassing the cause of (just) sustainability.