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STUDENT CHALLENGE
THE STUDENT SUSTAINABILITY CHALLENGE
Marketing Humber and the University of Hull, along with The Waterline Student Sustainability Challenge 2022 sponsors, Equinor and SSE Thermal, were delighted to welcome finalists of the challenge and schools and colleges from across the region to The Waterline Summit 2022 on Monday 17th October.
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The event centred around the Awards Ceremony and celebration for this year’s Waterline Student Sustainability Challenge, and included a keynote speech from guest speaker, Ed Clancy OBE of Team GB, plus interactive exhibitions and experiences hosted by key regional businesses to give students an insight into exciting updates, projects and opportunities in sustainability across the Humber.
The Waterline Student Sustainability Challenge gave students aged 9-18 across the Humber region the chance to make a positive impact on communities and the environment by creating inspiring solutions to harmful climate problems.
Students from across the region created a range of innovative ideas and Finalists were selected from a shortlist of high-quality entries following presentations to the judging panel in July.
The panel was made up of business representatives Richard Royal, Equinor; Jade Fernandez, SSE Thermal; Stephen Munn, Absolutely Cultured; Emma Lingard, Associated British Ports; Caroline Morris, KCOM; Lauren Little, Orsted, and Eve Pierrepont, Yorkshire Water.
The Waterline Summit saw the Overall Winner of the challenge crowned, alongside Year 10-13 Age Category Winner.
The Finalist teams were each praised for their innovative, unique ideas, and their hard-work and commitment to their projects, receiving £250 and a VIP experience with a judging panel business. The experiences include workshops, mentoring and behind-the-scenes site visits. Engineering UTC Northern Lincolnshire’s Year 9 Loyal Leaders were chosen by the judging panel as the Overall Winner. The team developed an energy pledge to share within and outside of the college, explored methods of reducing energy consumption within the college and worked to secure savings of a third on college energy bills, working with senior managers and leadership team.
The team won £2,000 to put towards developing their eco plans within the college, plus a unique opportunity to visit an Equinor facility in Norway, with challenge sponsor.
The Year 10-13 Age Category Winner, Wyke College’s Conserve2Preserve, was chosen for producing an excellent, runner-up project. The team created the concept of a social networking app, through which users are able to receive daily sustainability tips, and track carbon emissions in real time, while being able to see the impact on their community and local area.
Engineering UTC Northern Lincolnshire’s Year 9 Loyal Leaders.
Jen Vincent, Director of Business Development, Engineering UTC Northern Lincolnshire
Sophie Lee, Estates Consultant, Shared Agenda
