Dedication to make a distinction, the College of Lagos (UNILAG) successful spirit and their wits, two college students representing Group PlastiConn of UNILAG, Oluwatoyin Odulana and Imisioluwa Aliya Onafeso, took on the world on the 2024 SDG Olympiad held in Paris, France and emerged victorious.
The brave duo represented the College in a worldwide competitors that concerned twelve (12) universities throughout 4 (4) continents vying for Gold.
Group PlastiConn from SDG Summer time Faculty, UNILAG clinched the Gold Prize Award whereas Group QMorjan from the Hackathon for Social Good at New York College (NYU) Abu Dhabi went dwelling with the Silver Prize Award and Group Planetary Predictor from the SDG Summer time Faculty at College of Geneva took the Bronze Prize Award.
The SDG Olympiad World Prize Award Profitable Groups had been chosen after cautious analysis of every group’s revolutionary resolution pitch.
These groups have large goals to enhance life as we all know it! Group Plasticonn goals to bridge the hole between plastic assortment initiatives and accessibility to plastic assortment facilities.
Group QMorjan is engaged on an AI and Quantum-powered platform that helps determine optimum spots to attain the very best coral restoration with restricted assets.
Group Planetary Predictor is growing an interactive and pleasant platform to carry Local weather Change Modelling to colleges.
The 2024 SDG Olympiad is a contest aimed toward empowering college students all over the world to deal with environmental and well being challenges associated to the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Improvement Targets (SDGs).
PlastiConn, a by-product of “Plastic Wastes Connectors”, is greater than an thought for these UNILAG college students. It has develop into a motion and a optimistic pressure in catering to a number of Sustainable Improvement Targets (SDGs), as plastic is quick turning into a menace to the surroundings and high quality of life. One among these is the SDG 12, which is “Accountable Consumption and Manufacturing”.
By connecting communities with plastic assortment initiatives, UNILAG’s Group PlastiConn goals to advertise a sustainable use of plastic and thru that contribute to restoring stability in our ecosystem on land and water.
The group, underneath the steering of their employees adviser, Dr. Peter Elias of the Division of Geography, College of Social Sciences, UNILAG, was intentional concerning the aim of creating this concept work! Group PlastiConn due to this fact labored carefully with UNILAG Inexperienced Hub; UNICEF; Lagos City Research Group (LUSG), to say a number of.
The Group’s potential to discover collaboration in attaining this feat is an exemplification of the true understanding of the growing want for multidisciplinary method in fixing issues.
This can be a outstanding approach for elements of the FUTURE-Prepared imaginative and prescient of the Vice-Chancellor, College of Lagos (UNILAG) Professor Folasade Ogunsola, to return into existence.
Professor Ogunsola, on behalf of the whole College group, heartily congratulates and celebrates Group PlastiConn on this meritorious achievement and encourages the group to not relaxation on its oars, as there are boundless impacts to be made and limitless alternatives to be explored.
