Habitat Green is a one-year leadership programme that focuses on global
leadership and cultural sensitivities in the context of
cross-disciplinary green engineering, appropriate technology and
sustainable living. Students from PolyU will work together with peers
from the University of Rwanda (UR) to design and develop green energy
solutions for families in remote villages in Rwanda. Students will learn
about the concepts of socially responsible leadership and intercultural
competencies and demonstrate these competencies in practice. At the
same time, they will also be learning about different principles of
green engineering, sustainable development and appropriate technology,
and practice and demonstrate these concepts in a service project on-site
in East Africa. (Note: though this project applies concepts from
engineering and construction, students are not required to be from FENG
or FCE. These three subjects have enrolled students from all over the
university in previous years and many non-FENG or non-FCE students have
done well.)
