Global Ideas Institute: Student Approaches to Reinventing the Toilet | Poster Exhibition
Tuesday, April 17th, 2012
| Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, April 17, 2012 | 9:00AM - 4:00PM | External Event, Interior Corridor, Munk School of Global Affairs, 1 Devonshire Place |
Description
The Global Ideas Institute brings together teams of high school students led by U of T student mentors to address a pressing global health issue. Over many months, the students learn about the complexity of the problem from multiple disciplinary angles. Seminars by leading scholars and experts inspire and challenge their search for an innovative solution. This year the GII focuses on the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s challenge to reinvent the toilet.
The problem: Flush toilets are unavailable to the vast majority in the developing world, and billions of people lack a safe, reliable sanitation system. Students have considered the technical dimensions of an affordable toilet that is off the electricity and water grids, as well as the social, political, and economic factors of implementing a sustainable sanitation program.
The pitch: The student teams will pitch their proposed solutions to a panel of experts in the health and development field. In a complementary poster exhibit open to the public, find out how they approached this pressing problem.
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