Striving for a Sustainable Future
2010 International Education Week
November 15-19, 2010
To commemorate 2010 International Education Week, the ODU Office of International Programs in conjunction with the Virginia Tidewater
Consortium sponsored a photo contest focused on the theme of “Striving for a Sustainable Future”. The contest was open to full-time Old
Dominion University (including English Language Center) students as well as students from Virginia Tidewater Consortium institutions. Prizes
were awarded as listed below:
1st place, $300.00: Chris Brazell, Regent University
I call this “the spider” and from the air it is even more
pronounced. Thousands of internally displaced people in
the war-torn region of Darfur, Sudan, jockey for position
with their containers for one hand pump well in the area.
They wait all day long and some return to their dwelling
dry. The problem is that there are not enough water
sources to go around and the continuing violence keeps
the people fleeing from one place to another. The
organization I worked for constantly labored to put new
wells and rehabilitate existing wells in the areas where
there was little or no water yet large groups of people.
This, however, is a short term "emergency" fix. We are
also providing more permanent water sources to sustain a
population for a long period time. Without water, they
have no sustainable future and this is not acceptable.
2nd place, $200.00: Taylor Roy, Old Dominion University
This photo was proudly taken May 5th, 2010 during an awesome
class trip in Chinatown, located in New York. The object is a trash
can that has a clever sticker slapped on it. This represents the theme
of IEW '10 because sustainability starts with the collection of waste
for later use. In order to start "striving" for the sustainable goal, it
starts with trash collection.
3rd place, $100.00: Melissa Williams, Regent University
I chose this photo because the beautiful home, as nearly
all homes in Spain, is made completely without the use
of trees. Also, the solar water heater atop the roof is a
common site in Spain.The sun-room allows a warm
place to spend time in winter without the use of heaters.
And, although residential areas in Spain have homes very
close together, they often have abundant trees and/or
flora and shrubbery all over their yards. The girl is
recycling a plastic bottle in one of Spain's numerous
recycling centers. She is hoping that all of these items
together will lead to a sustainable future for herself and
many descendants to come.