Smart choice of materials crucial for future
Materials and the way they are used is crucial to our future
Fay de Waal, master’s student in materials science engineering
Her research project ‘You should know’ is drawing attention to sustainable social challenges such as food waste, water pollution and modern slavery. As a result of her exceptional goal, Fay de Waal has been selected to participate in the One Young World summit from 17-20 October in The Hague through a specially developed Shell Scholarship Programme.
Choice of materials
Fay is convinced that we need to tackle the issue of materials differently in the Netherlands and that we can and must make smarter choices in that respect. For example, those working on the production side have to give a great deal more thought to the ‘waste aspect’. Fay, who was born and raised in Shanghai, wants to do this by building a bridge between Eastern and Western knowledge in the area of materials science.
Click here to watch Fay’s video.
The One Young World summit
The One Young World summit is being organised for the tenth time and is taking place in the Netherlands for the first time. During the annual conference, 1,800 young people from 190 countries convene to exchange thoughts and ideas about what can be done about global issues such as sustainability, climate change, scarce natural resources and social inequality. With the Shell Scholarship Programme, Shell is joining One Young World in its mission and showing it is committed to the importance of investing in young talent. Read more here.