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This year’s Storytelling Event «African Leadership for a Sustainable Future: Stories to Inspire» marked a memorable evening at ETH Zurich during the Sustainability Week Zurich. The event, co-organised by the African Students Association of Zurich (ASAZ), the Student Project House (SPH) and ETH4D, was joined by 50 students and researchers. We tapped into the power of storytelling to spark inspiration and create new connections.

With the support of the ETH4D Research Challenges and Seed Grants, more research groups at ETH are able to conduct research for global sustainable development. The topics range from reducing child labour in cocoa production in Ghana, Citywide Inclusive Sanitation in Nepal, faecal sludge dewatering in Lebanon to reusing tennis balls for seismic isolation.

In a new Research Brief, Eva Reynaert and Eberhard Morgenroth from the Institute for Environmental Engineering at ETH Zurich and the Process Engineering Department at Eawag explain how the use of sensors and automated chlorination can improve microbial water quality in on-site water reuse systems for increased user safety.

ETH doctoral students can now apply for the new Honours Programme in Sustainable Transitions, offered by five European universities, KNUST in Ghana and Strathmore University in Kenya.