At the invitation of National Geographic Learning, and as part of the department’s commitment to the university’s sustainability goals, members of the department’s curricula committee—Dr. Khadija Aljabri and Dr. Nada Alotaibi—joined NGL’s Annual Educational Forum on Friday, December 2nd in exploring the theme “Empowering Minds: Creating a Sustainable Future through Education”. The event took place in Riyadh and brought together academics and participants from different Saudi universities with the goal of highlighting the role of education as a catalyst for change and its potential to drive sustainable development at both local and global levels. Dr. Aljabri and Dr. Alotaibi had the opportunity to share the department’s experience in its recent introduction of NGL’s sustainability-oriented textbooks for its language-skill courses and welcomed insights from the conference to be shared in developing departmental projects that address local environmental challenges.

 

For recommendations on implementing the culture of sustainability in education and teaching, or recommendations for student-led sustainability projects, the curricula committee welcomes suggestions from both faculty members and students via email to [email protected]