A Global Action Impact Association (GAIA) Trip to WindAid Institute
The Global Action Impact Association (GAIA) organizes an international competition that empowers college teams to conceive, design, prototype and execute high-impact solutions for global sustainability. The program aims to leverage students’ abilities and insights to maximize the positive impact on those in need and grow students’ interest, experience and commitment to impact-focused careers in global development and sustainability.
To understand the needs of the competition community partner, WindAid Institute, a team of Cornell students is traveling to Peru and assisting the people onsite to build wind turbines. By interacting with the local community and providing electricity for rural electrification, they can better communicate the needs of the community so that other students from across the nation can contribute.
- Erica Dawson, Cornell Engineering Leadership Program, College of Engineering
- Community partner: WindAid Institute
- Community partner: Global Action Impact Association
Providing seed support for a wide range of community-engaged learning projects