Impact Stories
Making change happen across Australia and Asia Pacific.
‘Impactful Futures’ Immersives return on Lama Lama Country
‘Look, listen, learn’ was the mantra of Traditional Owners on Lama Lama Country during EWB’s Impactful Futures Immersive in July, which took participants on a journey through the tropical landscapes and cultural sites of Cape York for a week. By observing and attuning themselves to the sights, sounds and voices around them, participants were able to experience a deep immersion in the culture and history of Lama Lama Country.

‘Impactful Futures’ Immersives return on Lama Lama Country
‘Look, listen, learn’ was the mantra of Traditional Owners on Lama Lama Country during EWB’s Impactful Futures Immersive in July, which took participants on a journey through the tropical landscapes and cultural sites of Cape York for a week. By observing and attuning themselves to the sights, sounds and voices around them, participants were able to experience a deep immersion in the culture and history of Lama Lama Country.

Drones, disasters and design – new STEM outreach for regional classrooms
It’s a sad reality: regional students all too often miss out on important educational opportunities that their peers in the city get to enjoy. When it comes to STEM outreach, many programs are run out of capital cities, which means regional school students can easily...
A day in the life of a Field Professional – Part 4.
A Day in the Life - An EWB Field Professional experience in Phnom Penh - Part 2By Lachlan Guthrie - originally published on his blog. This is An, he is one of the most fascinating people that I have met in-country. I was just walking down the road one day...
A day in the life of a Field Professional – Part 3.
A Day in the Life - An EWB Field Professional experience in Phnom Penh - Part 2By Lachlan Guthrie - originally published on his blog. This week I will hopefully try to complete the first output of my placement. I will be running a survey with the staff as...
A day in the life of an EWB Field Professional – Part 2.
A Day in the Life - An EWB Field Professional experience in Phnom Penh - Part 2By Lachlan Guthrie - originally published on his blog. The last few weeks have been really exciting, getting really stuck into my work at RainWater Cambodia and heading out to a...
A day in the life of an EWB Field Professional
A Day in the Life - An EWB Field Professional experience in Phnom Penh.By Lachlan Guthrie - originally published on his blog. Recently I have been given an amazing opportunity to represent EWB Australia in Cambodia, working with our long term partner RainWater...
EWB Connect – Creating a pro bono culture in engineering
Leadership at all levels - Creating a pro bono culture in engineeringA meeting of the Community of Practice for Pro Bono Systems.By Sarah Matthee, Former EWB Corporate Coordinator Last week, a group of twenty engineering sector representatives from around...
Creating first year change agents with the EWB Challenge
Using the EWB Challenge to program to create global citizens by introducing them to humanitarian engineering. Imagine you have just finished high school, started first-year university and signed up for the EWB Challenge. Despite the fact you were at school only a...
Lazio Miranda – Introducing a Timor-Leste leader
Lazio Miranda - Introducing a Timor-Leste leader.“I chose engineering, because I wanted to contribute to the infrastructure development of my young country.”Meet Lazio Miranda, a Production Engineer with Community Housing Limited (CHL). CHL is...
Developing Global Citizens – EWB’s Design Summit Program
Developing global citizens and empathic humans - EWB's Design Summit program Public speaking can be a daunting experience, especially if you are talking about some of the worlds' greatest social and environmental challenge and you are speaking to those affected most....