LiA Project Outline (part A)

Your full name and University of affiliation

Full name: Meng Sijia 

University: The University of Hong Kong

University contact

Your key contact or supervisor at your University

Full name: Audrey Chung

Department: The Faculty of Science 

Email address: laidlaw@hku.hk

Title of your LiA project

Mexico City: Climate Change and its social impact

The organisation/charity you are working with

Make Sense americas

Organisation/charity contact

Your key contact (supervisor) at the organisation/charity

Full name: Triana Gil Medina

Email address: triana@makesense.org

The need or cause you are supporting

What is the specific problem, cause or opportunity you are exploring?

With more than 20 million people living in Mexico City, the negative impact of climate change can be seen not only on water and energy security or air quality. The basic social fabric of this city is constantly changing due to climate change. Join the Mexico experience to tackle climate change through a social development perspective.

Goal

What is the big-picture idea/vision and desired outcome of what your LiA project is trying to achieve in order to address the need or problem above?

Call more people’s attentions to climate change and try to improve its negative impacts 

Objectives

These represent how you will achieve your goal. Write down three to five SMART objectives outlining how you will achieve the overall goal.

1. Co-construct the working plan with Huerto Roma Verde
2. Build a concrete solution to address socio-economic problems in Mexico City
3. Guide a team of volunteers to execute the project activities 

List any challenges, barriers or risks to achieving your objectives

1. Lack of substantial local background knowledge 
2. Can’t speak Spanish
3. Cultural differences 

Ideas to overcome barriers or challenges

1. Work closely with the volunteers in Mexico with more interactions
2. Get to know more about Mexico City and its climate challenges via books, Internet, documentaries, etc.
3. Communicate with scholars from different backgrounds 

Milestones per week

What are the significant activities/objectives of the LiA project outlined by week? Please provide dates.

1. Week1 Inspiration week  

Design Thinking training  Special speakers  Cultural activities  Welcome party

2. Week 2 Inspiration week

Design Thinking training  Volunteering strategy design  Working plan

3. Week 3 Ideate and prototype your solution 

Volunteers engagement training  

4. Week 4 Testing your solution 

Project building  Work with volunteers

5. Week 5 React!

Run your project with volunteers

6. Week 6 React & close!

Run your project with volunteers  Program wrap-up