Sara Chandru, a 7th grade student at Stratford Milpitas Middle School, recently competed in the Northern California Regionals for the Future City Competition in San Jose. The students’ challenge was creating a floating city and developing two key solutions to ensure the health and safety of citizens.
Her team’s city, dubbed “LilyWai,” generates half its energy from the surrounding ocean. They were awarded “Best Integration of Equity Using Nature-Powered Solutions.”
Speaking on how her team tackled the project, Chandru explains, “We started by concentrating on key aspects of a city such as infrastructure, housing, zoning, transportation, etc. We distributed certain parts to specific team members, who were each asked to think of creative, sustainable solutions to each of these problems.”
Describing the competition as “quite the adventure,” Chandru says, “The biggest win for me was being able to see other teams, their projects, and understanding their thought process.”
