The NUS Residential Colleges Teaching Excellence Committee (RCTEC) awarded the Residential Colleges Teaching Excellence Award (Team) to the GEQ1917 Teaching Team, in recognition of the team’s excellence in teaching and learning over the past several years. The GEQ1917 team (comprising of Prof. Adekunle Adeyeye, Dr. Chua Siew Chin, Dr. Corinne Ong, Dr. Florence Ng, Mr. Lim Cheng Puay, Mr. N. Sivasothi, Ms. Sadaf Ansari and Ms. Wong Kah Wei) were presented with the award during a ceremony held on 06 January 2022 at the University Town, to celebrate the contributions and successes of the award winners.

GEQ1917 Understanding and Critiquing Sustainability was an essential year-long module for RVRC Year One students from AY 2014/15 - 2020/21, with an emphasis on the RVRC mission to encourage students to care about environmental sustainability. The module invited students to embark on a journey of exploring sustainability issues, ranging from global environmental change, resource crises, the demands of the built environment as well as the sustainability of our lifestyles. Students were required to apply critical enquiry skills when they examined these issues during tutorials and small group discussions. The module culminated annually with the 'Action for Sustainability Symposium' featuring student projects that addressed local sustainability problems in Singapore, and engaged other educators, industry partners, and government agencies to achieve an impact beyond the RVRC community.