1. Introduction

In WM0939 ‘Engineering for sustainable development’ a group of master students of different disciplines strive to make Texel more sustainable with system design. In nine groups, each groups analyses how a specific sub-system can become more sustainable. These sub-systems are tested on Texel through field research from 12 January to 16 January 2015. In this week, subsystems are combined to have one coherent design that makes Texel more self-supportive and sustainable.