High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW) is a national not-for-profit based in Merced, California. ESW is an umbrella organization with chapters established at twenty-eight colleges and universities located primarily in the United States. ESW chapters work on technical engineering projects that have a focus on sustainability and environmental issues. Projects can be located either in the vicinity of the university or internationally. Chapters are made up of students, and are semi-autonomous.