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The interest in sustainability has transcended beyond environmental studies to several disciplines, and ICT educators have been at the forefront of integrating the teaching of sustainability awareness and demonstrating practical competencies into computer science and software engineering curricula. However, empowering students in this field requires adequate hands-on to help them understand, adopt and consider the implementation of sustainable practices throughout the lifecycle of their developed solutions or tools. This paper describes the application of the Sustainability Awareness Framework (SusAF) in two Master level degree courses (1) Running a Software Project and (2) Requirement Engineering. We reported lessons learned and students’ recommendations to improve SusAF as a sustainability awareness framework. Our findings reveal a promising step towards empowering future software engineers to build sustainable software systems and taking ownership of their role in achieving a sustainable society. The outcome of this application could help in teaching sustainability in other related courses and for further improvement.