In a Mapuche neighborhood on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, artisans are trading traditional adobe bricks for experimental eco-friendly alternatives. In a canyon that straddles the U.S.–Mexico border, families are planting vegetation to stem polluted runoff. And in Panama’s Parita Bay, grassroots leaders are defending wetlands that shelter thousands of migratory shorebirds. These are just […]
The IAI Transdisciplinary Academy, in collaboration with the EPIC Network, is pleased to announce the funding of five projects under the program “Catalyzing Unconventional Collaborations in the Global South for Urban Ecosystem-Based Adaptation (EbA).” The initiative applies a transdisciplinary approach and the EPIC Model (University–Community Partnerships) to address key barriers to implementing EbA in the […]
The 2025 EPIC-Network Conference, held in partnership with the Sustainability Research and Innovation Congress, took place in Chicago, Illinois from June 16th to the 19th. We’re thrilled to share that the event was a tremendous success- filled with energy, insight, and momentum for the future of sustainability and community engagement. Over four days, attendees from […]
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By: Jonathan Kroeze During the EPIC-Africa Learning Event at the University of Pretoria in February 2025, EPIC-N facilitated a number of interviews with our members to highlight their experience implementing the EPIC Model, along with their successes, challenges, and lessons learned. You can read the the previous interviews here. Our fifth interview is with Xolani […]
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By: Jonathan Kroeze During the EPIC-Africa Learning Event at the University of Pretoria in February 2025, EPIC-N facilitated a number of interviews with our members to highlight their experience implementing the EPIC Model, along with their successes, challenges, and lessons learned. You can read the first interview here, the second interview here, and our third interview […]
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By: Jonathan Kroeze During the EPIC-Africa Learning Event at the University of Pretoria in February 2025, EPIC-N facilitated a number of interviews with our members to highlight their experience implementing the EPIC Model, along with their successes, challenges, and lessons learned. You can read the first interview here and the second interview here. Our third […]
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By: Jonathan Kroeze During the EPIC-Africa Learning Event at the University of Pretoria in February 2025, EPIC-N facilitated a number of interviews with our members to highlight their experience implementing the EPIC Model, along with their successes, challenges, and lessons learned. You can read the first interview here. Our second interview is with Anthony Tengbeh, […]
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By: Jonathan Kroeze During the EPIC-Africa Learning Event at the University of Pretoria in February 2025, EPIC-N facilitated a number of interviews with our members to highlight their experience implementing the EPIC Model, along with their successes, challenges, and lessons learned. Our first interview is with Andrew Gilbert Were, Doctor of Urban and Regional Planning […]
The EPIC Africa Learning Meeting was an immersive two-day event held on February 13–14, 2025, at the Future Africa Campus of the University of Pretoria, South Africa. This event served as a key initiative of the EPIC Africa Network. The EPIC‑N framework leverages participatory approaches to connect universities, local authorities, and communities in addressing urban […]
“Students connected to ASU’s Master of Urban and Environmental Planning (MUEP) program are the recipients of three local and national awards for their socially embedded projects, with the two most recent honors awarded Thursday. The projects were part of the students’ capstone experience in the program, Planning Workshop. “By assessing each situation and considering planning […]
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