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 […]
Biggest Sustainability Science Event Teams Up with One of the World’s Leading Sustainability Congresses in 2024 Amid the escalating climate crisis and growing social challenges, the need for innovative and collaborative approaches to sustainability has never been more urgent. Recognizing this imperative, the Urban Futures and Policy Research Unit of Thammasat University, as the host […]
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A host of EPIC-Africa project partners headed to Durban, South Africa to attend the Sustainability Research and Innovation (SRI) Conference African Satellite event from May 21-24, 2024. The conference was partly sponsored by the South African National Research Foundation and focused on various sustainability initiatives throughout Africa. The EPIC partners attended sessions focusing on climate […]
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