“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 […]
Read More… from ASU Students Awarded 3 Local and National Awards for Community Engagement Work
The University of Colima, through the General Directorate of Liaison and the Faculty of Biological and Agricultural Sciences, carries out the project called “Honey from Colima, palynological characterization and production alternatives,” which aims at developing a characterization of the pollen and spores that are found in some representative honey of the state, which includes generating […]
Read More… from Universidad de Colima Hosts EPIC-N for Program Event
Located in southern Montana, the City of Bozeman is home to approximately 50,000 people. The Gallatin County seat offers a thriving arts scene, cultural festivals, farmers’ markets, and excellent outdoor recreation in nearby Paradise Valley, Yellowstone National Park, and the Gallatin Mountains. Local officials and residents value a sustainable, equitable, and participatory approach to community planning […]
Calamba is the largest city in the province of Laguna, Philippines. It is the regional center of the Calabarzon Region, and in 2020, it was home to a population of 539,671. The city is part of the province that has been identified as one of the most vulnerable to climate change. Despite the various measures […]
For many years, the City of Apache Junction has had a limited approach when it came to managing residential solid waste. Due to complaints surrounding solid waste issues, Apache Junction determined they must improve current policies to better the quality of life for their growing population and to limit environmental health impacts. Apache Junction sought assistance […]
By: Ada Inman Universiti Sains Malaysia has embraced the vision of becoming a sustainability-led university of world-class standing. The university established the Centre for Global Sustainability Studies (CGSS) to mainstream sustainability. This center is designed to work with all other relevant sections within CGSS, as well as regional and international organizations, national and regional governments, private sector, civil […]
By: Ada Inman In 2021, Chiang Mai Rajabhat University (CMRU) partnered with Chiang Mai City to tackle several environmental issues pertaining to water quality. Chiang Mai was founded in CE 1296 and was built as a walled city surrounded by a moat. Typically, the water circulation around the moat depends on the periodical water release […]
Nadia Voigt da Mata is an Architect and an Urban Planner currently in Angola. She is a Fulbright Alumni who in 2020 graduated with a master’s degree in Urban and Regional Planning in the School of Planning and Public Affairs at the University of Iowa. During graduate school, Nadia concentrated her course studies in transportation planning, which led her to be involved with Keokuk’s city and the “Keokuk Pathways and Green Streets Plan”. Nadia is currently invested in pursuing a doctoral degree, for which she secured a Merit Scholarship from the Angolan Government in September 2021. She hopes to continue learning and conducting research in sustainable transportation planning, and in the future work with communities such as Keokuk. […]
EPIC-N brings international partner to support Community Science projects. By Ada Inman Following the public announcement of their partnership, EPIC-N and the American Geophysical Union’s Thriving Earth Exchange (TEX) engaged one the EPIC Model programs, the University of Wisconsin’s UniverCity Alliance (UCA) to launch a pilot cohort of community science projects in Wisconsin. UCA, TEX, and […]
Do you or your students have creative ideas on how to use data and tools to identify environmental justice issues in communities? Join the EJ Video Challenge for Students! EPA and its co-sponsors, which include EPIC-N, have launched the Environmental Justice (EJ) Video Challenge for Students to enhance communities’ capacity to address environmental inequities. Learn more about the challenge […]
Read More… from Environmental Justice Video Challenge for Students