By: Ada Inman The EPIC-Network has launched a new LinkedIn Community group! This LinkedIn group provides connections to individuals with current or previous involvement in an EPIC-Network program. EPIC-N encourages any student, staff, faculty, community leader, city leader, funder, partner, etc. to join. EPIC-N Staff will share important updates, resources, news stories, and more within […]
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By: Ada Inman The COMPasso Program, housed at the Federal University of Minas Gerais, is the premier EPIC Model Program in South America. COMPasso engages the university community, municipalities’ staff, non-profit agencies and communities vulnerable to effects of local climate change in planning participatory processes for improving urban sustainability, environmental education and actions for local […]
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Learning from past efforts, EPIC-N introduces the EPIC Model to over 300 university and local government leaders throughout Latin America and the Caribbean Since 2017, EPIC-N documented three EPIC Model programs operating in Latin America (The Sage Project, SAGE Cimarrón, and COMpasso). Other than supporting these three organizations little institutional support was directed toward this […]
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Maria Ines CarabajalEPIC-LAC Cono Sur Consultant micarabajal@gmail.comMaria Ines’ LinkedIn Favorite Place My favorite place is the local fair called “From Producers to Consumers”, which takes place twice a month at the Agronomy Faculty in Buenos Aires city. In this place, you can buy agroecological and healthy fruits and vegetables directly from the producers and […]
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Andrea ChavezEPIC-LAC Andes/Amazonia Consultant andreabirgitchavez@gmail.com Favorite Place Community-centered and farmer-driven farmer’s market and local community parks. If applicable, briefly describe your first interaction with a school-community project and the impact it had on you. During 2013 and 2015, I was co-director of the project “Building Conservation Capacity in a Changing Amazonia” in Pucallpa, Peru. The […]
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By: Ada Inman With the 2022 EPIC-Network Conference fast approaching, it is important for members to know the variety of resources offered to them through their EPIC-N Membership. We’ve highlighted a few resources below, but if you’re interested in viewing the full list of member resources, you can view the EPIC-N Resource Pages found in […]
By: Ada Inman The Centre for Global Sustainability Studies (CGSS) at the Universiti Sains Malaysia partnered with the community of Balik Pulau in 2021 with the goals of helping the community to establish a waste management programme that suits the community well, training the community on best practices of waste management toward zero waste, and […]
By: Ada Inman and Marshall Curry This past year, EPIC-Asia programs selected as seed grant recipients from the virtual 2021 EPIC-Asia Workshop, worked tirelessly against the odds to launch EPIC Model programs. With the support of EPIC-Asia Coordinator, Dr. Nuttavikhom Kay Phanthuwongpakdee, these Asia program leaders recently published Program Stories. The stories summarize their individual […]
Sunday, June 12 through Wednesday, June 15Updated: April 14, 2022 at 10:44 AM CT EPIC-N is excited to announce that the 2022 EPIC-Network Conference will be held virtually from June 12 to June 15. This free, virtual conference will highlight EPIC-N programs throughout Africa, the United States, Latin America, and Asia. Stay tuned for more […]
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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. […]