By Ada Inman The United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Research and Development and EPIC-N have entered the third year of their partnership! The partnership formally began in July 2020, and this year will continue: The partnership also launched a new webinar series focused on resilience. The webinar series is on a […]
Brown County State Park in Indiana has some of the best hiking and trails around here. And although I’m not into it, the mountain biking in the part is first rate. If applicable, briefly describe your first interaction with a school-community project and the impact it had on you. I saw the strength of community/university […]
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Dr. Susanne M Wagner Associate Professor, GermanDirector, German and International Engineering ProgramsUniversity of St. Thomas smwagner@stthomas.edu Favorite thing about your community Many German cultural activities offered by the GAI. If applicable, briefly describe your first interaction with a school-community project and the impact it had on you. While in 8th grade, back in […]
By: Ada Inman The Partnership for Action Learning in Sustainability (PALS) Program at the University of Maryland, College Park presented on their EPIC-Model partnerships and projects as part of the EPIC-N and US EPA Resilience Webinar Series. The PALS program is a campus-wide initiative that harnesses the expertise of UMD faculty and the energy and […]
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Lauren Belle Sustainability Specialist at M-NCPPC Department of Parks and Recreation Lauren.Belle@pgparks.comLauren Belle’s LinkedIn Favorite Place My favorite place in my local community is Patuxent River Park which is part of the Park System I work for. It a stunningly beautiful 7,800 acre park that protects the land’s natural resources and preserves the view shed […]
Kristin Mroz GreenStep Cities and Tribal Nations Coordinator kristin.mroz-risse@state.mn.usKristin Mroz’s LinkedInGreenStep Cities Twitter (Photo credit – Tom Reiter) Favorite Place The William H. Houlton Conservation Area in Elk River will always be a favorite place of mine. I had the opportunity to help plan and support the transformation from a agricultural field to a native […]
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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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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. […]
Shelley Oltmans is an Industry Specialist with Iowa State University Extension and Outreach in the department of Community and Economic Development. In this position she also serves as the Executive Director of the Keokuk Area Chamber of Commerce. She is a proud alumna of Iowa State University, where she received a Master in Community and Regional Planning and Master of Science in Sustainable Agriculture. In her Industry Specialist position, she teaches community leadership and facilitates local and regional planning efforts with nonprofits and local governments. Her strengths are partnering with government entities and nonprofits to collaborate in providing educational and economic development opportunities. As the director of the Chamber of Commerce she is highly involved in catalyzing reinvestment in housing and the built environment. […]