10th Americas Regional Meeting

10th Americas RCE Meeting 2021

5-7 October, 2021, virtual/online

(Photo credit: Dr. Heather McCarty)

The 10th Americas RCE Regional Meeting was held online, from 5-7 October, 2021 (rescheduled)hosted by RCE Salisbury under the theme 'Creating an Ongoing Learning Space for Sustainable Development in the Americas.'

This meeting provided a regional platform to discuss and review the governance issues for the region via the RCEs of the Americas Steering Committee, as well as share and collaborate on activities that reinforce the role that education plays in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals within the Americas. To meet this objective, the following task forces were designed to share information and coordinate RCE activities within the region:

  • People – SDGs 1, 5, 10, 16
  • Planet – SDGs 6, 13, 14, 15
  • Education and Well Being – SDGs 2, 3, 4
  • Sustainable Cities and Prosperity – SDGs 7, 8, 9, 11, 12
A report prepared by RCE Salisbury is available here.
 
The Global RCE Service Centre would like to thank the team at RCE Salisbury for their wonderful efforts and organisation in making the 10th Americas Regional Meeting a success, and to all participants for their active participation and contributions.

DETAILS

Dates
5-7 October, 2021

Theme
Creating an Ongoing Learning Space for Sustainable Development in the Americas

Location 
Online

Programme
Programme
 
Contact
Dr. Brittany Foutz, RCE Co-Director, RCE Salisbury (blfoutz@salisbury.edu). 

Presentations:

DAY ONE: 5 OCTOBER, 2021

Presentation Presenter/s
Indigenous Peacemaking Initiative: Rebuilding Nations Brett Lee Shelton, Oglala Sioux Tribe, Native American Rights Fund
Introduction and Updates from the Global RCE Service Centre Dr. Philip Vaughter, Research Fellow and Lecturer in Sustainability Science, United
Nations University
RCE Greater Phoenix Molly Cashion, Program Manager of the Sustainability Teachers’ Academy and Acting Director of Engagement, RCE Greater Phoenix
RCE Peel Sabbir Saiyed, Manager, Transportation System Planning at Region of Peel
Steering Committee Review of Governance Diego Adamson, Director, RCE Cuenca del Plata
An Intro. of the RCE Americas Task Force on Education Dr. Brittany Foutz and Task Force Members
RCE Americas: Planet Task Force Jody Dengler (RCE Salisbury)
Lin Harmon-Walker (RCE Portland and candidate RCE Washington, DC)
Tom Hudspeth (RCE Greater Burlington)
Nancy Merlo (RCE Puerto Rico)
Brandon Morton (RCE North Texas)
Chris Nytch (RCE Puerto Rico)

 

DAY TWO: 6 OCTOBER, 2021

Presentation Presenter/s
RCE Americas Regional Advisor Update Dr. Roger Petry, Regional Advisor for RCE Americas
Experiences with the RCE Americas Youth Network Oriana Silva, The Sustainable Age President
RCE Americas Communications Support Committee Diego Adamson, Maira Ruggi, Ilan Bass, Oriana Silva, Brittany Foutz
The Monarch Ultra

Carlotta James, Cofounder, The Monarch Ultra
Jacob Rodenburg, Executive Director, Camp Kawartha
RCE Peterborough-Kawartha- Haliburton

Preparing Teachers for Social Entrepreneurship Paulo Alcantara Gomes, Academic Director, Faculdade Cesgranrio
Clarisse Olivieri de Lima, Academic Coordinator, Faculdade Cesgranrio
RCE Rio de Janeiro
A Cross-Cultural, Participatory Approach for Measuring and Cultivating Resilience on Small and Medium Farms

Walter Poleman, Co-Coordinator, RCE Greater Burlington, Senior Lecturer, Director of Ecological Planning Program, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, The University of Vermont
Christopher Nytch, RCE Coordinator, RCE Puerto Rico and Fundación Amigos de El Yunque

RCE British Columbia update David Zandvliet, Professor, Simon Fraser University - Director, Institute for Environmental
Learning, RCE British Columbia
The Solar Ambassador Project – Making Brighter Futures for All  Pamela Martin, Professor of Politics/ Exec. Director, Coastal Carolina University, RCE Georgetown
Michael Lowery, Undergraduate double major of Sustainability and Coastal Resilience and Sustainability and Coastal Resilience and a minor in Political Science
Hannah Bennett, Undergraduate student with a major in Political Science and a minor in Marketing, Treasurer of the Sierra Club, and Co-Lead of the Solar Ambassador Team
Examining a Network of Food Resources to Address Food Insecurity Anthony P. Setari, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Educational Research Methods, Coordinator of Ph.D. in Education, Dept. of Education Policy, Research, and Evaluation, Spadoni College
of Education, Coastal Carolina University
Michelle Dzurenda, Graduate Coordinator, RCE Georgetown and Ph.D. Candidate, Educational Leadership
RCE Georgetown
Essay Contest: Seven Knowledges of Education for the Future and Intercultural Knowledge in times of COVID-19. Towards metamorphosis of consciousness for sustainability Instituto Peruano del Pensamiento Complejo Edgar Morin - IPCEM (RCE Lima-Callao
coordinator), Universidad Ricardo Palma (Lima-Peru)
Teresa Salinas, RCE Lima-Callao Excecutive Director, Universidad Ricardo Palma
Magaly Tejada, RCE Lima-Callao Member, Universidad Ricardo Palma
Javier Carbajal, RCE Lima-Callao Member, Universidad Ricardo Palma
Strategies to Mitigate Climate Change: Impact in food security Instituto Peruano del Pensamiento Complejo Edgar Morin - IPCEM (RCE Lima-Callao coordinator), Universidad Ricardo Palma (Lima-Peru)
Teresa Salinas, RCE Lima-Callao Excecutive Director, Universidad Ricardo Palma
Magaly Tejada, RCE Lima-Callao Member, Universidad Ricardo Palma
Javier Carbajal, RCE Lima-Callao Member, Universidad Ricardo Palma
Sustainability Merit Badge for Scouts - Promoviendo la educación para el desarrollo sostenible en Puerto Rico a través de la Insignia de Mérito de Sustentabilidad para los Scouts BSA Coral Avilés-Santiago (San Juan Bay Estuary Program)
RCE Puerto Rico
BLISS Business Leaders Impacting Sustainability in Saskatchewan Aura Lee MacPherson, CEO, MacPherson Engineering Inc. and Embodied Systems, RCE Saskatchewan
Roxane Wagner, Chair, BLISS
Hannin Creek Education and Applied Research Centre (HCEARC) Deanna Herman, Academic Chair, Sciences, Natural Resources and Co-op Education, Saskatchewan Polytechnic, RCE Saskatchewan
Global Conservationist's Saskatchewan Roots Julia Adamson, Chair, Friends of the Saskatoon Afforestation Areas, Inc

 

DAY THREE: 7 OCTOBER, 2021

Presentation Presenter/s
Unpacking the ESD for 2030 Toolbox Kim Smith, Sociology Instructor, Portland Community College -
Founding Director, RCE Greater Portland
Water Sustainability in RCE Grand Rapids, Michigan Gayle DeBryun, M.M., IIDA, LEEP-AP, Leadership Team, RCE Grand Rapids, Professor of
Design Studies, Kendall College of Art and Design
Carrie Rivette, P.E., Stormwater Superintendent, City of Grand Rapids
The Trust Network (thetrustnetwork.net) Joseph Bock, Director of the School of Conflict Management, Peacebuilding and Development at Kennesaw State University
RCE Greater Atlanta
Virtual Exchange to Tackle Wicked Problems: Latin American and European Collaboration on Education for Sustainable Development - VAMOS_Erasmus+“ (2021-22) Patricia Peralta, Ph.D. in Landscape Ecology by the University of Nottingham, U.K. and Communications coordinator of VAMOS_Erasmus+ Project
Eloy Casagrande, Coordenador do Escritório Verde da UTFPR, Campus Curitiba, Professor do DACOC / PPGTE, Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná
RCE Guatemala Update Eduardo Sacayon Manzo, RCE Guatemala Director, University of San Carlos of Guatemala
Nitrogen Footprint Tracking: From University to Community Jim Yoder, Director for the Biology, Chemistry and Environmental Science programs,
Eastern Mennonite University, RCE Shenandoah Valley
Nature-based Solutions to Climate Change Thomas Hudspeth, UVM Environmental Program & RSENR, GBSEN, RCE Greater Burlington
How to Reach Sustainable Lifestyles Kenneth Ochoa, Head of the Environmental Engineering Department, El Bosque University, RCE Bogota
Cooperative Learning Network for ESD, and the Portland Youth Climate Summit

Jonathan Ostar, Executive Director, GPSEN
Serena Dressel, Vice-President, GPSEN
RCE Greater Portland

Conflict Prevention and Creative Problem Solving RCE Salisbury

 

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