10th Americas Regional Meeting
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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
Programme
Contact
Dr. Brittany Foutz, RCE Co-Director, RCE Salisbury (blfoutz@salisbury.edu).
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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Conflict Prevention and Creative Problem Solving | RCE Salisbury |
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