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Engaged Curriculum Grants

Sustainable Development and Community Participation in Ecuador

Building a new interdisciplinary summer program for undergraduates

In this project, Cornell’s Latin American Studies Program is combining classroom learning, internship experiences and community-engaged learning opportunities in Ecuador. The program addresses the political economy and environmental science behind sustainable development, while encouraging students to critically examine the ethics of development in a region of extraordinary bioecological and cultural diversity. In one community-engaged learning experience, students are working with Amazonian indigenous communities and learning about their efforts to promote development that is environmentally sustainable and responsive to local needs.

The Team

  • Kenneth Roberts, Latin American Studies Program, Department of Government

    College of Arts and Sciences

  • Jim Lassoie, Department of Natural Resources

    College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

  • Gustavo Flores-Macias, Department of Government

    College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

  • Community partner:  Corporacion Pro-Ideas
  • Project ATPA (Agenda of Transforming Production of the Amazon)

Engaged Curriculum Grants

Funding teams that are integrating community-engaged learning into new and existing curricula.

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