ECOPA Intersections for Sustainable Living
Connecting human needs with human skills for sustainable community transformation
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a network of pragmatically passionate people committed to sustainable communities
ECOPA is a diverse network of graduate students, researchers and educators, policymakers, social entrepreneurs, sustainable farmers and fishermen, landscape architects and urban planners, diplomats, and peace and poverty alleviation advocates - collaborating to support the integrated development strategies of our grassroots partner communities.
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Public Spaces
This initiative is ECOPA's first-ever collaborative endeavor among community members, landscape architects, urban design graduate students, and professors from the Universities of Washington - Seattle and Buenos Aires to rehabilitate and redesign communities for locally-empowered economic development, environmental stewardship and social cohesiveness.
Learn MoreFarmer Exchange
This initiative focuses on developing small-scale farmer-to-farmer exchanges to connect the experience and best practices of U.S. and Salvadoran farmers to address their shared challenges. Along with the Ministry of Agriculture and the Organic Agriculture Movement of El Salvador, these dialogues aim to build resilient and food sovereign communities in the rural Lower Lempa region.
Learn MoreClean Fishing
This initiative brings together community leaders and fisherfolk, Salvadoran and U.S. marine scientists and experts, academic researchers, social entrepreneurs and government officials to evaluate and strengthen scientific, environmental and commercial viability of the sustainable fishing model in the biodiverse and fragile Bay of Jiquilisco coastal area.
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WHERE WE WORK
supporting local communities in El Salvador and beyond
Nuestro trabajo programático tiene una duración de varios años y responde a las necesidades específicas de nuestras organizaciones en la región rural del Bajo Lempa del Departamento de Usulután y la bahía de Jiquilisco, en El Salvador: humedales de importancia internacional en el marco de la Convención de Ramsar y una reserva de la biosfera protegida designada por la UNESCO. Nuestra visión es expandir dicha labor en El Salvador, con la intención de reproducirla y adaptarla a países como Argentina, Colombia y México.Featured Blog Posts
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Becoming ECOPA
While serving as Assistant Dean in the former Graduate School of International Studies (GSIPS) at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies (MIIS), I had the honor of reporting to Dr. Edward Laurance, who at the time was the Dean of GSIPS. With a new Fall semester just around the corner there was a slight sense of panic in the air...
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Founder's Welcome
ECOPA: Intersections for Sustainable Living, whose website we are delighted to launch here, has been many years in the making. Both the website and ECOPA as an organization are the creative handiwork of a group of talented and committed people, for whom my gratitude and appreciation are unsparing...
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Measuring Our Success
As the newly-appointed Dean of the Graduate School of International Policy Studies at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, I came to the job with many ideas regarding moving GSIPS forward - especially in the area of immersive learning utilizing skills in actual development projects...
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Becoming ECOPA
While serving as Assistant Dean in the former Graduate School of International Studies (GSIPS) at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies (MIIS), I had the honor of reporting to Dr. Edward Laurance, who at the time was the Dean of GSIPS. With a new Fall semester just around the corner there was a slight sense of panic in the air...
Read More »
Measuring Our Success
As the newly-appointed Dean of the Graduate School of International Policy Studies at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, I came to the job with many ideas regarding moving GSIPS forward - especially in the area of immersive learning utilizing skills in actual development projects...
Read More »
Founder's Welcome
ECOPA: Intersections for Sustainable Living, whose website we are delighted to launch here, has been many years in the making. Both the website and ECOPA as an organization are the creative handiwork of a group of talented and committed people, for whom my gratitude and appreciation are unsparing...
Read More »
Becoming ECOPA
While serving as Assistant Dean in the former Graduate School of International Studies (GSIPS) at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies (MIIS), I had the honor of reporting to Dr. Edward Laurance, who at the time was the Dean of GSIPS. With a new Fall semester just around the corner there was a slight sense of panic in the air...
Read More »
Founder's Welcome
ECOPA: Intersections for Sustainable Living, whose website we are delighted to launch here, has been many years in the making. Both the website and ECOPA as an organization are the creative handiwork of a group of talented and committed people, for whom my gratitude and appreciation are unsparing...
Read More »
Measuring Our Success
As the newly-appointed Dean of the Graduate School of International Policy Studies at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, I came to the job with many ideas regarding moving GSIPS forward - especially in the area of immersive learning utilizing skills in actual development projects...
Read More »