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The Colorado-Brazil Program on Sustainable Development Education
...rights of those who live in and off of the forests — rights to develop the area, lift oneself out of poverty, make a living or preserve one’s culture. In...
Sustainable Development in Brazil’s Forests: Education and Exchange
...avoiding the business-as-usual trends of deforestation, fires, biodiversity loss, poverty and inequality. For Amazonas and Bahia to be successful, they need to a) train a cohort of skilled, motivated and...
Centaurus Students Take Their Causes to the Street Public Achievement Students to Host Trail Cleanup and Outreach Event
... Not only are they hosting an event to examine poverty in the local community, but they have also committed to support their classmates, who are directly affected by poverty, through...
INVST Students Experience Community Leadership in Detroit
...rate at 28.9 percent according to ABC news (March 2012) and one-third of Detroit's people living below the poverty line, including 47.8 percent of children who live in poverty, ever...
Not-your-average Writing Conference Invites Community Participation
...DeepThink Tank, you ask? These are interactive sessions organized around the themes of community literacy, poverty, homelessness and prisons and resilient communities.They will be run by scholars and community leaders....
Mobile Home Park Organizing Guidebook
This easy-to-use guidebook is designed for Colorado mobile homeowners who want to organize within their community. The Guidebook provides step-by-step suggestions for bringing community members together so that they can...
CU-Boulder Professor Helps Empower Women World Wide
...they are likely to encounter. After creating this workshop, Professor Osnes began piloting applications of this work to clean-energy development for women living in poverty. She has conducted research in...
‘Schools of Opportunity’ Project Announces First Honorees, Including Seven Colorado High Schools
...gaps facing the nation’s children arise from poverty, racism and other societal ills much more than from anything taking place in schools. But schools are nonetheless important, and they can...
BVSD Students Tackle Social Issues through Service, Project Unveiling Scheduled for April 28
...to raise awareness about the prevalence of poverty and generate continued support for a resource center that they established at Centaurus for their peers in need. “Over the three...
New Report Charts Colorado’s Vulnerability to Climate Change
...the public health sector, Colorado may see more incidents of infectious diseases, the report notes, and the elderly and people living in poverty are especially vulnerable. Climate change impacts on...