EVENTS

GRULAC Junior annual meeting

Dates: May 2 – 6, 2022
Modality: Virtual

Each year youth from across Latin America and the Caribbean come together to discuss the biggest challenges in their region. The end result is a proposal that is shared with governmental and regional leaders of all levels. The hope is that the voices of our youth will be considered in future decision-making.

This year, there will be both virtual and in-person opportunities and we will be joined by Dr. Olaf Kulke who will share his climate visualization and human geography project, Our People Our Climate. There will also be hands-on work shops and activities.

Comissions 2022:

  • Land use and care
  • Rivers, oceans, and coasts
  • Environmental policies and international relations Sustainable cities
  • Responsible production and consumption Biodiversity at risk
  • Gender: a new development proposal
  • Jaguars: Grulac junior junior
  • Crisis: feasible situations of environmental impact

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Eco-innovation as a path to Sustainable Development

Speaker: Dr. Balakrisha Pisupati, United Nations Environment Program
Date: May 7, 10:00 a.m.
Modality: Virtual

Dr. Balakrishna Pisupati is an internationally renowned conservation and development specialist and Chief of Biodiver sity, Land Law and Governance programs at United Nations Environment Program (UNEP). He advises countries on conservation and development policy and serves as an advisor to international bodies.
Can business solutions and entrepreneurial ideas be used for tackling environmental challenges? Can we implement a new vision and policies that both encourage innovation and reduce negative environmental impacts? What is the circular economy? What are the environmental indicators we should be considering as we develop new ideas?

This talk is presented in conjunction with the Cerebro Creativo series of events, all to support the Global Call for Creative Ideas.

Special guests will include this year’s GRULAC Junior presidents who will present their proposals to UNEP.

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Global Call for Creative Ideas

Dates: Jan. 22 – May 31
Modality: Virtual

The world needs fresh and innovative ideas!

Tell us what you think is the biggest problem facing humanity. Is it poverty, hunger, climate change, wellbeing, and mental health? You tell us!

Use your imagination and creativity to share your new, bold, and potentially disruptive solution for it. To help you with your process, we have created the Cerebro Creativo series of talks, an initiative of Colegio Hacienda Los AlcapẨ arros. Each talk in the series will help you develop your idea, so don’t miss out! Join us live so you can ask questions of the world’s creativity experts.

We hope you feel inspired to participate. For those in the education field, we ask you to think about what you see as the big problem in education and how we can fix it.

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