Scholarships for 20 sustainability young leaders

Dear Family/Donors,

This is our Twenty-Second Report, and you may be wondering: the topics are always the same, new classes, new scholarship holders, classes and fieldwork. Isn't there anything else?

It may seem like little news, but if we draw your attention to the fact that our school has been operating for over 25 years and our graduate courses for over 15 years, you can see that there is a lot happening, but in a continuous flow, with students coming and going, as the learning and impacts generated are like a snowball, which, rolling without barriers, becomes bigger and bigger.

Our school has achieved its objectives of providing training in the area of biodiversity conservation and sustainability throughout all these years, with the goal of generating social and environmental impacts for more desirable futures regionally and globally. We just need to keep going, continuously.

Our two new scholarship recipients are almost finishing their master's degree courses and will be entering the development phase of their final projects. They are already developing their ideas, which we will share here:

Alejandra, the rural producer, wants to develop a study on a profile that is increasingly common in rural areas in Brazil: the neo-rural. These are people who have left the cities because they want a more sustainable lifestyle and are seeking rural areas. However, they need to learn a new profession and have difficulty understanding both the technical aspects and the opportunities and incentives that exist for rural production. Since Alejandra is a neo-rural herself, she will study this topic.

Alessandra, our young biologist, is unsure whether to develop a study on opportunities for territorial development linked to the existence of conservation units or on ecotourism in the region where she works. Either topic is important and will provide her with a lot of learning.

This phase of defining the study topic is very enriching and challenging for students, and it is where teachers can help them think about studies and actions that will have a future impact on the professional actions of our students. This is what defines a school that produces knowledge for application and social inclusion.

 Stay tuned, in our next contacts we will bring you more news about our students and our results. Remember, with Quality, Care and Continuation.

Thank you so much for giving us the opportunity to continuously produce Knowledge and Social and Environmental Transformation.

Please, write me if you have any questions or wish more information.

ipe.cristi.martins@gmail.com

All the Best

Cristiana

Links:

• Our School website