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03 March 2021

29 December 2020

Múltiplos sistemas de conhecimento e ações participativas sobre os efeitos de início lento das mudanças climáticas: recomendações e perspectivas na América Latina e Caribe. Mapa-Gráfico: Canita Ilustradora - https://www.instagram.com/canitailustradora/?hl=pt

CoAdapta Litoral: uma iniciativa voltada para as comunidades costeiras

Published preliminary results from CoAdapta | Litoral about Multiple knowledge systems and participatory actions in slow-onset effects of climate change: insights and perspectives in Latin America and the Caribbean, in collaboration with the (Laboratorio de Ciencia Ciudadana-Ulagos), Laboratorio Interdisciplinar de Informação e Conhecimento - Liinc/Ibict/UFRJ (Brazil) and York University (Canada) for the program Queen Elizabeth Scholars (QES Climate Justice - York University).

Publicada a matéria pelo Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia (Ibict) sobre o projeto CoAdapta | Litoral, liderado pelo investigador Dr. Allan Iwama, com apoio/supervisao de Sarita Albagli (IBICT/PPGCI-UFRJ) e Francisco Ther (Universidad de Los Lagos) e colaboracao dos pesquisadores Francisco Araos (Laboratorio de Ciencia Ciudadana-Ulagos), Ellie Perkins e Patricia Walker (QES Climate Justice - York University).

02 December 2020

25 November 2020

CoAdapta | Litoral - Brazil and Chile Releases Mini-Documentary

Live "Citizen Science and Socio-Environmental Emergency and Disaster Situations" by IBICT

The CoAdapta | Litoral Project team, headed by QES-AS Scholar, Dr. Allan Yu Iwama, released a mini-documentary about the project and its approach. The mini-documentary can be seen in YouTube channel of CoAdapta | Litoral: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSBc3nAWT4OPqR5wGnYllRA

On November 25 - 2020, we had the webinar "QuartaàsQuatro", live promoted weekly by the Brazilian Institute of Information in Science and Technology (Ibict), MCTI's research unit, will have as its theme "Citizen Science and Socio-Environmental Emergency and Disaster Situations". The event will be broadcast live online on the Ibict YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CoLxvSCql8

08 October 2020

Climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic, is it going to change our way of life?

On October 8 - 2020, it was published or article of opinion, discussing the role of the national and international politics plays in the shift towards a low carbon economy [...] and also a role in each of us as citizens that invites us to act in the face of the phenomena that mark this 21st century, such as climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic. See more: http://ceder.ulagos.cl/cambio-climatico-y-pandemia-covid-19-va-a-cambiar-nuestro-modo-de-vivir/

18 June 2020

Covid-19 data platforms. Daily newspaper "El Llanquihue"

03 September 2020

Lauched the e-Book "Educar para a sustentabilidade: visões de presente e futuro" | Educating for sustainability: visions of present and future.

On September 3 - 2020, we had the webinar of the launch of the e-book "Educating for sustainability: visions of the present and the future" (in Portuguese). This book was organized by Edson Grandisoli, Daniele Tubino Pante de Souza, Pedro Roberto Jacobi and Rafael de Araujo Arosa Monteiro. Our chapter in the book is "Participatory mapping as an environmental education tool for sustainability".
Check out the recording of the event: https://youtu.be/g-0gZotaY_w

03 June 2020

QES-AS Latin American Scholars Form Network.

On June 18 - 2020, were published a newspaper opinion about the Covid-19 data platforms. The opinion reflects that citizen movements, social organizations and universities are required to assume an important role in data governance as a central objective in their work, under a transparency approach with open data that involves citizens and puts information and technology at the service of society. See more in Spanish in: http://ceder.ulagos.cl/plataformas-de-datos-sobre-covid-19/

The QES-AS scholars met virtually to identify synergies between their projects and to discuss opportunities to work collaboratively. They talked about a preparation of a policy brief on how climate justice encompasses different themes on: disaster impacts and climate change, mining and water security, ecosystem services and traditional community, marine areas for indigenous community and commons governance from the study with community gardens.

02 May 2020

29 February 2020

"Frena la Curva" project, a smart citizen organization against coronavirus (COVID-19). Image credits: https://www.frenalacurva.cl/

Several citizen science initiatives to support prevention and support for COVID-19: Frena la Curva Chile, Segura a Onda Brasil, COVID-19 Eureka platform, COVID-19 resources, Citizen science and COVID-19 - Australia and Europe, IDE-CL COVID-19, Enfrentemos juntos el COVID-19, Fundamentos de los Datos Abiertos COVID-19, APP Coronovirus del Gobierno de Chile.

A group of 12 kids ranging from the ages 11 to 17 created Learn2Love2Science in your STEM class (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math), with the professor Canita Ilustradora - collaborator in the CoAdapta team - and ISLA Academy Las Terrenas.