Posted
January 30, 2025
The Research and Innovation Office has chosen four projects for seed funding under its new Sustainable GeoCommunities initiative, an international program that seeks to leverage geodesign thinking, geospatial technologies, and other research tools to help local communities around the world grow and thrive by meeting UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The funded projects, listed below, include collaborators at universities, tribal nations, and other organizations across the US and internationally.
- Alliance for Waste Equity (AWE): Transforming Waste Management with Sustainable Community-Engaged Solutions: Nida Sajid, Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, CLA
- Community-Based Networks to Improve Water Quality and Security in the Tzalá River and Lake Atitlán Basins, Guatemala: Edgar Arriaga, Department of Chemistry, CSE
- Envisioning a Sustainable Future for Leech Lake: A Geodesign Approach to Community-Led Innovation: Dingliang Yang, School of Architecture, College of Design
- Participatory Planning for Sustainable Landscape Restoration in the Western Himalaya: Forrest Fleischman, Department of Forest Resources, CFANS
