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SustainEDU: Empowering Ecuador's Campuses for a Greener Tomorrow
- Universidad San Francisco de Quito (Pichincha)
This session will contribute to HEIs and campus sustainability professionals in settings where formal sustainability planning and institutional frameworks are nascent, providing insights on how to foster sustainability networking, leverage ...
- Posted Feb. 21, 2024
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Sustainability Week at USFQ
- Universidad San Francisco de Quito (Pichincha)
In honor of Earth Day, Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ) hosted the first Sustainability Week from April 17 to 21, with various activities carried out for the institution and ...
- Posted May 22, 2023
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Hemispheric University Consortium Campus Sustainability Initiative
- University of Miami (FL)
- Universidad San Francisco de Quito (Pichincha)
We will present data gathered from the working groups experience in applying STARS in their respective campus. Real life pictures and short testimonials will give a taste to the audience ...
- Posted May 17, 2023
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Sustainability Reporting in HEIs in Latin America: Lessons Learned From the Equator
- Universidad San Francisco de Quito (Pichincha)
Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) have become actively engaged in assessing, addressing and implementing practices to drive sustainability solutions within the academic and research communities and with external stakeholders. Sustainability research ...
- Posted May 17, 2023
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Masters in Public Health
- Universidad San Francisco de Quito (Pichincha)
The Masters in Public Health of the Universidad San Francisco de Quito seeks to contribute to improve the health conditions of diverse population groups in the country, through the implementation ...
- Posted June 13, 2022
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Masters in Environmental Management
- Universidad San Francisco de Quito (Pichincha)
This professional master's degree is based on an integral approach to environmental management, based on four axes: Biophysical Environment, Human Environment, Environmental Management, and Institutional Environment. In this inter ...
- Posted June 13, 2022
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Master in Tropical Ecology and Conservation
- Universidad San Francisco de Quito (Pichincha)
The objective of this master's degree is to train professionals who contribute to the understanding of the ecological processes that regulate tropical populations, communities and ecosystems in an evolutionary ...
- Posted June 13, 2022
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Specialization in Environmental Law, Sustainability and Natural Resources
- Universidad San Francisco de Quito (Pichincha)
The sub-specialization in Environmental Law, Sustainability and Natural Resources is intended for law students and those related to environmental issues, providing a broad vision of the regulatory and institutional framework ...
- Posted June 13, 2022
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Smart Campus Group
- Universidad San Francisco de Quito (Pichincha)
In 2020 through the creation of the Smart Campus Group an initial fund was enabled through the Dean of Research to sponsor campus sustainability projects. The projects where proposed by ...
- Posted Jan. 13, 2022
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Minor en Turismo Sustentable (Sustainable Tourism Minor)
- Universidad San Francisco de Quito (Pichincha)
El turismo sustentable, según el PNUMA y la OMT, toma en cuenta las repercusiones actuales y futuras en temas económicos, sociales y medioambientales para satisfacer las necesidades de los visitantes ...
- Posted Sept. 30, 2019
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Subespecialización en Gestión Ambiental (Environmental Management minor)
- Universidad San Francisco de Quito (Pichincha)
La subespecialización en Gestión Ambiental responde a la creciente demanda de estudiantes de las áreas de administración, comunicación, arquitectura, ciencias sociales e ingeniería, de adquirir conocimientos básicos sobre aspectos ambientales ...
- Posted Sept. 30, 2019
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Licenciatura en Comunicación Ambiental (Bachelors in Environmental Communication)
- Universidad San Francisco de Quito (Pichincha)
La Comunicación Ambiental surge como una alternativa necesaria, fresca e integral de informar, educar y contribuir para una sociedad y una ciudadanía ambientalmente responsable. Más allá de la sensibilización y ...
- Posted Sept. 30, 2019
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Ingeniería Ambiental (Bachelors in Environmental Engineering)
- Universidad San Francisco de Quito (Pichincha)
Ingeniería ambiental es una carrera que forma a profesionales capaces de aplicar principios científicos y diseñar soluciones de ingeniería para la prevención, evaluación y remediación de problemas de contaminación ambiental ...
- Posted Sept. 30, 2019
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Licenciatura en Administración Ambiental (Bachelors in Environmental Management)
- Universidad San Francisco de Quito (Pichincha)
La Licenciatura en Administración Ambiental de la USFQ es una carrera ofrecida por el Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales para todas las personas de diversas ramas profesionales que desean ...
- Posted Sept. 30, 2019
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Sustainability Capstone PISA
- Universidad San Francisco de Quito (Pichincha)
Through the Innovation and Sustainability Office, Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ) in Ecuador has developed a capstone course called Social and Environmental Project (PISA is the acronym in Spanish ...
- Posted Aug. 5, 2019
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Understanding the limits of assessing sustainability at Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, Ecuador, while reporting for a North American system
- Universidad San Francisco de Quito (Pichincha)
Purpose Universidad San Francisco de Quito, USFQ, completed an assessment study to understand its performance in sustainability in 2012. This study aims to recognize the limitations of applying a North ...
- Posted July 19, 2019
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Rehearsing Change: Using Creative Means to Empower the Sustainability Dialogue
- Universidad San Francisco de Quito (Pichincha)
This workshop shares methodologies that can be used to addresses several obstacles to engagement and understanding: 1) we work in a multi-faceted field in which the many actors (students, faculty ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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