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(EECC Co-Chair from Mexico)
What influenced you to work in environmental
education in the border region?
The desire to assist with my experience as academic, professional
and social activist, in the joining of efforts from diverse
actors of society involved in the improvement of the natural
and cultural environment of the border region.
What is environmental education?
“Continuous and permanent process that constitutes
an integral dimension of the education of all citizens, oriented
to the acquisition of knowledge, development of habits, abilities,
capacities and attitudes, and formation of values that harmonize
the relationships between human beings and the rest of the
society and nature, to favor the orientation of the economic,
social and cultural processes towards sustainable development.”
Why have you chosen to work with the Council?
Because I believe that through this instance, the objectives
of the Program Border 2012 can be applied in a more effective
way, by working with an array of sectors from society and
by using education as an instrument to promote behavior changes
that can help to resolve the environmental issues of the
border region.
What are the challenges of operating a successful
binational coalition?
Language and cultural differences that limit communication,
the difficulties when crossing the border that limits the participation
of social actors in binational projects, the lack of economic
support, differences in standards in environmental education
on the region, as well as differences in educational, legal
and administrative systems of each country.
What would you like to see in the future
of the Council?
The EECC recognized by the Coordinators Council and considered
as the spine of the Border 2012 Program. The EECC as the
leader of growth and diversification of environmental education
projects in Baja California. I would also like us to promote
the cooperation between environmental organizations and public
and academic institutions from the two countries, support
the integration of EE as part of the school curricula in
Baja California through the creation and implementation of
the Environmental Education State Program, develop strategic
planning, support creativity in the solution of the problems
that limit the work of EE, promote the homogenization of
EE standards for the Californias, have reliable measuring
instruments of project results, foment investment on environmental
education and involve the private sector in Baja California,
create an effective system to communicate the work of the
Council throughout the border, and support the programs of
each one of the work groups.
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