THE UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA S NOVEL AND DIVERSE INITIATIVES FOR CATALYZING SOCIO- ECOLOGICAL TRANSFORMATIONS

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1 THE UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA S NOVEL AND DIVERSE INITIATIVES FOR CATALYZING SOCIO- ECOLOGICAL TRANSFORMATIONS Eduardo Santana Castellón, General Coordinator Museum of Environmental Sciences, University Cultural Center UdG and Professor Manantlán Institute of Ecology and Conservation of Biodiversity,-DERN, Centro Universitario de la Costa Sur, UdeG esantanacas@gmail.com MÉXICO Guadalajara, Jalisco

2 The University of Guadalajara s novel and diverse initiatives for catalyzing socio-ecological transformations. The University of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, as one of the ten largest universities in the western hemisphere has historically played an important role as a catalyst for innovation in sustainable socio-ecological initiatives. We present a case study of a Higher Education Institution s (HEI) pioneering experience of research-originated urban and rural sustainable outreach projects developed by undergraduate students and their professors in the context of recent development paradigm shifts. An illustrative example is that of the Manantlán Institute of Ecology and Conservation of Biodiversity, located in the small rural campus of the Centro Universitario de la Costa Sur, which became the first certified United Nation s University Regional Center of Expertise in Education for Sustainable Development in México and spurred the creation of an internationally-recognized biosphere reserve. The examples are pertinent for 10 of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals and includes novel socio-ecological watershed governance mechanisms with the participation of local communities and emergent inter-municipal arrangements; reduction of green-house gas emissions through integrated agroforestry practices along the Pacific coast; and the recent Environmental Science Museum, which is part of the University Cultural Center and is being designed jointly with its surrounding neighborhoods. This museum has been an inspiration for the first education-based sustainable intra-urban housing development initiative to be certified by Mexico s federal government. We end with a description of the University s newly developed integral alternative energy generation/conversion program. The challenges, successes and failures of these experiences will be the basis for discussing the potential of HEIs in promoting sustainable development.

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7 CREATING THE SIERRA DE MANANTLAN BIOSPHERE RESERVE BASED ON STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION

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16 UNESCO BIOSPHERE RESERVE MODEL

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19 Created in 1986, incorporated into UNESCO network in 1987, initiated novel natural resource management programs and participatory governance mechanisms, gave origin to new higher education & conservation projects in the UdeG

20 INTER-MUNICIPAL ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE IN THE AYUQUILA RIVER

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23 Intensive outreach and awareness citizen programs

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26 Experimented with different organizational schemes: municipal government, indigenous women NGO, private enterpreneur

27 Novel organization integrating 10 municipalities to confront the regional socio-ecological problem at an adequate scale Watershed level Interfases Municipal and Multi- Municipal Level Effective Level of Intervention for Sustainable Development and Governance Capacities Iniciativas comunitarias Community level Intercomunitarias

28 Capacity Building with International Collaboration (Mexico-Spain/Cataluña-Canada- USA)

29 United Nations University Conceptualization, content analysis, instructional design, video production, multimedia design and development Universidad de Guadalajara Content experts 2008 First Regional Center of Expertise in Education for Sustainable Development in Mexico and Latin America. Certified by United Nations University

30 UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA S LAS JOYAS RESEARCH FIELD STATION (1,245 Ha) EVOLVES INTO THE 140,000 Ha FEDERAL SIERRA DE MANANTLÁN BIOSPHERE RESERVE

31 PARTICIPATORY PLATFORM OF SIERRA DE MANANTLÁN BIOSPHERE RESERVE EVOLVES INTO INTERMUNICIPAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AGENCY Asociación de Municipios Consejo Intermunicipal Agencia intermunicipal para la gestión del territorio

32 INTERMUNICIPAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT MECHANISM MULTIPLIES AND COVERS HALF THE STATE OF JALISCO

33 INTERMUNICIPAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT MECHANISM SPREADS TO THREE OTHER STATES OF MEXICO

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35 MUSEUM OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES: UNDERSTANDING THE CITY AND INSPIRING THE CONSERVATION OF THE NATURAL LANDSCAPES THAT SUSTAIN IT

36 CIUDADES Y CAMBIO CLIMÁTICO

37 The modern city has only existed during the last 0.02% of our species history on earth.

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40 Socio-Environmental Film Festival - FICG

41 2016 NATURE CITY LITERATURE AWARD PREMIO CIUDAD Y NATURALEZA José Emilio Pacheco

42 CERTIFIED URBAN SUSTAINABLE DISTRICT AND THE UNIVERSITY INTEGRATED ENERGY TRANSITION PROGRAM

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44 ANÁLISIS SOCIODEMOGRÁFICO Población total 179,120 (COEPO, 2010)

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47 PARTICIPATORY COMMUNITY SOCIAL PROBLEM ANALYSIS LAS MESAS NEIGHBORHOOD Problemas centrales: Falta de espacios y programas para jóvenes relacionado con presencia de pandillas. Mala conectividad y largos desplazamientos. Cauces como tierra de nadie. Falta de atención pública a colonias no registradas. Falta de espacios de encuentro para generar comunidad.

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50 UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA CARBON FOOTPRINT AND ENERGY TRANSITION PROGRAM

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54 Replicability Principles of the Case Studies Integrate formal education with real-life research and community outreach in complementary non-formal and in-formal learning settings Focus on problem-based research/education, rather than thematic/disciplinary structure Implement service-learning process in a place-based work context that is defined collaboratively with community stakeholders to solve local needs and strengthen/promote effective socioenvironmental governance mechanisms Assure that the academic institutional mission, vision, and goals are problem-based, but with place-based indicators Implement deliberate trust-building process with stakeholders, following explicit ethical guidelines Assure multilevel analysis that includes community grassroots work for capacity building as well as pertinent governmental policy work to aid in decision-making Attempt inter-disciplinary and trans-sectorial approach to the problems to assure integral solutions Develop work strategies tapping on international experiences, case studies and collaboration to learn new approaches and generate national and international support Assure North South collaboration in equitable terms, to achieve common agenda (not a southern case study for a northern publication) Attempt South South collaboration that provides mutual learning, sharing and financing opportunities Maintain flexible goals with constant evaluation and correction of direction and implementation Evaluate with realistic placed-based qualitative and quantitative indicators of states and processes:: hectares, km2, m3, liters/sec, tons, parts per million, hours/days/weeks, density of people, new institutionalities and organizations created, explicit changes in procedures, rules, regulations, and laws, recruitment and desertion rates, monthly income, health statistics, crime rates, colors, levels of happiness, etc.

55 REQUEST to Ministers, Deputy Ministers, University Presidents, Vice-Presidents, Chancellors, Vice-Chancellors, Rectors, Deans, Directors, et al. Please Innovation requires creative risk-taking and thinkingout-of-the-box, reward and stimulate faculty that are willing to take risks simplify administrative procedures and make fund management more agile apply new performance indicators in addition to peerreviewed publications and teaching hours in-front of students Design novel academic, temporal and financial incentives for professors and students to engage in the new education work that is needed to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals

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