The Latin American Academy of Socio-Environmental Leadership (ALLSA) 2015, or in Spanish, 1a Academia Latinoamericana de Liderazgo Socio-ambiental, will be held in Santo Domingo, the Dominican Republic, 13-22 November 2015. Entitled Transformative Environmental Learning: Our relationships with biocultural landscapes, this Academy will gather around 25 environmental changemakers from Latin America who are passionate about improving the relationships between society and the environment.
ALLSA aims to broaden and deepen knowledge, learning methodologies, social networking and communication skills of graduate students, professionals and activists interested in the human dimensions of environmental problems. It is designed for Spanish-speaking people studying or working in the field of arts and humanities, social sciences and natural sciences – as well as people working for the defense of the environment and social justice, audiovisual communication, policy and advocacy – focused on the relationship between environment and society. Community leaders are welcome to apply to ALLSA.
Interested candidates can apply here. For more information (in Spanish), please click here.
ALLSA, our 1st regional academy, is being organised by the Global Environments Network, in partnership with the Instituto Nacional de Formación y Capacitación del Magisterio de la República Dominicana (INAFOCAM).