XI Annual SARAS Conference Artivist Con-science: Ecological Impacts and Transitions Environmental Humanities Cycle: Prof. Pablo Chiuminatto The Environmental Humanities Group invites you to a three-day gathering: on September 21 and 22 at the Maldonado headquarters of the South American Institute for Resilience and Sustainability Studies (SARAS), where, in addition to keynote talks, a World Poetry [...]
Bridging the Water Adaptation Gap: A Comparative Inter- and Transdisciplinary Perspective of Regional Risks and Vulnerabilities in Drylands in Canada and Latin America GENERAL OBJECTIVE This project aims to address the existing climate adaptation gap at the regional level to reduce the risks and vulnerabilities of people and ecosystems to climate [...]
Course about sustainable productive transitions in Uruguay Duration It will consist of 2 days of 4 hours each (8 hours total) in person or virtual format (Wednesday, November 8 and Wednesday, December 6, 2023). Goals Address the conceptual and scientific bases on which sustainable and [...]
LAPECS – Latin American Network of PECS (Programme on Ecosystem Change and Society) BACKGROUND PECS is a core project of Future Earth which aims to generate scientific knowledge about the social-ecological dynamics that contribute to sustainability transformations of social-ecological systems. PECS work is mainly based on comparative analysis of long-term [...]
Platform for the construction of tools and capacities for the design of sustainable productive transitions in Uruguay DESCRIPTION Sustainable productive transitions in rural areas can simultaneously improve environmental, economic and social dimensions, and also create new markets and export opportunities for Uruguay. However, for the design of sustainable productive transitions, [...]
Recorded Webinar "Today I'm gonna think something I have never thought before. I wonder what that will be." This webianr was held on June 13 and was delivered by Marten Scheffer, Chair of SARAS Institute Advisory Board - Wageningen University. The presentation was entitled "Today I'm gonna think something I have never [...]
Collective creativity and resilience: outcomes of the Green June 2018 activity Last June 29th SARAS Institute hosted the Talk/Workshop: “Untangling resilience: Between memory and oblivion” at its Headquarters in Bella Vista. The activity was joined by a variety of people coming from the coastal area between Montevideo and Piriápolis and included neighbours, [...]
Webinar "Today I'm gonna think something I have never thought before. I wonder what that will be." The webinar will be delivered by Marten Scheffer, Chair of SARAS Institute Advisory Board - Wageningen University. The presentation will be entitled "Today I'm gonna think something I have never thought before. I wonder what that [...]
Open class: Fundamentals of socioecological systems (SES) management and stewardship As part of Module 4 of SARAS postgraduate course: “Social-ecological Systems: Structure, Dynamics and Management”. The class will be delivered on this occasion by two guest lecturers, Patricia Balvanera and José Paruelo. The presentation offered by Patricia Balvanera will be entitled [...]
Webinar: “Human and non-human animals in the jungle, the river, culture and climate change.” Webinar on Ecocritical Literature and Environmental Humanities Wednesday, July 25th 2:00 pm (GTM-3) Rationale This is the second webinar on Environmental Humanities, the topic of SARAS latest public conference: “Environmental Humanities for the 21st [...]
