Mariana
García- Solana
Community developer with two decades of field experience; as the Director for the Maya Environmental Education and Research Center, established in the Yucatán Peninsula, México, our aim is to facilitate and organize research activities in the environmental sciences field.
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We are honored with the collaboration with numerous local researchers, as well as faculty members from Merritt College; Nortwestern University; University of Minnessotta; West Virginia School of Ostheopatic Medicine; and Portsmouth University, U.K.
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We have implemented community development programs in eight Maya Villages of the northern border of Quintana Roo and Yucatan states, México: Tres Reyes, Pacchén, Nuevo Durango, Punta Laguna, San Juan de Dios, Chunpom, Chunyah, and Akumal.
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We have established nurturing alliances with local and foreign Non-profit organization and citizen science collectives: Power of a Nickel Foundation, IFAW, Nacaome Foundation, Manta Mexico Caribe, Jaguar Wildlife Center, Mayak Kaantaj, and Maya Eagles Cycling Team.
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Dr. Clifford Cockerham
After serving as an advisor in program development and an instructor in field ecology for college students joining visiting research faculty, I became Director of Curriculum and Instruction at the MEER Center; facilitating the emergence of a coherent pedagogy that reflects indigenous perspectives as they engage local socio-economic/political concerns and forces of globalization. This vision permeates MEER Center programs, classes, experiential immersions, community service work, community empowerment efforts, climate change monitoring/mitigation research, development, & demonstration projects, etc. In addition to being personally involved with the community education & outreach program, I have worked to bring the MEER Center into engagement with the UN Millennium Development Goals, the Earth Charter, the Jemez Principles, the Xavier Green School Movement, the Climate Emergency Coalition, the Global Catholic Climate Movement, Physicians for Social Responsibility, etc.
