Morelos, Mexico - 2014
Earthvalues continues its relationship with Dawson College, in Montreal, and its Sustainability initiative.
As Quebec’s largest college, Dawson is well-positioned to influence the entire college network with its sustainability research, project design and implementation.
It has been a year since Dawson College set out to share knowledge and experience on issues of campus sustainability with two Mexican Universities: in the State of Morelos, the Escuela Normal Superior and the Universidad Pedagógica Nacional.
Students, teachers and staff members of these institutions are bridging the distance and challenging the language barriers to share with each other what sustainability looks like at our campuses. Through student internships, visits, jointly designed courses, and the use of social media, these three educational institutions are showcasing their initiatives - sharing best practices and lessons learnt.
In Mexico, the initiative is seen as an important contribution to the building of both national and international networks for the advancement of sustainability in higher education. At the Escuela Normal Superior, their “Agua Viva”, (or "Living Water") project aims to challenge the privatization of water by providing “free” drinking water.
Through a rain water collection and filtering system, members of their educational community can now pedal on a bicycle, which pumps this living water into a clay pot, and have clean drinking water.
Students at the Escuela Normal Superior perform a ceremonial dance to Tlaloc, the Aztec god of rain, fertility, and water, as part of the inauguration of their “Agua Viva” project.
