Virginia Tech’s Global Sustainability Initiative’s Russia Project, taking place in Russia from August 9-18, 2012, will explore some of the sustainability challenges presented by a rapidly shrinking population, particularly in large urban areas such as Moscow and St. Petersburg. Led by UAP faculty member Kris Wernstedt and working with partners including USAID and the Moscow-based Strelka Institute, the team will explore how effective public-private partnerships are being developed to achieve international environmental sustainability goals and to upgrade urban ecological infrastructure. To learn more about GSI and how graduate students, senior undergrads, and professionals can sign up for the 6-credit course, visit http://gsi.cnre.vt.edu.
In partnership with Virginia Tech, the Global Sustainability Initiative (GSI) is coordinating a series of international projects to provide graduate students and professionals with hands-on experience exploring sustainability challenges in some of the world’s most rapidly developing nations. Participants are organized into consulting teams to examine the complexities and solutions for sustainable development in a variety of national and local contexts. Through online pre/post-trip work and 10 days working in-country, team members gain a sense of the broad context of sustainability challenges at the national level, an in-depth awareness of the complex issues facing local communities, and exposure to the strategies being developed by local, national, and international organizations to address them. GSI projects are available for graduate or continuing education credits and provide participants a unique opportunity to travel and gain international experience. GSI International Projects for 2012-2013 focus on sustainable development in the BRICS nations – Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. Applications are now being accepted for the China and South Africa Projects taking place in May 2012, and the August 2012 project in Russia.
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