RCE Borderlands México-USA engages in community development, environmental restoration and sustainable usage, and sustainable economic development on both sides of the México-US border using an approach known as Transformational Research (López C., Hoffmann-Esteves & Cordero-Hidalgo, 2018).

First, we seek to serve the community by helping people to evaluate the challenges and the potential for sustainable development in their locality.  We seek funding support to assist their transformation toward economic revitalization, human development and environmental wholeness.  As projects are implemented, we conduct ongoing monitoring and evaluation as each community moves toward their stated goals and objectives.  The outcomes from each project are published and disseminated in the popular and the academic press.  Policy implications studies are dervied from each project and they are presented to relevant legislative bodies in order to help institutionalize the local, national and global movement toward truly sustainable and inclusive development.

Current Projects include:

CURRENT PROJECT 1. The Mobile Living Lab as a Driver for Sustainable Community Development: Environmental, economic and human wellbeing along the Sustainability Corridor in Chihuahua, Mexico

CURRENT PROJECT 2. Transformation Press: Publications for Sustainable Development

CURRENT PROJECT 3. Living Lab/Centro de Diálogo y Transformación: Sustainable Development Interpretive Centre

CURRENT PROJECT 4. Socioemotional Development as Sustainable Development: ‘México Insurgente Secondary School’ in El Molino Namiquipa, Chihuahua México

CURRENT PROJECT 5. Sowing Food Security, Local Production & Consumption: Students’ organic garden at México Insurgente Secondary School, El Molino Namiquipa, Chihuahua México

CURRENT PROJECT 6: From Poverty to Plenty: El Ranchero Solidario Farmer’s Cooperative in Anáhuac, Chihuahua México

CURRENT PROJECT 7. Ejido Favela Museum, Organic Agriculture Demonstration Site, Art Gallery, Store and Bustillos Lake Restoration Centre

CURRENT PROJECT 8. "Include me!"- "¡Ne si asimera!" Indigenous Education with the Rarámuri Community in Guazapares Municipality, Chihuahua México

CURRENT PROJECT 9. Technical Vocational Education and Training at Cecytech Preparatory School in Témoris, Chihuahua México

CURRENT PROJECT 10. “Agriculture and Evolution” Bio-intensive Organic Agriculture Demonstration Site in Bachíniva, Chihuahua México

CURRENT PROJECT 11. Interactive Library and Living Lab, through the Municipal Presidency in Bachíniva, Chihuahua México

CURRENT PROJECT 12. “Plan México Zero Hunger” Demonstration Site and Learning Centre in Santa Isabel, Chihuahua México

CURRENT PROJECT 13. Living Lab/ Knowledge Production, Restoration and Sustainable Usage of Soil and of Water Resources in the Mexicali-Calexico Border Region

CURRENT PROJECT 14: Business beyond Borders

CURRENT PROJECT 15. Reduce, Reuse & Recycle for a Sustainable World: Trainings for restoring vintage objects, antiques and art at the Museum of Paleontology Laboratory in Delicias, Chihuahua México

Recent publications include:

86) López C., Carolina & Aguilar-Cano, Cecilia, A. “Dual Education and Strategic Alliances for Workforce Training and Social Mobility in Chihuahua, México” in Dual Education and Corporate Responsibility. Public-Private Alliances for Social Mobility. UNESCO: Paris (In Press).

85) López C., Carolina, Nayar, A.K., Rodríguez, I. y Cordero-Hidalgo, A. (eds). (2018).  United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Teachers’ Resource Book. Living Lab/Centro de Diálogo y Transformación. Transformation Press: Chihuahua.

84) López C., Carolina. (2018). “Contributions of Regional Centre of Expertise: Borderlands México-USA's Collaborators in Health, Sanitation and Nutrition in Their Localities” in Innovation in Local and Global Learning Systems for Sustainability - Ensure Healthy Lives and Promote Well-being for All Experiences of Community Health, Hygiene, Sanitation and Nutrition- Learning Contributions of the Regional Centres of Expertise on Education for Sustainable Development, UNU-IAS, Payyappallimana, Unnikrishnan & Zinaida Fedeeva (eds). United Nations University- Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability: Tokyo, pp. 22-31.

83) López C., Carolina, Hoffmann-Esteves, H. y Cordero-Hidalgo, A. (2018). “Transformational Research: Community Engagement Methods & Strategies of the Living ab/Centro de Diálogo y Transformación- RCE Borderlands México-USA” in Academia and Communities- Engaging for Change. Payyappallimana, Unnikrishnan & Zinaida Fedeeva (eds). United Nations University- Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability: Tokyo.

82) Nayar, Ajitha K., López C., C., Srikirupa, K. (2017). Capacity Building in Sustainability Practices (CBSP) through Integrated Curricular Models.” Tools of the Emerging Knowledge Society for Creating a Sustainable Future. Mar Theophilus: Trivandrum.

81)  López C., Carolina. (2015). “Interfaith Relations in Malaysia: moving beyond Muslims versus ‘others’, in Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Malaysia. Meredith L. Weiss (ed). Pp. 324-336. Routledge: London.

For further information concerning current projects, please visit the following links:

1) http://www.rcenetwork.org/portal/report-dashboard-2013?user=975&year=201...

2) http://www.rcenetwork.org/portal/manuals-toolkits-guides

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