Environmental Peacebuilding and Sustainability in Washington, DC and the Balkans

May 10, 2015 - Jun 1, 2015 | International Peace Park Expeditions
Washington, DC, Montenegro, Kosovo, Albania
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This 7 credit field course (in Washington DC and the Balkans) will provide students with a unique, experiential learning opportunity in one of the last bio-diversity hotspots in Europe, a place where the legacy of the conflict of the 1990s is being overcome with entrepreneurship, ecotourism and environmental peacebuilding. Starting with three days in Washington DC, students will gain a foundational  understanding of how environmental security thinking led to a focus on environmental peacebuilding.  We will meet with some of our nation’s foremost scholars and policy analysts on environmental peacebuilding, sustainability and transboundary protected areas management including officials at the National Park Service Office of International Affairs, US Agency for International Development, Conservation International, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and others.  We will visit one of the Balkans Embassies and hear a presentation from the Ambassador about regional environmental cooperation and the value of international educational exchange.