Reimagining San Miguel de Allende as a Sustainable Community

This was the first in a series of monthly discussions on "Reimagining San Miguel de Allende as a Sustainable Community" based on the Agenda Ambiental 2018, developed by a special multidisciplinary seminar in the UNAM. The Agenda outlines the most urgent socio-environmental issues facing all of us today.
The goals of The Environmental Agenda 2018 include:

  •     To place socio-environmental issues at the center of the public agenda
  •     To promote citizen participation
  •     To promote the production of pertinent, reliable, transparent and accessible information about the state of ecosystems and natural resources, and the socio-environmental impact of production methods, mega-projects and public policy.
  •     To promote the integral management of environmental issues across public agencies.
  •     To promote environmental justice

Each month we are examining one of the agenda items and how it affects our region. Why do we need an environmental agenda? What are we doing? What should we do? What kind of educational projects could help us build a sustainable community?

Leticia Merino is the coordinator of the Environmental Agenda 2018 project developed by the University Seminar on Society, the Environment & Institutions (SUSMAI) at the UNAM (http://agendaambiental2018.susmai.unam.mx/).

Graciela Martínez is one of the founders and the current director of the Center for Agricultural Development (CEDESA) in Dolores Hidalgo.

Henry Miller is the director of the civil association El Maíz Más Pequeño y Coordinator of the "Watersheds, People, Water y Climate Change” project.

This monthly series is being organized by The Education Collaborative (www.educacionymedioscolaborativos.org) that was initiated by El Sindicato and the Center for Global Justice along with the Instituto de Educación en el Campo, Mexico A/C, Tianguis Orgánicos de San Miguel de Allende (TOSMA), and El Charco del Ingenio.

When
Sep 7th, 2018 5:00 pm
Location
Centro Impulso Social Barrio Las Cuevitas
Calzada de la Estacion, S/N
San Miguel de Allende, GUA 37755
Mexico
Events
Blurb
Co-sponsor @ Centro Impulso Social Barrio Las Cuevitas, Calzada a la Estación, S/N
Speakers Leticia Merino, Graciela Martínez & Henry Miller
Fee

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Monday, October 20, 2025 - 1:30pm
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Bruce Hobson & Meizhu Lui
Location:
La Biblioteca, Teatro Santa Ana, Insurgentes 25, Centro, San Miguel de Allende

Co-founders of the Mexico Solidarity Project, Bruce Hobson and Meizhu Lui will speak on why North American progressives should understand why Mexico is critical to advancing a vision of socialism and multiracial democracy in the United States.

 

Wednesday, October 22, 2025 - 12:00pm
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Organized by The Reentry Resource Program

You are invited to join a discussion with filmmaker Santiago Esteinou and Cesar Fierro about the new documentaryThe Freedom of Fierro.

César Fierro has just become a free man, and he needs to rebuild his life after being wrongly sentenced to death in Texas. César spent 40 years in prison before being released... Read more

Monday, November 3, 2025 - 1:30pm
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Joe Belden
Location:
La Biblioteca, Sala Quezal, Insurgentes 25, Centro, San Miguel de Allende
This mostly forgotten war led to Mexico losing over half its territory and the United States expanding to the Pacific. The lecture examines the political and economic background of the conflict, what led to it, and the roles of such factors as Texas annexation in 1845, slavery, racism, the Democratic and Whig parties, and Manifest... Read more