Learning for a Sustainable World partner: The 1420
Foundation.
L4SW Network partner, MDI, at Alumni Hall at UMass, Lowell.
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Learning for a Sustainable World Network (L4SW Network)
International Experiential Learning
The Learning for a Sustainable World Network is an informal
consortium of several non-governmental organizations (NGOs)
dedicated to the propagation of sustainable development learning
and technology implementation in the United States and
internationally. The two principal entities of
L4SW Network
are The 1420 Foundation for Sustainable Development Education
(1420) and the Mesoamerican Development Institute (MDI).
The principal mission of 1420 is the design and implementation
of interdisciplinary education programs in high schools and
universities in the United States and overseas that connect them
with NGOs that are implementing sustainable development projects
and strategies in communities around the world. The principal
mission of MDI is the design and implementation of sustainable
technologies and methods for productive applications.
The missions of 1420 and MDI therefore dramatically complement
each other, and the two organizations work together on
sustainable development education and technology implementation
projects.
The section below provides topics of investigation and
materials, which are the result L4SW Network collaborations:
Title:
Measuring and Managing the Environmental Cost of Coffee
Production
Author:
Victor Arce, David King,
Richard Chandler, Carlin Chandler, Raul Raudales, Richard
Trubey.
Abstract:
Coffee is a major
international commodity, and because of this, conventional
coffee processing has the potential for considerable global
impacts on the environment. These impacts include the
consumption of energy, water and land. We describe an
initiative undertaken at the Montes de Oro cooperative in
which these impacts are reduced substantially through the
development and use of alternative technologies. We show how
these processes reduce the consumption of resources, and
also reduce economic costs to the farmer. The initiatives
undertaken at Montes de Oro can provide a model for the
future for reducing the environmental costs of coffee
production, while simultaneously improving economic
conditions for the people in coffee producing regions.
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