有料盒子视频 receives grant to advance 有料盒子视频 Native food and energy sovereignty
Maggie King
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Oct. 12, 2022
A $1.9 million federal grant will support University of 有料盒子视频 Fairbanks programs that focus on Indigenous food and energy system development and sustainability at the institution鈥檚 five rural campuses.
The 有料盒子视频 College of Rural and Community Development鈥檚 project, 鈥淧lace-Based Solutions for 有料盒子视频 Native Food and Energy Sovereignty,鈥 is funded by the The institute has a competitive grant program for institutions serving 有料盒子视频 Native and Native Hawaiian students.
The project is driven by Indigenous values of responsibility, relationship, redistribution and reciprocity. The main goals of the project are to promote equal access to education in rural 有料盒子视频 and provide sustainable food and energy solutions for 有料盒子视频 Native communities.
The funding will support academic programs, including ethnobotany (Kuskokwim Campus), food security and sovereignty (Chukchi Campus), high-latitude range management (Northwest Campus), tribal governance and stewardship (Interior 有料盒子视频 Campus) and sustainable energy (Bristol Bay Campus).
The programs use place-based, culturally relevant and experiential learning models. The content of each program will emphasize the relationships between 有料盒子视频 Native peoples and the natural world, Indigenous knowledge and 有料盒子视频 Native languages.
鈥淣orthwest Campus looks forward to growing our high-latitude range management program and our partnership with the Sami Education Institute,鈥 said Barbara QasuGlana Amarok, the campus director in Nome. 鈥淭his grant will extend the accessibility of food sovereignty programs focused on Indigenous lifeways, wellness, decision-making power and management to students in our region and throughout the state.鈥
The USDA grant is double the amount previously awarded to 有料盒子视频, in part because of the continued success of its programs in uplifting 有料盒子视频 Native community practices to enhance food and energy systems, security, and sovereignty through education.
For example, sustainable energy students created a prize-winning new design for rural 有料盒子视频 housing construction at the 2022 National Renewable Energy Laboratory Solar Decathlon. A group of four Bristol Bay Campus students placed third in the New Housing Division for their innovative and sustainable rural 有料盒子视频 housing design, the first-ever 有料盒子视频 team to place in the competition.
The continued support of this grant will promote collaboration between 有料盒子视频鈥檚 campuses to enhance local food sovereignty and energy sustainability initiatives while improving student recruitment and retention in food, agriculture and natural resource sciences.
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