OpEPA
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Organization for Environmental Education and Protection Corp | |
| Organización para la Educación y Protección Ambiental | |
| Formation | 1998 |
|---|---|
OpEPA, formally the Organización para la Educación y Protección Ambiental in Colombia and the Organization for Environmental Education and Protection Corp in the United States, is a non-governmental environmental education organization with offices in Colombia and US. It is a registered 501c3 in the US.[1] Its cofounders are Camilo Camargo, Nicole Zangen, Catalina Saravia, and Luis Alberto Camargo (Ashoka Fellow 2005,[2] Young Global Leader 2008,[3] Salzburg Fellow).[4]
OpEPA is a Colombian collaborative social entrepreneurship civil society organization founded in 1998.[5]
It focuses on four main areas, accelerating the transition towards regeneration for individuals, institutions, and public policy.
- Education with a nature-based relational approach
- Sustainable and regenerative tourism
- Transition to regenerative cultures
- Planetary boundaries (climate change, biodiversity and ecosystems, soils and nutrients, water)
OpEPA has worked with around 100,000 students,[1] strengthened more than 5,000 educators in environmental and nature-based education, and supported environmental leadership and ecotourism processes at different scales throughout the country.[citation needed]
Internationally, OpEPA is a co-leader in the Regenerative Communities Network,[6] The Weaving Lab and represents the PUP Consortium in Colombia.[citation needed] Co-founder Luis Alberto Camargo is also a Governing Council Member and Latin America Co-chair for Catalyst 2030,[7] (later Catalyst Now).[8]
OpEPA has been recognized for its work by Ashoka, HundrED, and the World Economic Forum (WEF).[citation needed]
OpEPA has promoted the Children and Nature Movement focusing on breaking the cycle that produces Nature Deficit Disorder.[citation needed]