Desde el 2001, más de 15 comunidades en Vermont han participado en el programa. En el 2012 la Universidad de Vermont (UVM) comenzó un proyecto de colaboración con Casa Pueblo y el Centro para la Conservación del Paisaje (CCP) para implementar un programa en Puerto Rico, empezando con la comunidad de Adjuntas.
El modelo de PLACE integra el paisaje físico con la ecología y la cultura para conectar la comunidad a su entorno por un proceso a largo plazo:
The vision: solutions to environmental and social problems begin locally and grow from a relationship to the landscape and community.
Since 2001, more than 15 communities in Vermont have participated in the PLACE program. In 2012 the University of Vermont (UVM) began a collaborative project with Casa Pueblo and Centro para la Conservacíon del Paisaje to implement a PLACE program in Puerto Rico, starting with the community of Adjuntas. The PLACE model integrates the physical landscape and ecology and culture to connect the community to its environment by a long-term process involving:
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The vision: solutions to environmental and social problems begin locally and grow from a relationship to the landscape and community.
Since 2001, more than 15 communities in Vermont have participated in the PLACE program. In 2012 the University of Vermont (UVM) began a collaborative project with Casa Pueblo and Centro para la Conservacíon del Paisaje to implement a PLACE program in Puerto Rico, starting with the community of Adjuntas. The PLACE model integrates the physical landscape and ecology and culture to connect the community to its environment by a long-term process involving:
- Landscape analysis with maps and links to resources
- Community participation in these investigations
- Place-based education in schools and the community
- Service-learning through university-community partnerships
- A forum for envisioning the future of the community
