PreCOP30 YSI ECOECO workshops – Traveling Schools of Climate Justice – 2nd Edition

Building upon the success of its 1st edition, the ECOECO Traveling Schools of Climate Justice will convene its second edition from 11 to 16 August 2025 within the communities of PAE Lago Grande in Santarém, Pará (Brazil). This intentional location within the Brazilian Amazon’s socio-ecological landscape provides a unique opportunity to ground theoretical discussions in lived realities of  territorial management.

The program will critically engage with value chains as both an analytical framework and practical mechanism for climate resilience, operating under the thematic orientation “Creating collective futures to face the climate crisis.” This edition assumes particular significance as it immediately precedes Brazil’s hosting of COP30 in Belém, Pará, thereby occupying a strategic position in pre-conference dialogues.

PAE Lago Grande represents a microcosm of the Amazon’s most pressing challenges and promising solutions, it offers concrete examples of alternative economic models that merit scholarly examination. The Traveling Schools will facilitate critical analysis of how place-based knowledge systems interact with global value chain dynamics, with particular attention to agroecological systems, non-timber forest product value chains, and community-based bioeconomies.

The program’s methodological approach combines:

1. Theoretical seminars examining the political ecology of Amazonian value chains
2. Field-based learning through engagement with PAE Lago Grande’s productive systems
3. Comparative case study analysis of territorial management models
4. Participatory workshops co-facilitated by community members and researchers

This initiative seeks applications from young scholars and practitioner-researchers whose work intersects with value chains in the Amazon region and meaningful engagement with frontline communities. Limited financial support, including partial travel stipends and fee waivers, will be available to selected participants.

For complete application guidelines and program details, please visit:
https://2025feb.schoolboat.isecoeco.org/