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2012 Spring | Arts & Humanities, Environmental Justice, Sustainability

Indigenous Diplomacy for Sustainable Development

Student(s):

Victoria Choe

Program or Department(s):

  • Program on the Environment
  • University of Washington

Site supervisor(s):

Megan Levy

Partner(s):

  • Pacific Northwest Economic Region

Faculty advisor(s):

Nadine Fabbi, Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington

I identified renewable energy projects under development in the Pacific Northwest Region. I then mapped these renewable energy projects using Google Maps, marking sites by states and provinces and publishing this map on a website for use by the private and public sectors. During the second portion of the project, I worked with the Arctic Caucus working group at the Pacific Northwest Economic Region to understand regional and sector issues going on in the Arctic Region. I used PNWER’s institutional model and applied it to indigenous peoples’ diplomatic efforts in the Russian North to ensure a sustainable socio-economic development.