White Water to Blue Water

A special set of MyCOE activities focus on sustainable development, water and coastal management in the US, Latin America & Caribbean region.

MyCOE partners are teaming up with the White Water to Blue Water partnership (WW2BW), a program designed to promote integrated watershed and marine ecosystem-based management. This approach supports sustainable development in the wider Caribbean, from the white waters of the mountain regions, to the blue waters of the ocean.

MyCOE activities have:

• Encouraged students in the region to develop local projects around water and coastal management and agriculture themes
• Supplemented the MyCOE mentor network to recruit scientists and experts in the region
• Created an inventory of selected key existing resources in region of interest for water issues (highlighting those using GIS), including relevant university-to-university linkages and sister city projects
• Partnered with regional organizations with shared objectives, such as the International Center for Sustainable Development (ICSD) in Panama
• Designed, created, and staffed an exhibit, seminar, training institute, and related activities for the WW2BW Conference in Miami
• Participated in special funded projects focused on the region, including the Making Waves partnership
• Developed a regional initiative to support students and their institutions to become engaged with community-based sustainable development research projects