El CTCE se complace en invitarles a la próxima sesión del W-ENER para el 8 de Septiembre a las 9:30 hora chilena, a cargo de Raquel Fratta.

La charla será en idioma inglés y llevará por título:

Renewable Energy, Forest Conservation, and Sustainability: the role of empowering young rural and indigenous girls to become agents of change.

https://bit.ly/WENER_0809

Les dejamos la sinopsis: 

The Mbaracayu Educational Center is a boarding school for young rural and indigenous girls located in the Mbaracayu Forest Nature Reserve in the department of Canindeyú in Paraguay. In 2018, the school won the Zayed Sustainability Prize to implement a project focusing on the provision of renewable energy, energy efficiency, sustainability and community strengthening.

The presentation describes the implementation of the project, focusing on the state-of-the-art technology installed in the middle of the forest, referring to hybrid solar panels which provides both hot water and electricity. It also highlights the forest conservation model, the role of empowering young rural and indigenous girls to became agents of change, including the recent book for children of all ages entitled ‘’Sustainable Adventures in Mbaracayu” as a celebration to innovation, diversity, and call to action.

The Mbaracayu Forest Nature Reserve is one of the last remaining block of continued forest with an exuberant biodiversity and a rich mix of cultures, located in the eastern region of the country.  Covering 64,000 hectares, the Mbaracayúu Forest  is a subtropical forest representing the Atlantic Forest and the Cerrado, two ecosystems of highly importance for conservation, which only about 7% of its original area persists in the present. In 2000, this protected area, managed by Fundación Moisés Bertoni, became the core area to Mbaracayu Biosphere Reserve recognized by the UNESCO.

Key Words: Hybrid solar panels – Empowerment of girls – Mbaracayu Nature Forest Reserve  – Forest Conservation.

Biografía de los panelistas:

Biografía:

Raquel leads the area of Initiatives for the New Economy at Fundación Moisés Bertoni, an NGO in Paraguay dedicated to nature conservation and sustainability. She focuses on the design and implementation of innovative projects ranging from: renewable energy, STEM in education, young women’s empowerment and initiatives that focus on triple bottom line: economic, social and environmental value. She collaborates closely with the government, the private sector and international organizations such as the World Bank, the IDB Group in areas including: social environmental justice, circular economy, and development among other. In 2019, she was recognized at the national level by the President of the Paraguay, Mario Abdo, as a distinguished young entrepreneur for her initiative in the agro sector in the contest “Boosting Entrepreneurial Agrarian Youth.” Currently, she is the Vice-President of the Paraguayan Association of Professionals Graduated in the U.S. (APPG) and she serves as a Committee member at the World Environmental Congress (WEEC) based in Italy.Raquel holds a Master’s degree in Public Administration from the University of East Tennessee State University, a Bachelor’s degree in International Studies from Old Dominion University in Virginia, United States, and a Certificate in Sustainable Development and Environmental Conservation from Queensland University in Australia.

MARTHA LIDIA OXI  CHUY (歐麗 雅)

DIRECTORA DE PROYECTOS ESPECIALES (ASOCIACIÓN  MAIA)

Lidia Oxi  es guatemalteca, Maya Kaqchiquel, originaria de San José Poaquil, Chimaltenango. Maestra de profesión,  estudió Administración de Recursos Naturales en EUA y una licenciatura  en Administración de Empresas en Taiwán..  Es madre de gemelas, le interesan los temas sociales y ambientales.   Habla 4 idiomas: kaqchikel, español, inglés y mandarín. Su mayor ideal es contribuir al desarrollo del país.

Maria  Luisa Lozano:

MARIA LUISA LOZANO Gerente  ASGREEN Ingeniería Sustentable

Biografía: Ingeniera Civil Química de la Universidad Federico Santa María,  Máster en Innovación de la Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Certified Energy Manager por la Association of Energy Engineers® y miembro del registro de consultores de la Agencia de Sostenibilidad Energética.

Actualmente se desempeña como Directora Ejecutiva de Asgreen Ingeniería Sustentable, empresa de la cual es cofundadora. También es Directora de Minnovex A.G.

María Luisa tiene 14 años de experiencia trabajando en proyectos del área energética.

Ha participado en diversas auditorías energéticas, implementación de sistemas de gestión de la energía y desarrollos de ingeniería que involucran eficiencia energética, para empresas de diversos tamaños, desde pequeñas empresas agrícolas hasta grandes corporaciones mineras, a lo largo de todo el territorio nacional.

Forma parte de organizaciones y asociaciones relacionadas con temas de innovación y emprendimiento, eficiencia energética, ingeniería y minería, como por ejemplo Anesco y Minnovex.