Proyecto colaborativo para la educación geográfica sustentable: Región de Coquimbo, Chile y Estado de Iowa, Estados Unidos

Abstract

This article appreciated the link between sustainability and geography by developing a standards-based lesson plans that focus on some aspect of sustainability. Is that it is a bi-national effort between Chile and the US, thus recognizing the key interna- tional importance of sustainability and the need to connect local issues, events, and problems with the larger global context and with similar occurrences elsewhere in the world. This collaborative project engages scholars in geography education and pre-service social science/geography students at two universities, specifically the state of Iowa in the US and the region of Coquimbo in Chile.