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Regional Sustainable Development

The Twinning Agreement stipulates that "Both Provinces are together learning what it means to work apostolically at a regional level, and so both desire that this agreement assist them in making significant advances in this direction. The Regional Sustainable Development Program (RDS), inaugurated in 2004 by the Colombian Province in the southern part of that country, and the program that will be begun by the Oregon Province, are both exceptional opportunities for the this type of research and cooperation. Moreover, these two programs will be enriched by the experience of international cooperation that was begun several years ago by Seattle University in Nicaragua and by Gonzaga University in Colombia."

The links on this page will keep you updated on the progress of both the Colombian and Oregon projects on RSD. They will also connect you with resources on sustainable development.

PDF Files (require Adobe Reader)

• Blueprint for a New Colombia Policy - A Collaborative project of the Latin American Working Group on Colombia and their response to the US Plan Colombia, the official US policy statement initiated under the presidency of Bill Clinton
• We Live in a Broken World - The Response of the Society of Jesus to the critical issues of faith, environment, and ecology.
• America - Waters of Life - America Magazine article by Bishop William Skylstad, lead author of the Bishop’s Pastoral Letter on the Columbia River
• Holy See Calls for Sustainable Development - Vatican Request for Global work on Sustainable Development
• Our Responsibility for Creation - Address by Jesuit General, Peter Hans Kolvenbach at Arrupe College, Harare, Zimbabwe
  

Websites of Interest

• Columbia River Pastoral Letter Project - Bishops of Region XII project on the Colombia River watershed project.

Slideshows

• Suyusama Project - The Colombian Jesuit’s Project on Sustainable Development in Southern Colombia
• MadreMonte Business Plan: “Fair Price is better than Fair Trade” - A new US coffee company working in collaboration with the Jesuits in Colombia and their regional projects on sustainable development