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ALUMNI
NETWORK
NEWSLETTERS:
Winter 2006
Fall 2005
Spring 2005
Winter 2004-05
Fall 2004
Summer 2004
Spring 2004
Fall 2003
Spring 2003
Fall/Winter 2002
Summer 2002
Spring 2002
Winter 2001-02

CYBERSPACE DISCUSSIONS:
1. Agriculture and the Environment with Drs. Norman Borlaug, Chris Dowswell, Sara Scherr, and postings from 19 countries .

ABOUT THE BERKELEY ELP
ALUMNI NETWORK

The Berkeley ELP Alumni Network was established on July 25, 2001 by the inaugural summer course participants. As of August 2004, it has 150 members from over forty countries. The Network ensures on-going communication among alums via email listserves, collectively produced newsletters, reunions around the world, and occasional Cyberspace Discussions.

The Network also fosters collaborative learning and exchange opportunities between alumni, their institutions, the University of California , Berkeley and other resource persons in the Bay Area. The Small Grants Initiative provides seed money to support alumni-initiated conservation and sustainable development projects carried out collaboratively with UC Berkeley partners.

A Steering Committee of Beahrs ELP alums manages the Alumni Network, together with a part-time coordinator at U.C. Berkeley. The Steering Committee consists of representatives from the major geographic areas of the world:

• Americas
• East & Southern Africa
• West Africa
• Europe
• North Africa / Middle East
• Russia & CIS
• South Asia
• Southeast & East Asia, Oceania

A number of Beahrs ELP alumni have shown interest to create ELP training and research centers in their own countries and regions as a means to greatly expand the outreach and impact of the course learning, adapted to local priorities and contexts. There are on-going discussions to establish ELP Regional Centers in Russia/CIS with St. Petersburg St. University (see Spring 2004 newsletter), in the Philippines with SEARCA, and in South Africa with CEAD, University of Natal.