At a large festival with more than 1,600 attendees, a unique encounter took place between two people who shared a common passion: social engineering. Amid the crowd, this unique encounter occurred when Enrique Guemez—who was an EPI student nearly 20 years ago—evaluated the project of Cristhian Robles, who had joined EPI just a few months earlier. After the festival, Enrique contacted Cristhian to see if he would be interested in volunteering with his social engineering organi

En un gran festival con más de 1600 asistentes, se dio un encuentro peculiar entre dos personas con una pasión en común: la ingeniería social. Entre toda la gente el peculiar encuentro sucedió cuando Enrique Guemez, quien fue estudiante de EPI hace casi 20 años, evaluó el proyecto de Cristhian Robles, quien llegó a EPI hace apenas unos meses. Tras el Festival, Enrique contactó a Cristhian para ver si le interesaría ser voluntario en su organización de ingeniera social y soste

Después de 10 años de haber vivido una experiencia magnífica en un curso de monitoreo de ballenas con EPI México en su época estudiantil, Digandi volvió como una adulta profesional para participar en un curso de monitoreo de tiburón ballena. En este blog ella nos cuenta su vivencia tras este grato reencuentro con el campo en un curso de EPI México

For the past three years, Joe has closely observed the flowering process of a serviceberry tree (Amelanchier alnifolia) outside his office. As he explained during the webinar, something as simple as watching leaves and flowers emerge in early spring can be a powerful way to do climate science.

Healthy rivers don’t happen by accident. In this webinar recap, Rad Watkins explains how forested watersheds and thriving riparian zones prevent flooding, reduce erosion, filter pollutants, and protect water quality. Learn why native vegetation along riverbanks is essential—and how simple human actions can either restore or degrade an entire river system.

Shelbi, a Piikuni leader in the Service Corps, is helping strengthen connections with local tribes and engage Native youth in conservation. After the pandemic, she and other Piikuni members brought cultural knowledge and land-based traditions into the program, inspiring a future where Indigenous-led conservation grows across Montana.

From biking across the globe to leading wildlife surveys in his hometown, Ganesh Nayak, assistant professor at Manipal Institute of Technology (India) and EPI alumnus, is turning adventure into environmental action. Discover how he’s inspiring students to explore, protect, and connect with nature.