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Grahamstown, South Africa
Joined October 2015
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"𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐮𝐬”: Distinguished Professor Heila Lotz-Sisitka 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐃𝐨𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐒𝐰𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 for her influential research and leadership in learning for social change
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Read the full article here: ru.ac.za/latestnews/heila_ho…
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If you're a young person still interested in an opportunity 2 win R3k: Participate in our Youth Challenge 2 stand a chance 2 win! Complete 1 of OUR very short courses. Submit a creative piece showing us what u have learned. FOR MORE INFO tinyurl.com/mr2k9twb
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We are hiring a full-time Academic Project Manager! 🌳 🪴 💡 📅
▪️ One year contract position
▪️ Based in Makhanda
▪️ Applicants need to be able to start immediately (February 2026 or soon thereafter)
DEADLINE: Friday 6 February 2026 🌊
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Are you a young person btwn 16 & 35? Looking 4 a way to win cash? Check out our Youth Challenge!!.Click on the link below 4 more information: yoma.world/organisations/019… #GreenLearn2Earn #AgroEcology #RiverMonitors
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Are you a young person? Participate in our Youth Challenge and stand a chance to win cash prizes..Click on the link below for more information:
yoma.world/organisations/019…
#GreenLearn2Earn #AgroEcology #RiverMonitors @Rhodes_Uni @RUengagement
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Our Green Learn2Earn Competition for Youth is running until March 15th. Level up your lore. 📚 Enter the challenge & stand a chance to WIN!!!!
#GreenLearn2Earn #YouthChallenge #YOMA #CommunityEngagement @RhodesUni
Calling all SA Youth between the ages 16 & 35 interested in doing free learning opportunities.
Participate in the GreenLearn 2 Earn Youth Challenge and stand a chance to WIN BIG!!!! Open today. Closes 15th March 2026 #YouthChallenge #AgroEcology #WaterMonitors #RiverHealth
Soft Launch of Youth Marketplace (YOMA) micro learning units developed via 360 Articulate.
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#Water – at Grahamstown, South Africa
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The Global Change Institute hosted YOUTH from @RUelrc2; @SAIIA_info; @WitsUniversity; in a 2day policy dialogue titled: Young People’s Work and Perspectives in Engaging Sustainability Policy and Practice. @NRF_News #Sustainability #Youth4Change
The policy dialogue looked at the different youth initiatives & was a working space to collaborate between different students; activists from different research fields & practices
@WitsUniversity @Youth_SAIIA @NRF_News @Rhodes_Uni @universitofbotswana @WitsGCI @UBBotswana
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Future Earth Africa Hub Regional Nodes Induction Workshop held 1-3Oct in Makhanda @Rhodes_Uni.
@FutureEarth @NRF_News @RhodesISER @WaterResearchRU @dsigovza
This induction workshop included representatives from North, East, West & Southern nodes of the Hub @Rhodes_Uni
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A time for justice. Prof @sisitka_heila sharing interesting perspectives of ‘temporally thick’ forms of possibility knowledge in / for t-learning and just transitions to sustainability
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Day 2 EEASA conference
Interesting, critical questions asked in this session: Do we need electric vehicles? Africa's carbon footprint being so low, is emissions really a factor?
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@zemazambia @EEASA @ZambiaMGEE @Wits_REALCentre
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Maite Zeisser Gutiérrez on the concept of "uywanakuy" from her work in L. America: theres epistemic injustices by dominant worldviews and this concept can help us understanding cultures ways of being by using their own language & practices. @zemazambia @ZambiaMGEE @EEASA_Africa
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Prof Lausanne Olvitt sharing on the 1stWeEat program in Makhanda with 13 ECDs . Collaboration is on one the enablers for success in the ECD centers
Day 1 EEASA Conference
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Bridging River Co-learning areas- students in the SADC River Commons project from @Rhodes_Uni and @WUR discussing complexities and various aspects of river co-goverance, co-learning, co-management
Day 1 - 2024 EEASA Conference
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We need to think in a circular sense, not linear. We need to change the foundational education that led us to where we are. Highlights from Keynote Address at the 2024 EEASA conference in Lusaka, Zambia
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Green economies must be included in our transitioning; transforming to/ transgressing. Maybe instead of thinking out the box we need to change the box- Distinguished Prof Heila Lotz-Sisitka.
Day 1 of the 42nd EEASA conference- Lusaka
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The EEASA conference kicks off tomorrow. Distinguished Prof Heila will be giving a keynote address on Day 1 titled Transitioning | Transforming | Transgressing: Learning and Justice in the thick present between past(s) and future(s) @zemazambia @SAJEE_EEJournal @ZambiaMGEE
