OpEPA - Organización para la Educación y Protección Ambiental / Organization for Environmental Education and Protection Corp (USA) is a non-governmentalenvironmentaleducation organization with offices in Colombia and USA.
OpEPA is a Colombian collaborative social entrepreneurship[1] civil society organization founded in 1998.
OpEPA focuses its work on four main areas accelerating the transition towards regeneration from individuals, institutions and public policy.
Education with a nature-based relational approach,
Sustainable and regenerative tourism,
Transition to regenerative cultures, and
Planetary boundaries (climate change, biodiversity and ecosystems, soils and nutrients, water).
OpEPA has worked with over 130,000 students throughout the country, strengthened more than 5,000 educators in environmental and nature-based education, and supported environmental leadership and ecotourism processes at different scales throughout the country.
Internationally, OpEPA is a co-leader in the Regenerative Communities Network, Catalyst 2030, The Weaving Lab and represents the PUP Consortium in Colombia.
OpEPA has been recognized for its work by, among others, Ashoka, HundrED, and the World Economic Forum.
Mission
OpEPA's mission is to reconnect people with the Earth to accelerate the transition toward sustainable and regenerative cultures.
