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UNM students use capstone project to help Zuni youth fix flooding issue

Zachary James, water resource specialist, Zuni Youth Enrichment Project
Zuni Youth Enrichment Project
Zachary James, water resource specialist, Zuni Youth Enrichment Project

University Showcase, 5/20, 8a: Each year graduating seniors in the department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering at the University of New Mexico do a capstone project. This year one team worked with young people at Zuni Pueblo who coordinate the Zuni Youth Enrichment Project, or ZYEP, which was formed in 2009 to help youth on the pueblo learn Zuni traditions. ZYEP needed help with flooding in a park that ZYEP helped build as part of its work on water harvesting and food sovereignty. Students and their mentors helped find a solution to help the pueblo maintain these important traditions, even in the face of historic drought and climate change.

You can see a video about ZYEP’s work here.

GUESTS: 

  • Alan Barney, recent graduate, who worked on design of capstone project
  • Kenzi Bowekaty, food sovereignty leader, Zuni Youth Enrichment Project
  • Heather Himmelberger, director,  Southwest Environmental Finance Center
  • Zachary James, water specialist, Zuni Youth Enrichment Project
  • Edward Lucero, recent graduate and project manager on capstone project
  • Joni Palmer, project director, Southwest Environmental Finance Center
  • Enric Tsalate, built environment coordinator, Zuni Youth Enrichment Project