Building bridges for collaborative action in environmental education amongst conservation NGOs in Madagascar
Aina Brias plans a two-day workshop for conservation NGOs to share expertise and learn from each other, with seed funding support from GEN.
The Poli: Responsible Consumption for a Sustainable Future
Mohammad Azim, from Bangladesh, aims to raise environmental awareness and reduce environmental footprints through eco-friendly bags and accessories, and more!
Malaysian Primates Story and Activity Book
GEN supports Aini Hasanah in efforts to produce, promote and distribute a storybook on primates aimed at engaging the attention of young people around the issue of wildlife conservation at an early stage of their lives.
Indigenous wisdom and ecopsychology for empowering emerging Latin American change makers: moving from Covid disruption to better social and ecological wellbeing
Daniel Abreu, Manuela Fernandez and Abigail Quic offer live virtual and recorded sessions of eco-psychology and indigenous wisdom in the context of a global crisis and changes under COVID-19 and environmental, societal and economic risk drivers and issues.
Re-weaving threads: Revitalization of the Mapuche traditional loom and forest natural dyes in southern Andes, Chile
Antonia Barreau, Julian Caviedes and Constanza Monterrubio support Taller Witral, a working and teaching space built by Patricia Ayelef, an expert weaver, knitter and natural dyer of wool.
All seems frozen: Staying connected as communities isolate to avoid COVID-19
Community health authorities used the project-funded radio recently to convey a list of needed supplies to Jöti teacher Gerardo, who continues to self-isolate in the city with his young family.
Help Support the Ashaninka for the Forest Peoples’ Campaign: launch event 2 July
Help protect the lives of those who take care of the Amazon forest. An urgent plea to support the Ashaninka in the fight against COVID-19. The Ashaninka for the Forest Peoples' campaign starts on July 2nd.
Radios, phones and social distancing help protect Amazonian communities
Kayama and Jotï community of Iguana in Amazonas State, Venezuela, share their health news, and more!
Good news emerges from Joti territory!
Dr. Egleé Zent, who leads the "No one should die of malaria today" project, hears exciting news about the ongoing effects of the nets and malarial treatment medications delivered to remote communities in Venezuela.
Building leadership for food systems resilience in Peru
Twenty four young Latin Americans committed to the sustainability of food systems and biocultural diversity meet at the Latin American Academy for Food Systems Resilience, held in Cusco Peru.
How to get people networking: good food brought us together
Corinne Cariad shares her experience (and some tips!) facilitating a networking session held as part of the Farming, Food and Climate Justice March in London.
New book celebrates Joti culture and concepts of health as more medicines head to the clinic
Nï jotï aiye: jkyo jkwainï (Jotï Community Book: History, Territory and Life) offers loving evidence of these Indigenous communities’ commitment to conserving their ecological and cultural knowledge and wellbeing.
GEN partners with The Flourishing Diversity Series
GEN Director Nessie Reid writes about GEN's involvement in the Flourishing Diversity Series, which involved leading the Gaia Spirit Movement and helping facilitate sessions at the Flourishing Diversity Summit: a unique opportunity to listen, dialogue and participate with Indigenous leaders from across the world.
Despite challenges, all antimalarial mosquito nets have been delivered!
Egleé Zent delivers nets impregnated with insecticide to remote Indigenous Venezuelan communities in Iguana, Kayama and Betania.
GEN Alumni reunion at ‘Territories of Life’ event
Four GEN members - Ugo D’Ambrosio, Anna Varga, Emma Courtine and Aili Pyhälä - reunited in Valsaín, Spain in March 2019 for the event "Territories of Life: Areas conserved by indigenous peoples and local communities."
International delivery of mosquito nets begin!
Egleé Zent, project leader of the "Alleviating malaria in Venezuela" project, shares a detailed update on efforts to purchase and transport mosquito nets to three remote Indigenous communities to prevent further spread of malarial infection and catastrophic loss of life.
Developing learning materials to strengthen the Tojol-Ab’al language
Maribel Hernández López developed a language revitalisation project, with support from the Network's Alumni Fund for the purchase of a projector, microphone, writing and craft supplies for the project's educational activities.
GEN at the Conservation Optimism Summit: A New Generation of Environmental Leaders
GEN members from around the world joined the session A New Generation of Environmental Leaders Embrace Whole Earth Conservation to share their stories of contribution to the Whole Earth approach and showcase the diverse countries, disciplines and sectors that GEN represents.
How to bring IPBES to life: stakeholder engagement and capacity-building
How to engage scientists and other knowledge holders in biodiversity-related science-policy interfaces, such as Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services and Convention on Biological Diversity.
How Much Is That Tiger in the Jungle? Epistemic Struggle in the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
Daniel Suarez explores the contemporary politics and rising influence of ecosystem services in biodiversity conservation.
Introducing the Wellbeing Initiative: a Global Food Sovereignty Study
GESA 2013 participants collaborate in a new project, carrying out case study research that explores commonalities and differences between diverse social, economic, and cultural approaches to food sovereignty, examining how they are redefining the current food paradigm and what ‘food sovereignty’ means in practice in different contexts.