Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Lital Khaikin Sharing a border with Ecuador and Peru, the southern Colombian department of Putumayo takes its name from the Quechua term for “gushing river.” For some, its landscapes are a sacred doorway to the Amazon rainforest, a world unfathomably greater than the human. For others, however, this land looks more like oilfields and military bases, optimized waterflood assets and strategic trafficking corridors.
As the Kurdish activist and ideologue Abdullah Ocalan, Mahatma Gandhi, many strands of the feminist and ecological movements, and Indigenous peoples have articulated in different forms, the nation-state disables (rather than enabling) true freedom – one in which every person and community is empowered to take decisions, in tune with nature.
In this week’s Frankly, Nate addresses how we, as humans, might adapt and take on characteristics that will allow us to face the coming challenges of our world head-on. Through a framework of “cultural mitochondria,” Nate explores 10 traits that will help to shape the way we move through and address the human predicament.
When we work with groups for a long time, building a research agenda that is considered by all parties involved as a tool to continue working for accessing human rights for all, we may find quotidian ways to construct knowledge together.
With people and places as a lifeline, we can avoid losing what we hold dearest and protect this country and our communities forever more. I believe one thing to be true: We are stronger together. And we are not alone.
There’s a strong sense of wanting social justice in this part of the world. There’s a legacy of extraction of Wales’s natural resources, along with the highest levels of poverty in the UK. Plus the rising social, financial and ecological costs of fossil fuels.
How can a culture of responsible foraging actually come into being? My thought is that if you are a forager, you really should give back in actual reparative ways and perhaps find ways to forage that don’t negatively impact the limited public land and rare plant species we have.
There is no room for doubt: Earth is getting hotter. The question now is how hot will it get?
At its heart, food sovereignty is a people-led response to the existential threats and multiple crises facing agri-food systems.
Crop diversification to improve the soil microbiome is key to the approach of the Andhra Pradesh Community-Managed Natural Farming (APCNF) movement.
“There were times over the past 20 years when we weren’t sure this would happen,” James said. “But we never gave up hope. We took a stance and said, ‘We love our river. We love our fish. We love our natural resources. We love our culture. And we’re not shy about showing it.’ That’s what Blue Creek means to us. That’s who we are.”
Now, some history advocacy organizations are leaning into community-based education programs to continue teaching a more diverse and comprehensive picture of the nation’s past.
