By Monica Evans, Landscape News
Most Indigenous communities hold intimate place-based knowledge, gained across generations, which is an ideal starting point for addressing contemporary challenges such as biodiversity loss, land degradation and climate change.
By Tracy L. Barnett, Esperanza Project
It was the native Wixárika people—better known internationally by their Spanish name, the Huicholes—who galvanized a global movement with their call for help.
By Tristan Partridge, Open Democracy
To be successful, páramo protection will need to be led by the Indigenous and campesino communities who share the richest histories and everyday entanglements with these unique lands.
By Regina Scheyvens, Apisalome Movono, The Conversation
But our research shows how people are surviving – and in some cases, thriving – in the face of significant loss of income. This is due in part to their reliance on customary knowledge, systems and practices.
By Vicki Robin, Julian Brave NoiseCat, Resilience.org
Julian Brave NoiseCat is Vice President of Policy & Strategy for Data for Progress and Narrative Change Director for the Natural History Museum. Julian provides his insight on What Could Possibly Go Right?
By Dennis Tabaro, The Ecologist
We must learn from our elders, so we can enjoy abundant gardens, nutritious food and a closeness to Nature for many generations to come.
By Brian Davey, Feasta
In preparing for disaster – and re-developing after disaster occurs – we must guide the redevelopment with a new kind of political economy that is socially just AND pulls back economic activity from recreating the same problems over and again.
By Simon Mitambo, The Ecologist
This is our vision and our contribution to the transformations we need around the world. If we really want to survive on this planet, we have to take care of our own biodiversity. COVID-19 is a wake-up call about how we should live in harmony with Nature, as our ancestors in Tharaka once did.
By Nick Engelfried, Waging Nonviolence
Even as communities begin picking themselves up after the devastation, West Coast climate activists are experimenting with what an effective response to such crises looks like.
By Carlotta Byrne, Gaia Foundation
Across Africa, a network of Earth Jurisprudence Practitioners is accompanying traditional and indigenous communities in the revival and enhancement of their Earth-centred customary governance systems.
By John Thackara, John Thackara blog
Growth, in this new story, means soils, biodiversity and watersheds getting healthier, and communities more resilient. The signals of transformation I talk about are not concepts, and they are not the fruits of a vivid imagination. They are happening now.
By Aaron Ebner, Resilience.org
It took a pandemic to reveal that the most resilient communities are oftentimes the most overlooked. It’s time to listen and learn from indigenous knowledge and livelihoods.