Colonial conservation and uneven development: The struggle for radical transformation and alternatives
Kendi Borona, Milka Chepkorir, Suzanne Dhaliwal and Ashish Kothari share their first-hand experiences of the ways Indigenous Knowledge and community-led education can revitalise our human connection to land and build resilient, thriving societies during the GEN In Conversation event, held on 25th August 2021.
Weaving Grief, the Body & Transformative Justice
Exploring how embodied grief practices can support environmental advocacy and transformative justice in the UK context.
Revitalizing Sengwer people-land relationships through indigenous knowledge in Kenya
This project aims to articulate the Sengwer indigenous peoples environmental thought as a foundational plank in the struggle for land justice.
Nursing our ancient trees in Savannah Region for resilience
Supporting local communities to be less dependent on external food sources and increase economic opportunities from non-timber forest products.
The Coffee Miners Project: An interactive and immersive platform to understand the Coffee Value chain from a Circular Economy lens
Building awareness on the value of coffee waste and by-products is vital towards making the coffee value chain more circular and sustainable.
The Rejea Retreat 2021 – Radical Reskilling for Regeneration
Concepts and practical skills for decolonisation and an embodied return to self, indigenous knowledge, Earth and ancestral connection.
Community seed banks in the Pamir Mountains, Tajikistan
Supporting communities to preserve their local seeds for future generations: a coping strategy for climate change adaptation.
People, parks, and prosperity: A story map project in China’s new National Park
Combining their academic and media expertise, Wenjing Xu and Inanc Tekguc aim to produce a web-based multimedia multi-lingual story map that documents the livelihood transformations of communities that live and used to live in Sanjiangyuan.
Engaging with local communities to envision rewilding project
Developing a model of rewilding for central Chile that focuses on restoring lost functionality within socio-ecological systems.
Community seed banks contributing to small-scale food production, agrobiodiversity and local seed exchange networks in Chile
Focusing on women leaders from urban agriculture organizations, this initiative aims to implement seed banks with seed guardians from four localities in the Biobío region, south of Chile.
Irina’s journey as a GEN member
Since attending GESA 2018, Irina Feygina continues to be actively involved in GEN, sharing practices to address climate change and transform systems.
Textile residency amidst branding of Taller Witral
Antonia Barreau shares exciting updates on the new branding for Taller Witral, a working and teaching space to revitalize traditional loom and forest natural dyes in Chile, an upcoming textile residency, and more.