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On June 14th 2022, 200 people joined us in Meta’s London offices to listen to Nemonte Nenquimo, an Indigenous Waorani leader from the Amazon.

Listening Sessions are an opportunity to listen to the Indigenous Peoples and land-based communities who are 5% of the world population protecting 80% of biodiversity. They are the real climate leaders. During these events, influential Westerners; model and actress Cara Delevinge; the Guilty Feminist Deborah Frances-White; Meta’s head of Sustainability Eoghan Griffin; JP Morgan’s Head of Wealth Advisory Maya Prabhu were invited to pass the mic, listen to Nemonte and disperse the teachings in their areas of influence.

Nemonte Nenquimo is a Waorani woman, mother and leader, who has dedicated her life to the defense of Indigenous ancestral territory and cultural survival in the Amazon rainforest. She is the co-founder of the Indigenous-led nonprofit organization Ceibo Alliance and its sister organization Amazon Frontlines, the first female president of the Waorani organization of Pastaza province, winner of the Goldman Environmental Prize for Central and South America, the United Nations’ Champions of the Earth Award, BBC 100 Women of 2020 and TIME 100 most influential people in the world.

This event was organised by Flourishing Diversity, Earthrise, Synchronicity Earth, Amazon Frontlines, and Eco Resolution.

Flourishing Diversity brings together voices from all over the world to explore humanity’s interconnection with the lands, waters, forests, and fellow species.

Earthrise is a multi-media storytelling studio focused on climate and culture. We tell stories for a new world. Radical stories of hope, of new possibility: stories from the future that help us navigate the now.

Synchronicity Earth was established to support, both financially and in kind, the people that strive to protect biodiversity; as well as to scale-up and deepen the impact of environmental philanthropy.

Amazon Frontlines defend indigenous rights to land, life, and cultural survival in the Amazon rainforest.

EcoResolution is an education-for-action platform nurturing a community of learners & doers in order to co-create a world that thrives.

“I call upon you of western societies to make a sacrifice. This system that you’re a part of is destroying the planet and it’s going to take your support to change it.”

–Nemonte Nenquimo