“The struggle belongs to all of us. It’s not for one people and one community. We are all one people. We belong to this planet.”
Tiago Karai — Guarani Yvyrupa Commission
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Decolonizing Wealth
An Interview with Edgar Villanueva
In this insightful interview held at the Skoll World Forum in 2019, Edgar Villanueva ...
Justice
Economies
Decolonise
Divest
Article
resources
Take Action: Divest
Protecting and creating biocultural diversity includes tracking our financial flow and the types of practices our money ...
Economies
Be A Flourisher
Divest
Global
Article
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Be a Biodiversity Builder...Be a Flourisher!
SUGi is a global initiative of Forest Makers and Ocean Gardeners empowering people to invest in nature, restore biodiver...
Biodiversity
Restoration
Be A Flourisher
Urban
Video
resources
Synchronicity Earth launches Flourishing Diversity programme
The Flourishing Diversity Programme represents an exciting progression in the special relationship we share with Synchro...
Biodiversity
Land Rights
Conservation
Indigenous
Global
Article
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Guardians of the Forest - Online Course
We’re delighted to share with you an online learning opportunity placing ecological knowledge at the heart of its teac...
Education
Be A Flourisher
Joy
Article
news
How the Ashaninka have Rallied Support for Amazonian Communities in the Face of a Pandemic
Since July 2020, the Ashaninka People of the Amônia River (Apiwtxa community), of the State of Acre, Brazil, have been ...
Food Sovereignty
Communities
Support
Amazon
South America
news
Skolt Sami - Finland & Norway
Indigenous communities and scientists rewild an ancient river system.
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Eco-Systems
Water
Support
Indigenous
Europe
Science
Article
Case Study
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Food Sovereignty
When communities are free to shape their own food systems, food can be a vehicle to justice, health, and sustainability ...
Food Systems
Food Sovereignty
Global
Agroecology
Article
resources
Do Plants Have Something to Say?
Scientist Monica Gagliano has been researching plant communication and shares about how her research has been guided by ...
Interspecies Relations
Health
Science
Article
resources
Reimagining the Post-Pandemic 'Normal'
Learning from Indigenous Peoples about Reconciling Culture and Nature.
Nature and culture have artificially been separat...
Interspecies Relations
Rights of Nature
Communities
Indigenous
Interdependency
Article
resources
Protecting Natural Sacred Sites and the ASSEGAIA Declaration
Sacred sites are the oldest form of protected areas and many of them are very important biodiversity reservoirs. Indigen...
Rights of Nature
Sacred Sites
Support
Global
Video
resources
"The Communities Know We are Managing the Forest Well”
Rainforest and Sacred Site in Guatemala at Risk of Privatization by U.S. Archaeologist
Local Maya and mestizo communiti...
Biodiversity
Land Rights
Sacred Sites
Communities
Indigenous
South America
Article
resources
Indigenous Cosmology in Climate Activism
17yr old climate justice activist Xiye Bastida saw her home town in Mexico devastated by drought and floods. She has exp...
Value-Led Approaches
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Indigenous
Youth
Video
resources
Listening Session with the Bishnoi
Originating 500 years ago in the fragile Rajasthani Dessert, the Bishnoi are followers of the 29 principles for environm...
Rights of Nature
Justice
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Indigenous
Asia
Video
resources
Listening Session with the Idu Mishmi
The ancestral homeland of the Idu Mishmi community of Northeast India is the rugged and densely forested Dibang Valley, ...
Interspecies Relations
Land Rights
Listen
Indigenous
Asia
Video
resources
Listening Session with the Ashaninka & Guarani
Despite horrific violence, invasion, and destruction of their ancestral homeland by multiple industries, the Ashaninka a...
Land Rights
Restoration
Listen
Indigenous
South America
Video
resources
Listening Session - Wisdom of Mother Earth
Featuring Indigenous Women and Wisdom Keepers from all four corners of the globe, this Listening Session celebrates the ...
Rights of Nature
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Indigenous
Joy
Reciprocity
Video
resources
Listening Session with the Juǀ'hoan Khoisan
Meet Mr.ǂOma Tsamkxao, affectionately known as Chief Bobo, of the Juǀ’hoan San (Khoisan) in Namibia. Inhabiting the ...
Land Rights
Listen
Indigenous
Africa
Video
resources
Listening Session with the Arhuaco Mamos
The Mamos are spiritual leaders from the Arhuaco nation of Colombia’s Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. In this session th...
Water
Listen
Indigenous
Interdependency
South America
Video
resources
Architecture That's Built to Heal
Dedicated to using architecture as a ‘transformative engine for change’, the MASS Design Group has collaborated with...
Human Rights
Communities
Dwellings
Beauty
Global
Video
resources
Building Locally
Studio Anna Heringer has long since worked towards building local yet impactful community projects following their motto...
Value-Led Approaches
Dwellings
Rural
Beauty
Asia
Europe
Article
resources
Design Inspired by Matriarchal Culture
World renowned architect Douglas Cardinal describes how his indigenous heritage and upbringing within a matriarchal comm...
Arts
Dwellings
Decolonise
Indigenous
Beauty
Podcast
resources
Designing Cities for our Collective Future
Vishaan Chakrabarti speaks to the creeping sameness besetting cities around the world and asks how we can reverse this t...
Biodiversity
Dwellings
Urban
Global
Video
resources
The Flying River of the Amazon
The largest river in the world, the Amazon, pours approx 17 billion tons of water into the Atlantic ocean every day. Eve...
Eco-Systems
Water
Amazon
South America
Science
Video
resources
Anti-Racism in Biology and Conservation
Biologists and conservationists from around the world share their experiences and research relating to racism and anti-r...
Human Rights
Conservation
Education
Decolonise
Video
resources
Why A Variety Of Life on Earth Is Essential To Sustainability
In this interview published by eco-age, Flourishing Diversity’s co-founder Jessica Sweidan explores what sustainable l...
Biodiversity
Conservation
Arts
Be A Flourisher
Joy
Article
resources
Bringing Farming Back To Nature
The methods used by mainstream food production systems have led to a decrease in the diversity of crops, depleted soil, ...
Food Systems
Food Sovereignty
Global
Agroecology
Article
resources
Landmark Map
LandMark is the first online, interactive global platform to provide maps and other critical information on lands that a...
Land Rights
Decolonise
Indigenous
Article
resources
My Name is not Greta Thunberg
Why Diverse Voices Matter in the Climate Movement.
In this article published by TheElders.org Xiye Bastida – an 18-yea...
Human Rights
Decolonise
Indigenous
Youth
Article
resources
The Struggle Belongs To All Of Us
The Importance Of Listening To Indigenous Peoples And Building Allyship.
What can Western societies learn from Indigenou...
Value-Led Approaches
Be A Flourisher
Indigenous
Article
resources
What is ‘Rewilding’ and Why Does it Matter?
In this short video created by ReWild Africa, Stephan Harding – a renowned Ecologist and author of Animated Earth – ...
Biodiversity
Restoration
Joy
Reciprocity
Interdependency
Video
resources
Ashaninka - Brazil
The internationally acclaimed protection work of the Apiwtxa community.
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Eco-Systems
Value-Led Approaches
Support
Indigenous
South America
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Snowchange - Finland
Community restored wetland dramatically increases wildlife and carbon storage.
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Food Systems
Water
Restoration
Communities
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Taking Action 3
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Idu Mishmi - India
Cultural practices protect biodiversity including a scientifically-new population of tigers.
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Interspecies Relations
Biodiversity
Conservation
Support
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