In communities where survival means cutting down trees, we chose to offer alternatives instead. From transforming agricultural waste into cooking briquettes to turning plastics into interlocks and creating natural probiotics for healthy soils, our work empowers families to live sustainably. This story isn’t just about climate it’s about people, resilience, and the power of local innovation shaping a greener, fairer future for all.
Eating Away at the Land: The Lives of Local and Indigenous Communities in the Basoko Territory
In Basoko territory, in the heart of the Congo basin, local and indigenous communities are witnessing their land and rivers being poisoned by oil exploration and destructive logging. This story highlights how resource exploitation is threatening biodiversity, cultural heritage, and livelihoods, while amplifying the voices of those who resist. Through our podcast, Jambo Radio (a community and indigenous media) seeks to shed light on these silenced realities and spark global solidarity for climate justice, indigenous rights, and the protection of one of the world’s most vital ecosystems in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Narratives of Change: From the Lake Victoria's Shore to a Sustainable Future
Growing up on the shores of Lake Victoria, I saw the impacts of climate change firsthand. Driven by my love for the lake and my community, I embarked on a journey to combat environmental degradation. Now, through education, sustainable agriculture, and eco-friendly initiatives, I am working to restore the natural beauty and resilience of our ecosystem while empowering the next generation to be environmental stewards.
My Lost Pride
Community Managed Natural Regeneration
CMNR is a low-cost, rapid and easily replicated approach to restoring and improving degraded lands. It is based on the systematic regrowth of existing trees or self-sworn seeds. It is managed and practised by a pastoralist community who have no knowledge of farming or agricultural practices. And is done on deforested areas and on lands that don't have fertile soil, a land that is majorly colonised with sand soil. It focuses on how a simple act of thinning and pruning can release the untapped energy of underground roots. It has increased the supply of a range of products like fodder and firewood and also has improved the communities livelihood by adopting other sources of income.
Feeding the Earth
The Sustainable Development Goal 2 - Zero Hunger - was set in 2015 to tackle rising undernourishment. The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated this challenge. Climate Change threatens food production and quality. WHYFARM, an NGO that uses creative methods to engage young people in agriculture, was founded in 2015 in Siparia, Trinidad and Tobago. It teaches traditional farming techniques that protect the environment and human health, and technologies that optimize production to establish careers in the field and promote food security.
Medicine Meets Nature
The discovery of traditional, natural remedies through my grandma’s stories. The heritage of traditional knowledge of medicines can help us recover from common flues and colds. Increase respect and knowledge of nature, biocultural diversity, and our bodies. Join me in discovering nature's mysteries.
Introducing Next Generation Diplomacy
Next Generation Diplomacy seeks to promote the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals of clean water and sanitation, climate action, and life below water by connecting young community role models to other role models in communities around the world to share environmental cleanup ideas and environmental education resources.