Environmental & human rights
There is one underlying essence of life, a wisdom, a light, a music which we are all made of – every form of life on this planet. This music used to proliferate here. It took on a vast abundance of forms which all operate together in the same web, being part of the same song, effortlessly nourishing one-another. Diversity is not difference. Diversity is the wonder that this planet has to offer – the materialisation of the very same thing, the very same material in a myriad of forms. Laws which recognise this simple thing are the laws of our future. Such laws will truly protect life, including human life, and will truly ensure that our societies remain nourished and are taken care of well. They will ensure that all beings are seen for what they are.

International Rivers
Africa, South Asia, South America
Protecting rivers & defending rights of river communities, children & environmentalists via research, network-building, campaigning support & legal work. Support of grassroots movements & local culturally embedded river stewardship. Embodying inclusivity & gender equity. Ending legacies of environmental injustice & demanding corporate accountability. Great info resources on website.

The Borneo Project
USA & Malaysian Borneo
Supporting locally initiated & community-led campaigns to defend forests, environmental & human rights. Facilitating mapping for ancestral land claims, supporting legal cases, negotiations, paralegal education, mobile legal aid clinics. Helped > 200 longhouse communities hold off destructive logging & industrial palm oil plantations carried out without consent, violating land & human rights. Supporting cultural survival, reforestation, organic gardening, indigenous education & visions such as Baram Peace Park. Bringing international attention to corporate violence. Linking local & global movements.

Shipibo Conibo Center
Peru, USA
Supporting self-determination, territorial sovereignty, visual arts, music incl. Amazonian hip-hop artists, ethnobotanical research & Shipibo Agroforestry Cooperative Koshicoop of & by Peru’s Shipibo Conibo people. Belief that indigenous identity belongs to a technologically-anchored, sustainable future. Led by 5 artists, filmmakers, activists & anthropologists. Commitment to core values of Shipibo ethics & protocols of conviviality, reciprocity, kinship. Decolonising art. Art made based on natural dyes, immersive Amazonian soundscapes etc.

River Network
Colorado, USA
Connecting & aligning > 8500 NGOs, agencies, indigenous groups & utilities, facilitating collaboration, creating community & increasing impact to protect & restore our waters. Reaffirming our right to affordable, clean water & healthy rivers. One-on-one mentoring, consulting, trainings, conferences, events. Committed to integrity, inclusiveness & openness to new knowledge. 1% for the Planet.

The Endangered Language Fund
Worldwide
Documenting & revitalising endangered languages through grants to individuals, tribes & museums. Work in > 60 countries. Development of indigenous radio programs, recording of last living speakers of indigenous languages, orthographies & literacy materials for endangered language teaching programs, language-sharing workshops involving games & art etc. Bringing together language activists, linguists, students & speakers of rare languages.

The Gaia Foundation
UK, Ireland, worldwide
Local, decentralised work, forming bonds of affection in the collaborating communities. Securing food & seed sovereignty. Ending extractivism. Helping indigenous communities reestablish their Earth connection previously broken by the loss, destruction & desecration of their lands & culture. Empowering communities by rebuilding confidence necessary to stand up for their rights. Guided by nature – translating nature’s laws into human legislation.

Survival International
Worldwide
Expose abuse of indigenous peoples in the name of conservation & profit incl. racism, genocide, slavery, factory schools etc.; secure indigenous rights, decolonise conservation, amplify & empower indigenous voices (Tribal Voice platform) – rooted in longstanding relationships with 100s indigenous communities. Protecting uncontacted tribes. Embodying diversity & inclusivity in every way. Incredible organisation.
Guide to decolonising conservation:

Amazon Frontlines
Ecuador, Colombia, Peru
Providing access to clean water via rain water collection in areas of oil pollution. Supported creation of indigenous-led Ceibo Alliance (https://www.alianzaceibo.org). Technical & operational support of Ceibo projects. Creation of international support networks for funding, access to technology & legal knowledge/representation. Supporting cultural re- & survival, indigenous autonomy, protection of indigenous lands. Environmental monitoring, mapping, youth programs, women empowerment programs.

Rainforest Foundation Norway
Norway, South America, DR Congo, Indonesia, PNG
Providing resources for advocacy & field work towards sustainable community-based forest management & policy change such that rights of indigenous peoples are recognised & rainforests preserved. Legal action, campaigning, pressuring of industry investors etc. Close collaboration with local organisations & national non-governmental networks.

Spaces for Change
Nigeria & worldwide
Outstanding Nigerian lawyer & team demanding accountability from local & international actors for intentionally created poverty & suffering. Exposing & addressing key human rights violations via research, advocacy & effective use of legal system. Changing norms on human rights in corporate business. Securing rights of NGOs. Urban governance, land theft, energy policy, gender inclusion. Community empowerment, capacity-building, youth engagement. Volunteer/internship programs.
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