Celebrating the International day of the world’s Indigenous people
Celebrating the International day of the world’s Indigenous peopleAnaghaInternational day of the world’s Indigenous people got celebrated by the Keystone Foundation Nilambur resource center in association with the People and Nature Collective coordinators, Kotagiri and Thoduve Community Foundation. In line with the year’s theme: “The Role of Indigenous Women in the Preservation and Transmission of […]
My first APIMONDIA Congress – Istanbul
H R Eswaran The 47th Apimondia International Apicultural Congress was held at Istanbul congress centre, Istanbul, Turkiye from the 24th to 28th of August 2022. I had the privilege to attend the congress for the first time along with my colleagues, Anita, Shiny and Mahadesh. It also happened to be the 125th year of Apimondia, “the world of bees”. […]
Barefoot Ecology Training as a two-way learning experience
Bhavya George The socio-ecological changes observed and experienced due to Climate Change for sure have an impact on the natural resources, food security, health and livelihoods. The threat is especially severe for the indigenous and local communities dependent on natural resources for their everyday life. It becomes important in that context for the communities to […]
Sanitation in Mountain Regions
Vinitha MGiven the specific challenges in urban sanitation faced in the mountain region, NIUA proposed setting up of a ‘Forum for Inclusive and Resilient Sanitation in Hill Cities’. The purpose of the Forum is to bring together government officials and other stakeholders from states and cities to share their experiences with respect to Citywide Inclusive […]
NFLP
Keystone Foundation is hosting a group of five undergraduate students from Cornell University as part of the Nilgiris Field Learning Program (NFLP). This program has given various Cornell students the opportunity to work and learn in the Nilgiris for six weeks (June 9th- July 22nd, 2022), that focuses on “Mental Health, Healing Systems, and Community-Based […]
Climate Stories: Shaping unique voices in environmental journalism
Keystone Foundation organised the first training session in environment journalism at its campus between June 9-10 as part of a new project titled #ClimateStories. The project, done with support from Earth Journalism Network, identified 15 IPLC (indigenous peoples and local communities) youth from the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve to be trained to report on environment issues […]
Exploring Public Histories through Community Narratives: A researcher workshop and partners’ visit – June 2022
An ongoing project with the British Academy, titled ‘The Ownership of Public Histories’ or TOPHI for short, has supported indigenous groups who have been engaged in conversations and community research on community histories, traditional knowledge, documentation of traditional cultural expressions and building resources for aiding intergenerational knowledge transfer. A key component of the project has […]
Learning about Gardening an Ecosystem at Gurukula Botanical Sanctuary, Wayanad
Asish M An ‘ecosystem gardening’ training we received during the monsoon from June 27th to 30th at Gurukula Botanical Sanctuary was inspiring. We learned some new gardening techniques and got new perspectives on gardening and restoration. Suppi chechi is a great teacher; often, our philosophical discussions lasted till late at night. For all of us, one […]
Ecofriends – Nattarivu Padana Kendram, Ellumannam, Wayanad
Wayanad is known for its rich diversity of nature, agriculture and people. This district is an abode of several indigenous people like Kattunaicken, Paniyan, Adiyan, Kurichyan and Mullukuruman etc. All these communities are known for their unique traditions and knowledge systems. The early nontribal communities are belonging to different indigenous communities like Wayanadan and Moundadan […]
Sharing experiences and learnings nationally and internationally
Keystone Foundation and Aadhimalai were invited by the Tamil Nadu State Biodiversity Board to represent the state at the celebration of International Biodiversity Day at Chennai organised by the National Biodiversity Board. Bhavya George, Habeeba Fatima, Ramajeyam and Silambarasan from Keystone set up the exhibition space and interacted with the visitors. Bhavya George and Habeeba […]
