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Adivasi Academy

India

Adivasi Academy

The Adivasi – an umbrella term for the tribal groups considered to be the aboriginal population of India – are facing powerful social and economic pressures that lead many to abandon their own language in favor of Hindi, Gujarati, or English. Adivasi Academy, based in Tejgadh, Gujarat, is working to save the many endangered languages of the linguistically diverse Indian subcontinent by seeking to show its students that their native languages and cultures are worth preserving. To learn more, read this piece about Adivasi Academy on the Vikalp Sangam website.

Photo by Sonal Baxi, Bhasha Research and Publication Centre

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http://www.adivasiacademy.org

Ar Arvidjin Delgerekh Cooperative

Mongolia

Ar Arvidjin Delgerekh

The 210 members of the Ar Arvidjin Delgerekh cooperative in Mongolia are yak herders. The yak wool they produce is spun into yarn and knit into clothing, and sold under the Baby Yak label. The cooperative members also run traditional homestays and cultural tourism activities. Working together helps the herders to better protect their local ecosystem against overgrazing, improve animal health and welfare, and maintain a traditional nomadic lifestyle on the land…

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http://www.baby-yak.com/taniltsuulga/?lang=en

Babahan Subak Association

Indonesia

The Babahan Subak Association in the Tabanan province of Bali is a water-sharing farmer cooperative that upholds traditional organic farming methods and maintains an educational gathering space to share the practice, history, and spiritual and cultural significance of rice farming with locals and visitors. Learn more on the Uma Wali website (in Indonesian), and by contacting Emas Hitam Indonesia (English and Indonesian).

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http://umawali.org/

Biodiverseni

Indonesia

Biodiverseni (“the art of biodiversity”), is a project created by the Pejeng Village Government and Bali Lite Institute to translate the village’s ecological, historical and cultural assets into a map, art exhibit, and phone app. In the face of intense pressure to develop tourist infrastructure, these tools are helping local leaders, residents and visitors join together to preserve Pejeng’s culture – and now the local government is using the project’s data as a baseline for its development planning and budgeting. See the map here and visit the Pejeng Village Government (Indonesian language) website for more information on the project.


http://www.pejeng.desa.id/post/umum/potensi-biodiverseni-pejeng-dipetakan.html

Building A Local Economy (BALE)

USA

BALE engages in a number of grassroots community localization initiatives from their home base in the White River watershed of Vermont. The overarching goal of these efforts is “to build appropriately scaled solutions from the ground up, taking back, as much as possible, our economy, our culture, and our democratic instruments by re-injecting humanity and authentic relationships into all that we do.” Projects include The Commons @ BALE (a community space open to all and used most evenings of the year), a community solar initiative, a local investment club, a documentary film series, and a Locally Grown Guide to local businesses. Learn about these projects and more at https://balevt.org.


https://balevt.org/

Honey Bee Network

India

Honey Bee Network

The Honey Bee Network is a collective of organizations that share information about appropriate technology, grassroots innovation, folklore, and medicinal plants, sourced from villages throughout India. Honey Bee travels to rural areas to seek out local people who have developed innovative human-scale solutions to everyday problems; so far it has documented more than 100,000 ideas and traditional practices. The network publishes this collective wisdom in an online database, and publishes a quarterly newsletter in English and seven Indian languages. Browse the database and learn about Honey Bee’s many other activities on their website.


http://honeybee.org/index.php

Indonesia Biru

Indonesia

West Java

Inspired by Gunter Pauli’s concept of the Blue Economy, Indonesia Biru (“Blue Indonesia”) is a video series documenting traditional local practices throughout the archipelago which put Blue Economy principles into action. Two journalists traveled by motorbike around the country for one year, creating 32 short videos that highlight examples of indigenous wisdom and locally-adapted innovation, covering alternative energy, farming practices, natural resource management, conservation and social justice issues, traditional village organization, governance practices, and more. Watch the video series and read this article to learn more (links in Indonesian).

Photo: Paul Hessels/Flickr


https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpXudXDFSnuqPoc4xnNq2uEM4PkzITNkH

Little Donkey Farm

China

Little Donkey

This diversified organic farm hosts the first community supported agriculture (CSA) initiative in China. Located in a village just northwest of Beijing, Little Donkey Farm’s CSA has hundreds of members, while several hundred more families rent small plots of land from the farm – giving them a place to take a break from the city and plant their own gardens. To learn more, listen to the NPR story How Community Supported Agriculture Sprouted In China.

Photo by Edward Sanderson, (CC BY 2.0)

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http://www.littledonkeyfarm.com/

Living Traditions Museum

Nepal

Photo by Adam Jones

The Living Traditions Museum in Kathmandu explores how the intimate connection between people, land, and tradition is revealed through everyday and ceremonial objects. In traditional Nepalese cultures, all possessions – born from the earth, shaped by human hands, and passed down through generations – hold a revered place in the household; their stories invite visitors to contemplate their own relationship with the items they rely on every day, and to develop an appreciation for the sacred nature of even the most mundane objects. For more information about the museum and its guiding philosophy, visit the Living Traditions Museum website.


https://www.livingtraditionsnepal.com/

MASS Design Group

USA

MASS Design

MASS Design Group (MASS stands for Model of Architecture Serving Society) is a nonprofit architecture firm whose mission is to advance social justice through participatory design, recognizing that physical infrastructure plays a fundamental role in creating systemic changes in culture and economy. Designers work closely with communities to create buildings that uphold environmental stewardship, social justice, and community-defined values in a local context. Visit the MASS Design Group website for more information on their philosophy and projects, and read more about their work in architecture for food systems in this Medium article.


https://massdesigngroup.org/

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