Authors: Kea Medupe, Carmen Piorno Introduction In times marked by increasingly severe environmental degradation, the term “Ecocide” has become popular as a prospective legal prosecution against people responsible for large-scale environmental harm. But what exactly… Read More »Ecocide on Trial: Legal Battles in Brazil and Ukraine
Authors: Yasmine Rugarli, Nico de Leeuw, Bruno Villalobos At a time when the world’s attention is drawn to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) we realise that watching isn’t enough. We must acknowledge our collective… Read More »Mboko Lopiki and the Struggle for Justice in the DRC
Author: Bruno Villalobos The return of Donald J. Trump to the White House has been proclaimed by his supporters as the return of American exceptionalism and as the beginning of an ever-lasting era of American… Read More »Trump’s anti-environmentalism, or when ‘the end of history’ meets the ‘end of the world’
Authors: Francisca Seabra and Rosa Jorba The rise of soybean farming in Santarém, northeastern Brazil, has brought multiple social, environmental, and cultural consequences. From deforestation and mercury contamination to the displacement of Indigenous communities due… Read More »From the Tapajós to the World: Viviane Borari on Protecting the Amazon
Author: Francisca Seabra Chantal Bildeau is a playwright and translator based in New York City, originally from Tiohtiá:ke, who focuses on storytelling and climate crisis. Her series “Artic Cycle” is composed of eight plays located… Read More »“Sila”: The play where the Artic Speaks and Humanity listens
Author: Júlia Fortuny “West Papua Is Not an Empty Land” This article is based on insights shared by Dorthea Wabiser, a young Indigenous researcher at Yayasan Pusaka Bentala Rakyat (PUSAKA), who I had the privilege… Read More »“West Papua Is Not an Empty Land”: The Story of a Young Indigenous Activist Defending Her People and Their Forests
Author: Zsófia Rába “My drive to know more about my culture through its cuisine.” – Quentin Glabus Food as a Way of Storytelling Food, beyond its primary purpose of sustenance, is a medium for cultural… Read More »Food as a Bridge: Revitalizing Indigenous Culture Through Cuisine
Author: Francisca Seabra “The Earth is in need of a good lawyer.” – Polly Higgins As the environmental crisis deepens with escalating climate change and biodiversity loss, nations around the world increasingly turn to Ecocide… Read More »Defending the Earth: Advances in the Fight Against Ecocide
Authors: Júlia Fortuny, Zsófia Rába and Francisca Seabra For many marginalized communities, historical trauma is not just a distant memory, but an inherited pain passed down through generations. It’s more than a fact recorded in… Read More »A Legacy of Wounds and Resistance
Author: Júlia Fortuny In this blog post, we want to share the powerful story of Mina Susana Setra, a lawyer and Indigenous Dayak Pompakng activist whose tireless work has inspired us deeply. Her dedication to defending… Read More »Mina Susana Setra – Lawyer and Indigenous Dayak Pompakng activist