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The results are in: Women are the key to a greener and more equitable world
Women, particularly Indigenous women and women of color, are catalysts for positive environmental change in the world. Because they often shoulder the heaviest impacts of climate change and environmental destruction, women know what our communities need in order to meet this moment on the planet.
Read MoreWEA Alumni Circle Event: Presenting Our Impact
Approaching the end of the year, as project leaders, we are ought to report the impacts we have given through our projects. Collecting the datas and curating it to be a well presented report can be challenging, therefore WEA is here to help our leaders! In this Alumni Circle, WEA’s Senior Program Director,…
Read MoreNew Communal Forest program launches with 130 square meters of demonstration plots in Indonesia
2 demonstration plots totaling 130 square meters of land have been secured as sites for WEA’s regenerative forest pilot program in Indonesia, called Hutan Komunal (Communal Forest). Led by WEA Indonesia Accelerator alumni Aniek Puspawardani from Bali and Nedhy Priscila Neonbeni from East Nusa Tenggara, the forest will be grown and managed collectively by local communities.
Read MoreWEA launches program to build Rural Climate and Economic Resilience (RuCLER) in Indonesia
Twelve community-led eco-enterprises have been selected to join the first cohort of WEA Indonesia’s Rural Climate and Economic Resilience Accelerator Program (RuCLER)—launched in response to the devastating economic impacts women leaders and their communities continue to face in the wake of COVID-19.
Read MoreJust Released! Mid-Year Impact Report 2022
Did you know that the root of the word crisis is the Greek word κρίσις, which means to sift? Author Kathleen Norris once wrote that to be in crisis was an opportunity then to sift until only what’s most vital remains. On the eve of World Nature Conservation Day—a day recognizing the critical role a…
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