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Sinjajevina has recently been \u2018declared\u2019 a NATO military training and bombing ground\u2026 regardless of the lack of consent and actual strong contrary opinion of its custodian communities. But the custodian communities want to continue to use their pasturelands and live in Sinjajevina during the summer months. They have thus created Save Sinjajevina\u2014 a \u2018movement organization\u2019 to halt the military plans and insist on developing a positive alternative for their territory.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003ESinjajevina (Montenegro) (is) one of the largest communal pastureland in the Balkans and in Europe. Sinjajevina has recently been \u2018declared\u2019 a NATO military training and bombing ground\u2026 regardless of the lack of consent and actual strong contrary opinion of its custodian communities. But the custodian communities want to continue to use their pasturelands and live in Sinjajevina during the summer months. They have thus created Save Sinjajevina\u2014 a \u2018movement organization\u2019 to halt the military plans and insist on developing a positive alternative for their territory.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003E positive alternative for their territory.","title":"Case:A mountain community wants a community conserved area and not a military landgrab: the case of Sinjajevina","link":"","lat":42.95944,"lon":19.33361,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Webinar:A_two-part_Webinar_Series_with_Travellers%27_University:_Pursuit_of_Alivelihoods_and_the_52_Parindey_Fellowship\" title=\"Webinar:A two-part Webinar Series with Travellers\u0026#039; University: Pursuit of Alivelihoods and the 52 Parindey Fellowship\"\u003EWebinar:A two-part Webinar Series with Travellers' University: Pursuit of Alivelihoods and the 52 Parindey Fellowship\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EIn the latter session, we plan to host fel\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"In the latter session, we plan to host fellows from the \u201852 Parindey Fellowship\u2019, TU\u2019s 8-month long immersive program for exploring research interests through \u2018Parindeys\u2019; 52 represents the number of weeks in a year and Parindey translates to birds in English, which loosely captures the essence of mentors we intend to learn from who are practising Alivelihoods.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EIn the latter session, we plan to host fellows from the \u201852 Parindey Fellowship\u2019, TU\u2019s 8-month long immersive program for exploring research interests through \u2018Parindeys\u2019; 52 represents the number of weeks in a year and Parindey translates to birds in English, which loosely captures the essence of mentors we intend to learn from who are practising Alivelihoods.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Eearn from who are practising Alivelihoods.","title":"Webinar:A two-part Webinar Series with Travellers' University: Pursuit of Alivelihoods and the 52 Parindey Fellowship","link":"","lat":10.16315,"lon":76.64127,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Webinar:A_two-part_Webinar_Series_with_Travellers%27_University:_The_Pedagogy_of_Travel\" title=\"Webinar:A two-part Webinar Series with Travellers\u0026#039; University: The Pedagogy of Travel\"\u003EWebinar:A two-part Webinar Series with Travellers' University: The Pedagogy of Travel\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EIn the former session of the two-part webi\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"In the former session of the two-part webinar series, we facilitate a conversation between four co-creators of TU introducing their work, along with sharing their own experiences that led them to thinking of alternatives to mainstream educational practices. They also talk about \u2018Alivelihoods\u2019, livelihoods of intentional living \u0026amp; lifelong learning for a sustainable, equitable \u0026amp; just world.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EIn the former session of the two-part webinar series, we facilitate a conversation between four co-creators of TU introducing their work, along with sharing their own experiences that led them to thinking of alternatives to mainstream educational practices. They also talk about \u2018Alivelihoods\u2019, livelihoods of intentional living \u0026 lifelong learning for a sustainable, equitable \u0026 just world.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Eing for a sustainable, equitable \u0026amp; just world.","title":"Webinar:A two-part Webinar Series with Travellers' University: The Pedagogy of Travel","link":"","lat":10.16315,"lon":76.64127,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Process:Abahlali_baseMjondolo\" title=\"Process:Abahlali baseMjondolo\"\u003EProcess:Abahlali baseMjondolo\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EAbahlali baseMjondolo is a grassroots move\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"Abahlali baseMjondolo is a grassroots movement of shack dwellers in South Africa, primarily based in Durban. The movement organizes for the rights of informal settlement residents, advocating for access to housing, water, and basic services. Abahlali baseMjondolo promotes participatory decision-making and community-led development initiatives.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EAbahlali baseMjondolo is a grassroots movement of shack dwellers in South Africa, primarily based in Durban. The movement organizes for the rights of informal settlement residents, advocating for access to housing, water, and basic services. Abahlali baseMjondolo promotes participatory decision-making and community-led development initiatives.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Eand community-led development initiatives.","title":"Process:Abahlali baseMjondolo","link":"","lat":-29.86245,"lon":31.01767,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Endorser:Academy_of_Democratic_Modernity\" title=\"Endorser:Academy of Democratic Modernity\"\u003EEndorser:Academy of Democratic Modernity\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EBuilding the social alternative to capitalist modernity through education and connection with global democratic forces.","title":"Endorser:Academy of Democratic Modernity","link":"","lat":36.38381,"lon":38.86759,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Process:Adivasi_Gram_Sabhas_of_Bastar\" title=\"Process:Adivasi Gram Sabhas of Bastar\"\u003EProcess:Adivasi Gram Sabhas of Bastar\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EAdivasi Gram Sabhas of Bastar are Indigeno\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"Adivasi Gram Sabhas of Bastar are Indigenous community assemblies in Chhattisgarh, India, that exercise collective self-government over territory, forests, and social life. These assemblies function as sovereign decision-making bodies, often in open defiance of state authorities and extractive projects.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EAdivasi Gram Sabhas of Bastar are Indigenous community assemblies in Chhattisgarh, India, that exercise collective self-government over territory, forests, and social life. These assemblies function as sovereign decision-making bodies, often in open defiance of state authorities and extractive projects.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Estate authorities and extractive projects.","title":"Process:Adivasi Gram Sabhas of Bastar","link":"","lat":19.1071,"lon":81.9535,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Endorser:Africa_Earth_Jurisprudence_Collective\" title=\"Endorser:Africa Earth Jurisprudence Collective\"\u003EEndorser:Africa Earth Jurisprudence Collective\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThe African Earth Jurisprudence Collective\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"The African Earth Jurisprudence Collective is catalysing the revival of indigenous knowledge and practices and customary laws across the continent \u2013 the original, pre-colonial laws derived from ancestral lands, that have governed human communities over millennia to live in mutually-enhancing relationship with the wider Earth community.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EThe African Earth Jurisprudence Collective is catalysing the revival of indigenous knowledge and practices and customary laws across the continent \u2013 the original, pre-colonial laws derived from ancestral lands, that have governed human communities over millennia to live in mutually-enhancing relationship with the wider Earth community.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Elationship with the wider Earth community.","title":"Endorser:Africa Earth Jurisprudence Collective","link":"","lat":-26.19423,"lon":28.03214,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Endorser:African_Biodiversity_Network\" title=\"Endorser:African Biodiversity Network\"\u003EEndorser:African Biodiversity Network\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EABN accompanies Africans in voicing their \u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"ABN accompanies Africans in voicing their views on issues such as food and seed sovereignty, genetic engineering, agrofuels, biodiversity protection, extractive industries and the rights of small-holder farmers.We focus on indigenous knowledge, ecological agriculture and biodiversity related rights, policy and legislation.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EABN accompanies Africans in voicing their views on issues such as food and seed sovereignty, genetic engineering, agrofuels, biodiversity protection, extractive industries and the rights of small-holder farmers.We focus on indigenous knowledge, ecological agriculture and biodiversity related rights, policy and legislation.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Ety related rights, policy and legislation.","title":"Endorser:African Biodiversity Network","link":"","lat":-1.04029,"lon":37.06887,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Webinar:African_ecofeminist_alternatives_to_development_for_a_just_and_resilient_post-extractivist_future\" title=\"Webinar:African ecofeminist alternatives to development for a just and resilient post-extractivist future\"\u003EWebinar:African ecofeminist alternatives to development for a just and resilient post-extractivist future\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EIn this session, Zo Randriamaro from WoMin\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"In this session, Zo Randriamaro from WoMin first explains why African ecofeminist alternatives to development are critical to a just, decolonised and resilient post-extractivist future in Africa, and how they are building on African worldviews and political ideas such as Ubuntu and Pan-Africanism. Secondly, Nonhle Mbuthuma from the Amadiba Crisis Committee and Ange David from GRAIN share their experiences with communities in bringing to life such alternatives in real-world application.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EIn this session, Zo Randriamaro from WoMin first explains why African ecofeminist alternatives to development are critical to a just, decolonised and resilient post-extractivist future in Africa, and how they are building on African worldviews and political ideas such as Ubuntu and Pan-Africanism. Secondly, Nonhle Mbuthuma from the Amadiba Crisis Committee and Ange David from GRAIN share their experiences with communities in bringing to life such alternatives in real-world application.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Ech alternatives in real-world application.","title":"Webinar:African ecofeminist alternatives to development for a just and resilient post-extractivist future","link":"","lat":-8.78319,"lon":34.50852,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Endorser:Africans_Rising\" title=\"Endorser:Africans Rising\"\u003EEndorser:Africans Rising\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EAfrica Rising was an attempt to create an \u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"Africa Rising was an attempt to create an alternative to dependency on Western donors. The organization networked 14 African community-based organizations together over an eight year period. The About pages describe the philosophy, history, the people, and why the experiment came to an end.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EAfrica Rising was an attempt to create an alternative to dependency on Western donors. The organization networked 14 African community-based organizations together over an eight year period. The About pages describe the philosophy, history, the people, and why the experiment came to an end.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Ee, and why the experiment came to an end.","title":"Endorser:Africans Rising","link":"","lat":-0.02356,"lon":37.90619,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Endorser:Afrika_Youth_Movement\" title=\"Endorser:Afrika Youth Movement\"\u003EEndorser:Afrika Youth Movement\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EA pan-African, action-oriented, youth-led movement that strives for the participation, development and leadership of African youth to transform Africa and achieve their rights to peace, equality and social justice.","title":"Endorser:Afrika Youth Movement","link":"","lat":-1.29207,"lon":36.82195,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Endorser:Alliance_for_Food_Sovereignty_in_Africa\" title=\"Endorser:Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa\"\u003EEndorser:Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThe Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) is a broad alliance of different civil society actors that are part of the struggle for food sovereignty and agroecology in Africa.","title":"Endorser:Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa","link":"","lat":0.2546,"lon":32.62005,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Endorser:AltDev,_Program_on_Alternative_Development_of_UP_CIDS\" title=\"Endorser:AltDev, Program on Alternative Development of UP CIDS\"\u003EEndorser:AltDev, Program on Alternative Development of UP CIDS\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThe University of the Philippines (UP CIDS\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"The University of the Philippines (UP CIDS) Program on Alternative Development (AltDev) aims to look at paradigms, policies, practices, and projects that are largely marginalized and excluded from the mainstream. \u0026#10;\u0026#10;AltDev works with its grassroots and community partners to bring alternatives from the ground out of the margins and into the mainstream and level the playing field so that they may be regarded on an equal footing with dominant discourses and thus offer alternatives to the existing system.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EThe University of the Philippines (UP CIDS) Program on Alternative Development (AltDev) aims to look at paradigms, policies, practices, and projects that are largely marginalized and excluded from the mainstream. \n\nAltDev works with its grassroots and community partners to bring alternatives from the ground out of the margins and into the mainstream and level the playing field so that they may be regarded on an equal footing with dominant discourses and thus offer alternatives to the existing system.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Eoffer alternatives to the existing system.","title":"Endorser:AltDev, Program on Alternative Development of UP CIDS","link":"","lat":14.65388,"lon":121.0685,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Endorser:Alternatives_to_Capitalism_-_SASE\" title=\"Endorser:Alternatives to Capitalism - SASE\"\u003EEndorser:Alternatives to Capitalism - SASE\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThe COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing global e\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"The COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing global economic recession of unprecedented depth is a once in a generation opportunity to challenge capitalism and transition to a more equitable, democratic, solidaristic and sustainable socio-economic system. Indeed, the present situation has revitalized public and academic debates about the future of capitalism and has demonstrated the urgent need to envision and enact alternatives that can help rebalance the economy and tackle the multiple intertwined crises that societies are currently facing: high and rising inequality of income and power, eroding democracy and citizen\u2019s rights, human-induced climate change and environmental destruction.\u0026#10;\u0026#10;The broad aim of this research network is to advance the international, comparative and interdisciplinary study of capitalism and its alternatives, and thereby contribute to debates on the future of capitalism, the commons, prefigurative politics, social movements and collective action, real utopias, radical politics, and heterodox economic thinking.\u0026#10;\u0026#10;The main area of enquiry is to explore how long-standing and emerging social actors are challenging and supplanting conventional capitalistic modes of production, consumption, and reproduction by engaging in collective action of various sorts. We are especially interested in research that helps us to understand: Who are the emancipatory subjects that are embodying alternatives to capitalism? What are the emancipatory strategies enacted by these subjects and to what extent are they viable, achievable, and scalable? And in what ways does the State and the market co-opt, repress, or facilitate alternatives in the socio-economic, political, and geographic contexts in which they are embedded?\u0026#10;\u0026#10;Our past annual gatherings in Berkeley (2016), Lyon (2017), Kyoto (2018), New York (2019), and more recently online (2020, 2021) have given rise to a new book series titled \u2018Alternatives to Capitalism in the 21st Century\u2019 and published by Bristol University Press.\u0026#10;\u0026#10;The network encourages interdisciplinary dialogue between scholars form a variety of disciplines (e.g., sociology, social theory, social movement studies, political economy, anthropology, industrial relations, cultural studies) that are conducting theoretical and empirical research on a range of topics such as: \u0026#10;\u0026#10;- Contemporary capitalism, its crises and alternatives\u0026#10; - Social change, transitions to post-capitalist societies and low-carbon economies\u0026#10;- Resilience and resistance to capitalist expropriation and exploitation\u0026#10;- Radical/deep ecology, eco-feminism, eco-socialism and degrowth\u0026#10;- Political and ethical consumerism\u0026#10;- Ecovillages, communes and intentional communities, radical lifestyles\u0026#10;- Decolonial and feminist economic and social practices\u0026#10;- Worker/producer/consumer cooperatives, economic democracy, and labour struggles\u0026#10;- Direct democracy, radical municipalism and the commons\u0026#10;- Democratic socialism and socialism in the 21st century\u0026#10;- Alternatives to shareholder capitalism\u0026#10;- Alternative metrics and values in capitalist societies (e.g., ESG impact, new taxonomies and benchmarks)\u0026#10;- Critiques of \u201cgreen capitalism\u201d and \u201cconscious capitalism\u201d\u0026#10;- Alternative and complementary currencies\u0026#10;- Alternatives in/to creative industries\u0026#10;- Transformative social innovation, social and solidarity economy\u0026#10;- Alternative and place-based food and energy networks\u0026#10;- Anti-capitalist trade unions, political parties, and social movements\u0026#10;- Critical pedagogy for a just ecological transition\u0026#10;- Innovative methods and epistemologies for interpreting alternatives to capitalism\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EThe COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing global economic recession of unprecedented depth is a once in a generation opportunity to challenge capitalism and transition to a more equitable, democratic, solidaristic and sustainable socio-economic system. Indeed, the present situation has revitalized public and academic debates about the future of capitalism and has demonstrated the urgent need to envision and enact alternatives that can help rebalance the economy and tackle the multiple intertwined crises that societies are currently facing: high and rising inequality of income and power, eroding democracy and citizen\u2019s rights, human-induced climate change and environmental destruction.\n\nThe broad aim of this research network is to advance the international, comparative and interdisciplinary study of capitalism and its alternatives, and thereby contribute to debates on the future of capitalism, the commons, prefigurative politics, social movements and collective action, real utopias, radical politics, and heterodox economic thinking.\n\nThe main area of enquiry is to explore how long-standing and emerging social actors are challenging and supplanting conventional capitalistic modes of production, consumption, and reproduction by engaging in collective action of various sorts. We are especially interested in research that helps us to understand: Who are the emancipatory subjects that are embodying alternatives to capitalism? What are the emancipatory strategies enacted by these subjects and to what extent are they viable, achievable, and scalable? And in what ways does the State and the market co-opt, repress, or facilitate alternatives in the socio-economic, political, and geographic contexts in which they are embedded?\n\nOur past annual gatherings in Berkeley (2016), Lyon (2017), Kyoto (2018), New York (2019), and more recently online (2020, 2021) have given rise to a new book series titled \u2018Alternatives to Capitalism in the 21st Century\u2019 and published by Bristol University Press.\n\nThe network encourages interdisciplinary dialogue between scholars form a variety of disciplines (e.g., sociology, social theory, social movement studies, political economy, anthropology, industrial relations, cultural studies) that are conducting theoretical and empirical research on a range of topics such as: \n\n- Contemporary capitalism, its crises and alternatives\n - Social change, transitions to post-capitalist societies and low-carbon economies\n- Resilience and resistance to capitalist expropriation and exploitation\n- Radical/deep ecology, eco-feminism, eco-socialism and degrowth\n- Political and ethical consumerism\n- Ecovillages, communes and intentional communities, radical lifestyles\n- Decolonial and feminist economic and social practices\n- Worker/producer/consumer cooperatives, economic democracy, and labour struggles\n- Direct democracy, radical municipalism and the commons\n- Democratic socialism and socialism in the 21st century\n- Alternatives to shareholder capitalism\n- Alternative metrics and values in capitalist societies (e.g., ESG impact, new taxonomies and benchmarks)\n- Critiques of \u201cgreen capitalism\u201d and \u201cconscious capitalism\u201d\n- Alternative and complementary currencies\n- Alternatives in/to creative industries\n- Transformative social innovation, social and solidarity economy\n- Alternative and place-based food and energy networks\n- Anti-capitalist trade unions, political parties, and social movements\n- Critical pedagogy for a just ecological transition\n- Innovative methods and epistemologies for interpreting alternatives to capitalism\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Eor interpreting alternatives to capitalism","title":"Endorser:Alternatives to Capitalism - SASE","link":"","lat":50.92671,"lon":6.95439,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Process:Amadiba_Crisis_Committee\" title=\"Process:Amadiba Crisis Committee\"\u003EProcess:Amadiba Crisis Committee\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThe Amadiba Crisis Committee (ACC) is a social movement based in the Amadiba region of Pondoland in the Eastern Cape, in South Africa. It was formed in 2007 by villagers in and around Xolobeni to fight a proposed titanium mine in their area.","title":"Process:Amadiba Crisis Committee","link":"","lat":-31.34243,"lon":29.25975,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Process:Asociaci%C3%B3n_de_Consejos_Comunitarios_de_Su%C3%A1rez_(ASOCOMS)\" title=\"Process:Asociaci\u00f3n de Consejos Comunitarios de Su\u00e1rez (ASOCOMS)\"\u003EProcess:Asociaci\u00f3n de Consejos Comunitarios de Su\u00e1rez (ASOCOMS)\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003ECreated in 1991. A process of Black People\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"Created in 1991. A process of Black People in one of the regions that have been more affected by coloniaity and armed conflict. It has processes of environmental justice (fighting againts big mining and the construction of a damp); women\u0026#039;s mouvement, self-defense and non-violence based on ancestral knowledge (\u0026quot;guadia cimarrona\u0026quot;: the marron gard created by women and supported by men); comunitarian economy based on food sovereignty; work with children and young people.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003ECreated in 1991. A process of Black People in one of the regions that have been more affected by coloniaity and armed conflict. It has processes of environmental justice (fighting againts big mining and the construction of a damp); women's mouvement, self-defense and non-violence based on ancestral knowledge (\"guadia cimarrona\": the marron gard created by women and supported by men); comunitarian economy based on food sovereignty; work with children and young people.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Egnty; work with children and young people.","title":"Process:Asociaci\u00f3n de Consejos Comunitarios de Su\u00e1rez (ASOCOMS)","link":"","lat":3.00901,"lon":-76.4863,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Thematic:Assentamento_Normandia\" title=\"Thematic:Assentamento Normandia\"\u003EThematic:Assentamento Normandia\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EAssentamento Normandia is a rural settlement organized by the MST in Pernambuco, governed through assemblies and collective production. It exemplifies agrarian self-management and grassroots democracy.","title":"Thematic:Assentamento Normandia","link":"","lat":-8.2845,"lon":-35.969,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Process:Assyrian_Local_Councils\" title=\"Process:Assyrian Local Councils\"\u003EProcess:Assyrian Local Councils\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EAssyrian Local Councils are grassroots gov\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"Assyrian Local Councils are grassroots governance bodies established by Assyrian communities in Iraq and Syria to manage local affairs, defend cultural identity, and exercise collective decision-making in contexts of marginalization and conflict. Rooted in communal traditions and Christian social organization, these councils coordinate education, security, land stewardship, and social services, representing an ongoing effort toward Indigenous self-determination and democratic self-governance.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EAssyrian Local Councils are grassroots governance bodies established by Assyrian communities in Iraq and Syria to manage local affairs, defend cultural identity, and exercise collective decision-making in contexts of marginalization and conflict. Rooted in communal traditions and Christian social organization, these councils coordinate education, security, land stewardship, and social services, representing an ongoing effort toward Indigenous self-determination and democratic self-governance.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Eermination and democratic self-governance.","title":"Process:Assyrian Local Councils","link":"","lat":36.2704,"lon":43.3779,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Endorser:Australian_Earth_Laws_Alliance\" title=\"Endorser:Australian Earth Laws Alliance\"\u003EEndorser:Australian Earth Laws Alliance\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EAELA is a not-for-profit organisation work\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"AELA is a not-for-profit organisation working to increase the understanding and practical implementation of Earth-centred (ecocentric) governance, with a focus on systems change across law, economics, education, ethics and community participation in Australia.\u0026#10;Our vision is an Australian society that embraces an ecocentric or \u2018life-centred\u2019 culture, with governance systems that enable human communities to thrive within ecological boundaries, while nurturing biodiversity and ecosystem health.\u0026#10;Our programs provide a range of services and support for people, communities and organisations working to create ecocentric systems change.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EAELA is a not-for-profit organisation working to increase the understanding and practical implementation of Earth-centred (ecocentric) governance, with a focus on systems change across law, economics, education, ethics and community participation in Australia.\nOur vision is an Australian society that embraces an ecocentric or \u2018life-centred\u2019 culture, with governance systems that enable human communities to thrive within ecological boundaries, while nurturing biodiversity and ecosystem health.\nOur programs provide a range of services and support for people, communities and organisations working to create ecocentric systems change.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Erking to create ecocentric systems change.","title":"Endorser:Australian Earth Laws Alliance","link":"","lat":-27.18494,"lon":152.94636,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Process:A%C3%B1uu_People\" title=\"Process:A\u00f1uu People\"\u003EProcess:A\u00f1uu People\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThe A\u00f1uu People are an Indigenous nation i\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"The A\u00f1uu People are an Indigenous nation inhabiting the Lake Maracaibo region in Venezuela, known for their stilt-house communities and water-based commons. Their governance is organized through community assemblies and traditional authorities managing fishing territories, housing, and social life. Rooted in ancestral knowledge and communal stewardship of aquatic ecosystems, the A\u00f1uu experience represents a unique form of Indigenous self-governance and radical democracy adapted to a lacustrine environment.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EThe A\u00f1uu People are an Indigenous nation inhabiting the Lake Maracaibo region in Venezuela, known for their stilt-house communities and water-based commons. Their governance is organized through community assemblies and traditional authorities managing fishing territories, housing, and social life. Rooted in ancestral knowledge and communal stewardship of aquatic ecosystems, the A\u00f1uu experience represents a unique form of Indigenous self-governance and radical democracy adapted to a lacustrine environment.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Ecracy adapted to a lacustrine environment.","title":"Process:A\u00f1uu People","link":"","lat":10.69,"lon":-71.64,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Process:Baka_Forest_Communities\" title=\"Process:Baka Forest Communities\"\u003EProcess:Baka Forest Communities\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EBaka Forest Communities practice collectiv\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"Baka Forest Communities practice collective self-governance based on deep ecological knowledge of the Congo Basin forests. Decision-making occurs through communal deliberation regulating hunting, gathering, land use, and social relations. These practices constitute a living system of forest commons governance and Indigenous autonomy rooted in ancestral knowledge and collective stewardship.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EBaka Forest Communities practice collective self-governance based on deep ecological knowledge of the Congo Basin forests. Decision-making occurs through communal deliberation regulating hunting, gathering, land use, and social relations. These practices constitute a living system of forest commons governance and Indigenous autonomy rooted in ancestral knowledge and collective stewardship.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Etral knowledge and collective stewardship.","title":"Process:Baka Forest Communities","link":"","lat":3.9833,"lon":13.1833,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Process:Bakhtiari_Tribal_Councils\" title=\"Process:Bakhtiari Tribal Councils\"\u003EProcess:Bakhtiari Tribal Councils\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EBakhtiari Tribal Councils are traditional \u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"Bakhtiari Tribal Councils are traditional self-governing institutions of the Bakhtiari people in western Iran, regulating social life, migration routes, land use, and conflict resolution through collective deliberation and customary law. These councils operate through consensus among clan leaders and community members, sustaining nomadic pastoralism and communal stewardship of territory in the Zagros Mountains.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EBakhtiari Tribal Councils are traditional self-governing institutions of the Bakhtiari people in western Iran, regulating social life, migration routes, land use, and conflict resolution through collective deliberation and customary law. These councils operate through consensus among clan leaders and community members, sustaining nomadic pastoralism and communal stewardship of territory in the Zagros Mountains.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Eship of territory in the Zagros Mountains.","title":"Process:Bakhtiari Tribal Councils","link":"","lat":32.3256,"lon":50.8644,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Case:Beautiful_resistance\" title=\"Case:Beautiful resistance\"\u003ECase:Beautiful resistance\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EAlrowwad Arts and Cultural Society is a Pa\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"Alrowwad Arts and Cultural Society is a Palestinian organization that was founded in 1998 by Dr. Abdelfattah Abusrour in the Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem Governorate. The organization was founded on the philosophy of \u201cBeautiful Resistance,\u201d which uses culture, art, and education to resist injustice, oppression, and occupation.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EAlrowwad Arts and Cultural Society is a Palestinian organization that was founded in 1998 by Dr. Abdelfattah Abusrour in the Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem Governorate. The organization was founded on the philosophy of \u201cBeautiful Resistance,\u201d which uses culture, art, and education to resist injustice, oppression, and occupation.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Eist injustice, oppression, and occupation.","title":"Case:Beautiful resistance","link":"","lat":31.71992,"lon":35.19905,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Process:Beirut_Neighborhood_Committees\" title=\"Process:Beirut Neighborhood Committees\"\u003EProcess:Beirut Neighborhood Committees\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EBeirut Neighborhood Committees are self-or\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"Beirut Neighborhood Committees are self-organized assemblies formed by residents across Beirut to manage local needs, mutual aid, and collective decision-making, particularly during periods of political and economic crisis. These committees coordinate food distribution, rebuilding efforts, and community support through horizontal structures and participatory practices, embodying urban grassroots democracy outside formal state institutions.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EBeirut Neighborhood Committees are self-organized assemblies formed by residents across Beirut to manage local needs, mutual aid, and collective decision-making, particularly during periods of political and economic crisis. These committees coordinate food distribution, rebuilding efforts, and community support through horizontal structures and participatory practices, embodying urban grassroots democracy outside formal state institutions.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Emocracy outside formal state institutions.","title":"Process:Beirut Neighborhood Committees","link":"","lat":33.8938,"lon":35.5018,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Process:Bougainville_Autonomous_Government\" title=\"Process:Bougainville Autonomous Government\"\u003EProcess:Bougainville Autonomous Government\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThe Bougainville Autonomous Government is \u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"The Bougainville Autonomous Government is a self-governing political entity established following a popular struggle and peace process in Papua New Guinea. Rooted in strong community assemblies, customary land tenure, and grassroots participation, Bougainville\u2019s autonomy reflects Indigenous governance traditions adapted to contemporary institutions. Its political process emphasizes collective decision-making, territorial control, and post-conflict self-determination, constituting a significant case of radical democracy and regional autonomy in Oceania.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EThe Bougainville Autonomous Government is a self-governing political entity established following a popular struggle and peace process in Papua New Guinea. Rooted in strong community assemblies, customary land tenure, and grassroots participation, Bougainville\u2019s autonomy reflects Indigenous governance traditions adapted to contemporary institutions. Its political process emphasizes collective decision-making, territorial control, and post-conflict self-determination, constituting a significant case of radical democracy and regional autonomy in Oceania.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Eemocracy and regional autonomy in Oceania.","title":"Process:Bougainville Autonomous Government","link":"","lat":-5.432,"lon":154.672,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Process:Buliisa_community\" title=\"Process:Buliisa community\"\u003EProcess:Buliisa community\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EBuliisa is a rural community located in th\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"Buliisa is a rural community located in the Buliisa District, in western Uganda, along the shores of Lake Albert. The community is widely known for its grassroots resistance and self-organization in response to large-scale oil extraction projects that have threatened land rights, livelihoods, and local ecosystems. Traditionally dependent on fishing, small-scale farming, and communal land use, the people of Buliisa have organized collectively to defend their territory, demand compensation, and assert community participation in decision-making processes affecting their land. Through local committees, alliances, and civic action, Buliisa represents a process of radical democracy rooted in commons defense, environmental justice, and community organizing in the face of extractivism.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EBuliisa is a rural community located in the Buliisa District, in western Uganda, along the shores of Lake Albert. The community is widely known for its grassroots resistance and self-organization in response to large-scale oil extraction projects that have threatened land rights, livelihoods, and local ecosystems. Traditionally dependent on fishing, small-scale farming, and communal land use, the people of Buliisa have organized collectively to defend their territory, demand compensation, and assert community participation in decision-making processes affecting their land. Through local committees, alliances, and civic action, Buliisa represents a process of radical democracy rooted in commons defense, environmental justice, and community organizing in the face of extractivism.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Ety organizing in the face of extractivism.","title":"Process:Buliisa community","link":"","lat":1.955,"lon":31.41,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Process:Can_Batll%C3%B3\" title=\"Process:Can Batll\u00f3\"\u003EProcess:Can Batll\u00f3\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003ECan Batll\u00f3 is a large former industrial co\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"Can Batll\u00f3 is a large former industrial complex located in the La Bordeta neighborhood of Barcelona that has been collectively reclaimed and self-managed by local residents since 2011. Following decades of abandonment and speculative urban planning, the community organized to occupy and transform the space into a network of commons governed through open assemblies. Decision-making is based on direct democracy, consensus, and collective responsibility, with working groups managing cultural, educational, social, and productive activities. Can Batll\u00f3 functions as a living experiment in urban self-governance, where residents exercise direct control over land use, infrastructure, and community life outside of state or market logics.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003ECan Batll\u00f3 is a large former industrial complex located in the La Bordeta neighborhood of Barcelona that has been collectively reclaimed and self-managed by local residents since 2011. Following decades of abandonment and speculative urban planning, the community organized to occupy and transform the space into a network of commons governed through open assemblies. Decision-making is based on direct democracy, consensus, and collective responsibility, with working groups managing cultural, educational, social, and productive activities. Can Batll\u00f3 functions as a living experiment in urban self-governance, where residents exercise direct control over land use, infrastructure, and community life outside of state or market logics.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Ety life outside of state or market logics.","title":"Process:Can Batll\u00f3","link":"","lat":41.3686,"lon":2.1325,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Webinar:Capitalism,_Its_Crises_and_Its_Alternatives:_Understanding_Real_Utopias\" title=\"Webinar:Capitalism, Its Crises and Its Alternatives: Understanding Real Utopias\"\u003EWebinar:Capitalism, Its Crises and Its Alternatives: Understanding Real Utopias\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003ETo confront the multiple crises characteri\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"To confront the multiple crises characterising contemporary capitalism, we need a historical understanding of its functioning and its elements of instability. The debate on capitalism came back to the fore due to the financial crisis of 2007-2008. Today, more than ten years later, capitalism is still the dominant system and we often hear terms like Capitalocene, platform capitalism, surveillance capitalism, accelerations, post-capitalism. In the context of its resilience, how do we work for systemic and progressive change? One example is that of prefigurative social movements. Intentional communities like Auroville in southern India can show how change can happen through interstitial mechanisms of karst-like erosion of capitalism from within.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003ETo confront the multiple crises characterising contemporary capitalism, we need a historical understanding of its functioning and its elements of instability. The debate on capitalism came back to the fore due to the financial crisis of 2007-2008. Today, more than ten years later, capitalism is still the dominant system and we often hear terms like Capitalocene, platform capitalism, surveillance capitalism, accelerations, post-capitalism. In the context of its resilience, how do we work for systemic and progressive change? One example is that of prefigurative social movements. Intentional communities like Auroville in southern India can show how change can happen through interstitial mechanisms of karst-like erosion of capitalism from within.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Est-like erosion of capitalism from within.","title":"Webinar:Capitalism, Its Crises and Its Alternatives: Understanding Real Utopias","link":"","lat":12.00525,"lon":79.80689,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Case:Cargonomia,_Budapest:_Resilience_Through_Cooperation_and_Creativity_During_COVID-19\" title=\"Case:Cargonomia, Budapest: Resilience Through Cooperation and Creativity During COVID-19\"\u003ECase:Cargonomia, Budapest: Resilience Through Cooperation and Creativity During COVID-19\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003ECargonomia is a community-based, experimen\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"Cargonomia is a community-based, experimental degrowth cooperative that offers\u0026#10;home delivery \u2013 via cargo bicycle \u2013 of organic and locally- produced vegetable boxes\u0026#10;to customers in and around Budapest, Hungary. From the start of the COVID-19\u0026#10;pandemic this past spring, Budapest residents initially panicked about access to food\u0026#10;and the need for resilient local food systems became increasingly apparent. These\u0026#10;residents immediately turned to Cargonomia to respond to this need; in the first\u0026#10;few weeks of the pandemic, Cargonomia experienced a sudden increase in demand\u0026#10;for its weekly vegetable boxes, with orders more than doubling in some weeks\u0026#10;compared to pre-pandemic times.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003ECargonomia is a community-based, experimental degrowth cooperative that offers\nhome delivery \u2013 via cargo bicycle \u2013 of organic and locally- produced vegetable boxes\nto customers in and around Budapest, Hungary. From the start of the COVID-19\npandemic this past spring, Budapest residents initially panicked about access to food\nand the need for resilient local food systems became increasingly apparent. These\nresidents immediately turned to Cargonomia to respond to this need; in the first\nfew weeks of the pandemic, Cargonomia experienced a sudden increase in demand\nfor its weekly vegetable boxes, with orders more than doubling in some weeks\ncompared to pre-pandemic times.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Esome weeks\ncompared to pre-pandemic times.","title":"Case:Cargonomia, Budapest: Resilience Through Cooperation and Creativity During COVID-19","link":"","lat":47.47463,"lon":19.04094,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Process:Cecosesola\" title=\"Process:Cecosesola\"\u003EProcess:Cecosesola\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003ECecosesola (Central Cooperativa de Servici\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"Cecosesola (Central Cooperativa de Servicios Sociales del Estado Lara) is a large-scale cooperative network based in Barquisimeto, Venezuela, operating since 1967. It integrates worker-managed markets, health services, transportation, and production without formal hierarchies or elected leadership. Decision-making is carried out through open assemblies and continuous collective deliberation, emphasizing trust, shared responsibility, and consensus rather than bureaucratic control. Cecosesola represents a sustained experiment in non-state, non-capitalist self-governance and radical economic democracy operating at a metropolitan scale.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003ECecosesola (Central Cooperativa de Servicios Sociales del Estado Lara) is a large-scale cooperative network based in Barquisimeto, Venezuela, operating since 1967. It integrates worker-managed markets, health services, transportation, and production without formal hierarchies or elected leadership. Decision-making is carried out through open assemblies and continuous collective deliberation, emphasizing trust, shared responsibility, and consensus rather than bureaucratic control. Cecosesola represents a sustained experiment in non-state, non-capitalist self-governance and radical economic democracy operating at a metropolitan scale.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Emocracy operating at a metropolitan scale.","title":"Process:Cecosesola","link":"","lat":10.0678,"lon":-69.3467,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Process:Cherokee_Community_Councils\" title=\"Process:Cherokee Community Councils\"\u003EProcess:Cherokee Community Councils\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003ECherokee Community Councils are local gove\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"Cherokee Community Councils are local governance bodies within Cherokee communities that facilitate collective decision-making, cultural continuity, and community self-management. Rooted in long-standing traditions of deliberation and consensus, these councils address local affairs such as land use, social welfare, and cultural preservation. They embody grassroots Indigenous democracy operating alongside, and often independently from, formal state institutions.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003ECherokee Community Councils are local governance bodies within Cherokee communities that facilitate collective decision-making, cultural continuity, and community self-management. Rooted in long-standing traditions of deliberation and consensus, these councils address local affairs such as land use, social welfare, and cultural preservation. They embody grassroots Indigenous democracy operating alongside, and often independently from, formal state institutions.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Ependently from, formal state institutions.","title":"Process:Cherokee Community Councils","link":"","lat":35.9154,"lon":-94.9699,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Process:Christiania\" title=\"Process:Christiania\"\u003EProcess:Christiania\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EChristiania, officially known as the Free \u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"Christiania, officially known as the Free Town of Christiania, is an intentional community and self-governed neighborhood located in Copenhagen, Denmark. It was established in 1971 when activists, artists, and local residents occupied abandoned military barracks, declaring the area a social experiment grounded in collective ownership, consensus-based decision-making, and resistance to state authority and capitalist urban development. The community organizes itself through general assemblies and working groups, emphasizing horizontal governance, shared responsibility, and the defense of urban commons. Despite ongoing legal negotiations and conflicts with the Danish state, Christiania has endured for decades as a living experiment in radical democracy, alternative economy, and social change within an urban context.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EChristiania, officially known as the Free Town of Christiania, is an intentional community and self-governed neighborhood located in Copenhagen, Denmark. It was established in 1971 when activists, artists, and local residents occupied abandoned military barracks, declaring the area a social experiment grounded in collective ownership, consensus-based decision-making, and resistance to state authority and capitalist urban development. The community organizes itself through general assemblies and working groups, emphasizing horizontal governance, shared responsibility, and the defense of urban commons. Despite ongoing legal negotiations and conflicts with the Danish state, Christiania has endured for decades as a living experiment in radical democracy, alternative economy, and social change within an urban context.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Eand social change within an urban context.","title":"Process:Christiania","link":"","lat":55.6739,"lon":12.6003,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Endorser:Civil_Diplomacy_Center_-_North_and_East_Syria\" title=\"Endorser:Civil Diplomacy Center - North and East Syria\"\u003EEndorser:Civil Diplomacy Center - North and East Syria\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThe Civil Diplomacy Center aims to promote solidarity and cooperation between the region of North and East Syria and the rest of the world, in all fields, on the basis of democratic values.","title":"Endorser:Civil Diplomacy Center - North and East Syria","link":"","lat":37.05494,"lon":41.22825,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Webinar:Climate_Change_Fiction:_A_Conversation_with_Amitav_Ghosh\" title=\"Webinar:Climate Change Fiction: A Conversation with Amitav Ghosh\"\u003EWebinar:Climate Change Fiction: A Conversation with Amitav Ghosh\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EIn this session, Ashish Kothari of Kalpavr\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"In this session, Ashish Kothari of Kalpavriksh and the Global Tapestry of Alternatives will be conversing with Amitav Ghosh, celebrated author, about issues such as the range and scope of climate fiction from and on South Asia, its potential for influencing actual action on the climate crisis; among others on his work and the work of authors within the climate fiction genre.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EIn this session, Ashish Kothari of Kalpavriksh and the Global Tapestry of Alternatives will be conversing with Amitav Ghosh, celebrated author, about issues such as the range and scope of climate fiction from and on South Asia, its potential for influencing actual action on the climate crisis; among others on his work and the work of authors within the climate fiction genre.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003E authors within the climate fiction genre.","title":"Webinar:Climate Change Fiction: A Conversation with Amitav Ghosh","link":"","lat":40.71278,"lon":-74.00597,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Webinar:Climate_Change_Fiction:_Marine_ecosystems_and_climate_fiction_from_South_Asia\" title=\"Webinar:Climate Change Fiction: Marine ecosystems and climate fiction from South Asia\"\u003EWebinar:Climate Change Fiction: Marine ecosystems and climate fiction from South Asia\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EAccelerated anthropogenic climate change p\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"Accelerated anthropogenic climate change poses a serious existential threat to dwellers in the marine world, besides the fisherfolk and inhabitants of coastal areas. The melting of land ice in Antarctica and Greenland, leading to rise of ocean levels, besides the deleterious effects of acidification on marine ecosystems, may soon reach a tipping point if adequate mitigation is not undertaken soon.\u0026#10;\u0026#10;In this episode, writers and activists from South Asia share their creative responses to this ongoing crisis, which may eventually lead to biosphere collapse if such trends are not reversed.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EAccelerated anthropogenic climate change poses a serious existential threat to dwellers in the marine world, besides the fisherfolk and inhabitants of coastal areas. The melting of land ice in Antarctica and Greenland, leading to rise of ocean levels, besides the deleterious effects of acidification on marine ecosystems, may soon reach a tipping point if adequate mitigation is not undertaken soon.\n\nIn this episode, writers and activists from South Asia share their creative responses to this ongoing crisis, which may eventually lead to biosphere collapse if such trends are not reversed.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003E collapse if such trends are not reversed.","title":"Webinar:Climate Change Fiction: Marine ecosystems and climate fiction from South Asia","link":"","lat":-33.13755,"lon":81.82617,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Webinar:Climate_Change_Fiction:_The_South_Asia_Experience\" title=\"Webinar:Climate Change Fiction: The South Asia Experience\"\u003EWebinar:Climate Change Fiction: The South Asia Experience\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EIn this interaction between authors, schol\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"In this interaction between authors, scholars and activists, we hope to critically explore the reasons for South Asia being foregrounded as a zone for climate catastrophe in recent Western cli-fi (Kim Stanley Robinson, Ministry of the Future, Stephen Markley, The Deluge), as well as discover more about the extent to which this sub-genre has found roots in this region. Amitav Ghosh has led the way in writing novels with this theme (The Hungry Tide, Gun Island), besides critiquing the failure of literary fiction to engage with this set of questions.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EIn this interaction between authors, scholars and activists, we hope to critically explore the reasons for South Asia being foregrounded as a zone for climate catastrophe in recent Western cli-fi (Kim Stanley Robinson, Ministry of the Future, Stephen Markley, The Deluge), as well as discover more about the extent to which this sub-genre has found roots in this region. Amitav Ghosh has led the way in writing novels with this theme (The Hungry Tide, Gun Island), besides critiquing the failure of literary fiction to engage with this set of questions.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Etion to engage with this set of questions.","title":"Webinar:Climate Change Fiction: The South Asia Experience","link":"","lat":25.03764,"lon":76.45631,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Endorser:Coalition_Against_Land_Grabbing\" title=\"Endorser:Coalition Against Land Grabbing\"\u003EEndorser:Coalition Against Land Grabbing\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003ECALG is at the frontline leading the struggle against oil palm expansion and land grabbing in Palawan, the Philippine's \"last frontier\".","title":"Endorser:Coalition Against Land Grabbing","link":"","lat":9.73914,"lon":118.75545,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Process:Communes_Rurales_Autog%C3%A9r%C3%A9es\" title=\"Process:Communes Rurales Autog\u00e9r\u00e9es\"\u003EProcess:Communes Rurales Autog\u00e9r\u00e9es\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003ECommunes Rurales Autog\u00e9r\u00e9es refers to a co\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"Communes Rurales Autog\u00e9r\u00e9es refers to a constellation of rural communities in France that practice collective self-management of land, housing, and local decision-making outside or at the margins of formal municipal governance. These communes emphasize horizontal assemblies, shared ownership, agroecological production, and the revival of rural commons as alternatives to extractivist and centralized models. Emerging especially since the late 20th century, they represent contemporary experiments in grassroots democracy and communal autonomy.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003ECommunes Rurales Autog\u00e9r\u00e9es refers to a constellation of rural communities in France that practice collective self-management of land, housing, and local decision-making outside or at the margins of formal municipal governance. These communes emphasize horizontal assemblies, shared ownership, agroecological production, and the revival of rural commons as alternatives to extractivist and centralized models. Emerging especially since the late 20th century, they represent contemporary experiments in grassroots democracy and communal autonomy.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Erassroots democracy and communal autonomy.","title":"Process:Communes Rurales Autog\u00e9r\u00e9es","link":"","lat":42.965,"lon":1.607,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Process:Community_Cher%C3%A1n\" title=\"Process:Community Cher\u00e1n\"\u003EProcess:Community Cher\u00e1n\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThe Community of Cher\u00e1n is an Indigenous P\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"The Community of Cher\u00e1n is an Indigenous Pur\u00e9pecha town located in the state of Michoac\u00e1n, Mexico, internationally recognized for its process of self-determination and community-based governance. In 2011, in response to illegal logging, organized crime, and state corruption, the community expelled political parties, police forces, and criminal groups from its territory. Cher\u00e1n reconstituted its political life through traditional assemblies, neighborhood councils, and a system of collective decision-making rooted in ancestral knowledge and communal responsibility. Since then, it has governed itself autonomously, defending its forests as commons and exercising Indigenous rights to self-government, becoming a paradigmatic case of radical democracy, decolonization, and Indigenous-led social change.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EThe Community of Cher\u00e1n is an Indigenous Pur\u00e9pecha town located in the state of Michoac\u00e1n, Mexico, internationally recognized for its process of self-determination and community-based governance. In 2011, in response to illegal logging, organized crime, and state corruption, the community expelled political parties, police forces, and criminal groups from its territory. Cher\u00e1n reconstituted its political life through traditional assemblies, neighborhood councils, and a system of collective decision-making rooted in ancestral knowledge and communal responsibility. Since then, it has governed itself autonomously, defending its forests as commons and exercising Indigenous rights to self-government, becoming a paradigmatic case of radical democracy, decolonization, and Indigenous-led social change.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Eization, and Indigenous-led social change.","title":"Process:Community Cher\u00e1n","link":"","lat":19.685,"lon":-101.951,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Endorser:Community_Economies_Institute\" title=\"Endorser:Community Economies Institute\"\u003EEndorser:Community Economies Institute\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThe Community Economies Institute seeks to bring about more sustainable and equitable forms of development by acting on new ways of thinking about economies and politics.","title":"Endorser:Community Economies Institute","link":"","lat":-35.28094,"lon":149.13001,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Case:Community_Forest_Rights\" title=\"Case:Community Forest Rights\"\u003ECase:Community Forest Rights\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E","title":"Case:Community Forest Rights","link":"","lat":20.59368,"lon":78.96288,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Webinar:Competing_narratives_for_the_future_of_agriculture_in_Africa\" title=\"Webinar:Competing narratives for the future of agriculture in Africa\"\u003EWebinar:Competing narratives for the future of agriculture in Africa\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EIn this session, we discuss about the comp\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"In this session, we discuss about the competing narratives for transforming African agriculture/ food system. In the West, everyone has a solution for Africa. They propose a Green Revolution and other failing and destructive approach to food, agriculture, and the environment into Africa must be challenged. And it has been challenged. Agroecology is a realistic strategy for improving our nutrition, increasing production, enhancing biodiversity, raising resilience, and boosting farmer income.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EIn this session, we discuss about the competing narratives for transforming African agriculture/ food system. In the West, everyone has a solution for Africa. They propose a Green Revolution and other failing and destructive approach to food, agriculture, and the environment into Africa must be challenged. And it has been challenged. Agroecology is a realistic strategy for improving our nutrition, increasing production, enhancing biodiversity, raising resilience, and boosting farmer income.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Eng resilience, and boosting farmer income.","title":"Webinar:Competing narratives for the future of agriculture in Africa","link":"","lat":9.145,"lon":40.48967,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Thematic:Comuna_13_Community_Councils\" title=\"Thematic:Comuna 13 Community Councils\"\u003EThematic:Comuna 13 Community Councils\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EComuna 13 Community Councils are grassroot\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"Comuna 13 Community Councils are grassroots community organizations in Medell\u00edn that coordinate social, cultural, and territorial governance in a historically marginalized urban area. They operate through participatory assemblies and collective initiatives aimed at autonomy, peacebuilding, and social justice.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EComuna 13 Community Councils are grassroots community organizations in Medell\u00edn that coordinate social, cultural, and territorial governance in a historically marginalized urban area. They operate through participatory assemblies and collective initiatives aimed at autonomy, peacebuilding, and social justice.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Etonomy, peacebuilding, and social justice.","title":"Thematic:Comuna 13 Community Councils","link":"","lat":6.25565,"lon":-75.61863,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Webinar:Confronting_COVID_19_with_dignity_and_strength:_Resilience_of_small-scale_fisheries_in_Costa_Rica\" title=\"Webinar:Confronting COVID 19 with dignity and strength: Resilience of small-scale fisheries in Costa Rica\"\u003EWebinar:Confronting COVID 19 with dignity and strength: Resilience of small-scale fisheries in Costa Rica\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThis webinar will share the experience of \u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"This webinar will share the experience of the association between CoopeSoliDar R.L and small scale fisher communities in Costa Rica in the defense of their rights to responsible, small-scale fisheries. In particular, the experience in the context of COVID 19 and how community resilience has been a result of collective action, community-based governance models, equity, and the innovation of a fair market. These aspects have guaranteed community livelihood security in a moment of great struggle, when traditional markets and tourism collapsed.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EThis webinar will share the experience of the association between CoopeSoliDar R.L and small scale fisher communities in Costa Rica in the defense of their rights to responsible, small-scale fisheries. In particular, the experience in the context of COVID 19 and how community resilience has been a result of collective action, community-based governance models, equity, and the innovation of a fair market. These aspects have guaranteed community livelihood security in a moment of great struggle, when traditional markets and tourism collapsed.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Etraditional markets and tourism collapsed.","title":"Webinar:Confronting COVID 19 with dignity and strength: Resilience of small-scale fisheries in Costa Rica","link":"","lat":9.93103,"lon":-84.05198,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Thematic:Conjunto_Palmeiras\" title=\"Thematic:Conjunto Palmeiras\"\u003EThematic:Conjunto Palmeiras\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EConjunto Palmeiras is an urban neighborhood in Fortaleza known for community-led economic and territorial governance, including Brazil\u2019s first community bank. Decisions are made through participatory assemblies.","title":"Thematic:Conjunto Palmeiras","link":"","lat":-3.832,"lon":-38.4956,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Case:Contributions_of_Zapatista_Autonomy_to_Democracy\" title=\"Case:Contributions of Zapatista Autonomy to Democracy\"\u003ECase:Contributions of Zapatista Autonomy to Democracy\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThis text seeks to answer the question: Ho\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"This text seeks to answer the question: How is the Zapatista movement exploring the dimensions of autonomy and what does this mean for democracy? To answer I begin by placing at the center words and work of Zapatista women and men (something we have learned in these more than three decades of walking alongside them).\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EThis text seeks to answer the question: How is the Zapatista movement exploring the dimensions of autonomy and what does this mean for democracy? To answer I begin by placing at the center words and work of Zapatista women and men (something we have learned in these more than three decades of walking alongside them).\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003E three decades of walking alongside them).","title":"Case:Contributions of Zapatista Autonomy to Democracy","link":"","lat":16.71273,"lon":-92.63833,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Process:Cooperation_Jackson\" title=\"Process:Cooperation Jackson\"\u003EProcess:Cooperation Jackson\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003ECooperation Jackson is a grassroots munici\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"Cooperation Jackson is a grassroots municipalist project based in Jackson, Mississippi, aimed at building a solidarity economy rooted in democratic self-governance, worker cooperatives, and community land control. Emerging from African American liberation struggles, it promotes popular assemblies, participatory decision-making, and collective ownership as alternatives to racial capitalism and state dependency. Cooperation Jackson represents a contemporary experiment in radical democracy and economic self-determination at the urban scale.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003ECooperation Jackson is a grassroots municipalist project based in Jackson, Mississippi, aimed at building a solidarity economy rooted in democratic self-governance, worker cooperatives, and community land control. Emerging from African American liberation struggles, it promotes popular assemblies, participatory decision-making, and collective ownership as alternatives to racial capitalism and state dependency. Cooperation Jackson represents a contemporary experiment in radical democracy and economic self-determination at the urban scale.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Emic self-determination at the urban scale.","title":"Process:Cooperation Jackson","link":"","lat":32.2988,"lon":-90.1848,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Case:Cooperation_Jackson,_community_solidarity_and_mutual_aid\" title=\"Case:Cooperation Jackson, community solidarity and mutual aid\"\u003ECase:Cooperation Jackson, community solidarity and mutual aid\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003ECooperation Jackson is a network of worker\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"Cooperation Jackson is a network of worker cooperatives and solidarity economy institutions, like the Fannie Lou Hamer Community Land Trust, based in Jackson, Mississippi. Jackson is the Capital of Mississippi. It is over 80% Black, with the overwhelming majority of the Black population being low wage, underemployed, or unemployed workers.\u0026#10;Cooperation Jackson has three interrelated and interconnected green cooperatives at the core of our cooperative federation. These are 1) Freedom Farms, an urban farming cooperative, 2) the Green Team, a landscaping, organic waste gathering and composting cooperative, and 3) the Community Production Cooperative, which is a small scale manufacturing production, specializing in digital fabrication.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003ECooperation Jackson is a network of worker cooperatives and solidarity economy institutions, like the Fannie Lou Hamer Community Land Trust, based in Jackson, Mississippi. Jackson is the Capital of Mississippi. It is over 80% Black, with the overwhelming majority of the Black population being low wage, underemployed, or unemployed workers.\nCooperation Jackson has three interrelated and interconnected green cooperatives at the core of our cooperative federation. These are 1) Freedom Farms, an urban farming cooperative, 2) the Green Team, a landscaping, organic waste gathering and composting cooperative, and 3) the Community Production Cooperative, which is a small scale manufacturing production, specializing in digital fabrication.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Etion, specializing in digital fabrication.","title":"Case:Cooperation Jackson, community solidarity and mutual aid","link":"","lat":32.30559,"lon":-90.1996,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Webinar:Covid_19_-_10,000_Years_of_Winter_Fisheries_Endangered:_Responses_From_the_Polar_North_and_Why_Do_They_Matter_in_Global_South\" title=\"Webinar:Covid 19 - 10,000 Years of Winter Fisheries Endangered: Responses From the Polar North and Why Do They Matter in Global South\"\u003EWebinar:Covid 19 - 10,000 Years of Winter Fisheries Endangered: Responses From the Polar North and Why Do They Matter in Global South\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EIn this session, Tero Mustonen, a fisherma\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"In this session, Tero Mustonen, a fisherman from Finland, first explains how transformative climate change is at present to cryosphere (snow-ice) based cultures, lifestyles and professions, like winter fisheries. Secondly, by reviewing the Landscape Rewilding Programme by the Snowchange Cooperative links between equity, Indigenous- and community-led action on climate change and a \u0026quot;return to the land\u0026quot; are discussed as a globally-relevant actions to address our historic moment in time on the Planet.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EIn this session, Tero Mustonen, a fisherman from Finland, first explains how transformative climate change is at present to cryosphere (snow-ice) based cultures, lifestyles and professions, like winter fisheries. Secondly, by reviewing the Landscape Rewilding Programme by the Snowchange Cooperative links between equity, Indigenous- and community-led action on climate change and a \"return to the land\" are discussed as a globally-relevant actions to address our historic moment in time on the Planet.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Eour historic moment in time on the Planet.","title":"Webinar:Covid 19 - 10,000 Years of Winter Fisheries Endangered: Responses From the Polar North and Why Do They Matter in Global South","link":"","lat":62.80621,"lon":30.15539,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Webinar:Covid_19_-_A_dialogue_on_economy_of_Well-being\" title=\"Webinar:Covid 19 - A dialogue on economy of Well-being\"\u003EWebinar:Covid 19 - A dialogue on economy of Well-being\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EIn this ninth session we explore \"Wellbein\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"In this ninth session we explore \u0026quot;Wellbeing Economy\u0026quot;, which aims to break free from the growth mantra, and build a better society that promotes social justice on a healthy planet by empowering citizens as the collective leaders of tomorrow. Members of the Well-being Economy Alliance expand on this concept and practice.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EIn this ninth session we explore \"Wellbeing Economy\", which aims to break free from the growth mantra, and build a better society that promotes social justice on a healthy planet by empowering citizens as the collective leaders of tomorrow. Members of the Well-being Economy Alliance expand on this concept and practice.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Eiance expand on this concept and practice.","title":"Webinar:Covid 19 - A dialogue on economy of Well-being","link":"","lat":51.19116,"lon":-3.89244,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Webinar:Covid_19_-_Indigenous_Communities_in_Resistance_responding_to_the_current_crisis\" title=\"Webinar:Covid 19 - Indigenous Communities in Resistance responding to the current crisis\"\u003EWebinar:Covid 19 - Indigenous Communities in Resistance responding to the current crisis\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThis is a dialogue from the perspectives o\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"This is a dialogue from the perspectives of resistance and re-existence driven by the militant and reflective experiences of the Zapatista and autonomous communities of Chiapas (Mexico). The speakers discuss their challenges and actions in the context of the global crisis of the pandemic.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EThis is a dialogue from the perspectives of resistance and re-existence driven by the militant and reflective experiences of the Zapatista and autonomous communities of Chiapas (Mexico). The speakers discuss their challenges and actions in the context of the global crisis of the pandemic.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Etext of the global crisis of the pandemic.","title":"Webinar:Covid 19 - Indigenous Communities in Resistance responding to the current crisis","link":"","lat":16.75693,"lon":-93.12924,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Webinar:Covid_19_-_Moving_towards_a_Commons_future\" title=\"Webinar:Covid 19 - Moving towards a Commons future\"\u003EWebinar:Covid 19 - Moving towards a Commons future\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThird in a series exploring the opportunit\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"Third in a series exploring the opportunities of promoting and creating systemic alternatives, this dialogue explores the responses emerging the Commons Movement, particularly in Europe. How can it provide us the pathways to move towards direct democracy, social equity and ecological resilience?\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EThird in a series exploring the opportunities of promoting and creating systemic alternatives, this dialogue explores the responses emerging the Commons Movement, particularly in Europe. How can it provide us the pathways to move towards direct democracy, social equity and ecological resilience?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003E, social equity and ecological resilience?","title":"Webinar:Covid 19 - Moving towards a Commons future","link":"","lat":50.84764,"lon":4.35717,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Webinar:Covid_19_-_People%27s_strikes,_Floyd_rebellion_and_Resistance\" title=\"Webinar:Covid 19 - People\u0026#039;s strikes, Floyd rebellion and Resistance\"\u003EWebinar:Covid 19 - People's strikes, Floyd rebellion and Resistance\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThis webinar discusses this moment in the \u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"This webinar discusses this moment in the USA, and global significance, challenges and critical pathways that exist that can support the potential for radical transformation of society at every level, and shares the experience of Cooperation Jackson, an eco-socialist organizing to create a new society and economy from the bottom up.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EThis webinar discusses this moment in the USA, and global significance, challenges and critical pathways that exist that can support the potential for radical transformation of society at every level, and shares the experience of Cooperation Jackson, an eco-socialist organizing to create a new society and economy from the bottom up.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Eew society and economy from the bottom up.","title":"Webinar:Covid 19 - People's strikes, Floyd rebellion and Resistance","link":"","lat":32.29876,"lon":-90.18481,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Webinar:Covid_19_-_Potato_Park:_Defending_the_past_to_envision_the_future\" title=\"Webinar:Covid 19 - Potato Park: Defending the past to envision the future\"\u003EWebinar:Covid 19 - Potato Park: Defending the past to envision the future\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThe Potato Park is a community-managed Bio\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"The Potato Park is a community-managed Biocultural Heritage Territory established as \u201cFood Neighborhood\u201d by six Quechua communities in Peru in 2000. It conserves a unique mountain agroecosystem, its indigenous biocultural heritage including one of world\u2019s richest potato diversity landscapes. The webinar will describe the history and challenges of the community\u2019s holistic management approach based on sumaq kausay or buen vivir, response during COVID pandemic, and visions for the future.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EThe Potato Park is a community-managed Biocultural Heritage Territory established as \u201cFood Neighborhood\u201d by six Quechua communities in Peru in 2000. It conserves a unique mountain agroecosystem, its indigenous biocultural heritage including one of world\u2019s richest potato diversity landscapes. The webinar will describe the history and challenges of the community\u2019s holistic management approach based on sumaq kausay or buen vivir, response during COVID pandemic, and visions for the future.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003EOVID pandemic, and visions for the future.","title":"Webinar:Covid 19 - Potato Park: Defending the past to envision the future","link":"","lat":-13.35923,"lon":-71.79757,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Webinar:Covid_19_-_Responses_from_the_Kurdish_Women%E2%80%99s_Movement\" title=\"Webinar:Covid 19 - Responses from the Kurdish Women\u2019s Movement\"\u003EWebinar:Covid 19 - Responses from the Kurdish Women\u2019s Movement\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EIn this sixth session, we will carry on a \u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"In this sixth session, we will carry on a conversation about the perspectives, challenges and progress of the Kurdish Women\u2019s Movement in the context of the global crisis and pandemic. The role of women, jineology and the struggle in Rojava as a source of inspiration for radical alternative processes on a global level. \u0026#10;With Dilar Dirik (Kurdistan)\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EIn this sixth session, we will carry on a conversation about the perspectives, challenges and progress of the Kurdish Women\u2019s Movement in the context of the global crisis and pandemic. The role of women, jineology and the struggle in Rojava as a source of inspiration for radical alternative processes on a global level. \nWith Dilar Dirik (Kurdistan)\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Elobal level. \nWith Dilar Dirik (Kurdistan)","title":"Webinar:Covid 19 - Responses from the Kurdish Women\u2019s Movement","link":"","lat":36.61442,"lon":37.34131,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Webinar:Covid_19_-_Visioning_the_Future:_May_First_Movement_Technology\" title=\"Webinar:Covid 19 - Visioning the Future: May First Movement Technology\"\u003EWebinar:Covid 19 - Visioning the Future: May First Movement Technology\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThis is a collective dialogue about May Fi\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"This is a collective dialogue about May First Movement Technology, a non-profit organization that engages in building movements by advancing the strategic use and collective control of technology for local struggles, global transformation, and emancipation without borders.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EThis is a collective dialogue about May First Movement Technology, a non-profit organization that engages in building movements by advancing the strategic use and collective control of technology for local struggles, global transformation, and emancipation without borders.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Ermation, and emancipation without borders.","title":"Webinar:Covid 19 - Visioning the Future: May First Movement Technology","link":"","lat":40.67818,"lon":-73.94416,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Webinar:Covid_19_-_Women_Farmers_Adapt_and_Innovate!:_Alternative_models_developed_by_women_farmers_in_India\" title=\"Webinar:Covid 19 - Women Farmers Adapt and Innovate!: Alternative models developed by women farmers in India\"\u003EWebinar:Covid 19 - Women Farmers Adapt and Innovate!: Alternative models developed by women farmers in India\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EMAKAAM -Women farmers rights- forum share their experiences and innovations to sustain and adapt to covid circumstances for food and livelihoods security ; and to innovate for marketing of produce and planning in uncertain times.","title":"Webinar:Covid 19 - Women Farmers Adapt and Innovate!: Alternative models developed by women farmers in India","link":"","lat":17.4324,"lon":78.53699,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Webinar:Covid-19_-_a_response_from_Nayakrishi_Andolan\" title=\"Webinar:Covid-19 - a response from Nayakrishi Andolan\"\u003EWebinar:Covid-19 - a response from Nayakrishi Andolan\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThe second in a series exploring the oppor\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"The second in a series exploring the opportunities of promoting and creating systemic alternatives to global crises, this dialogue explores the responses emerging from local, sustainable, bio-diverse farming in Bangladesh. How can campaigns like a New Agriculture Movement or Nayakrishi Andolan led by farmers show us pathways to a just, equitable, sustainable future that helps avoid or deal with such crises better?\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EThe second in a series exploring the opportunities of promoting and creating systemic alternatives to global crises, this dialogue explores the responses emerging from local, sustainable, bio-diverse farming in Bangladesh. How can campaigns like a New Agriculture Movement or Nayakrishi Andolan led by farmers show us pathways to a just, equitable, sustainable future that helps avoid or deal with such crises better?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Elps avoid or deal with such crises better?","title":"Webinar:Covid-19 - a response from Nayakrishi Andolan","link":"","lat":24.20466,"lon":89.93707,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Webinar:Covid-19_%E2%80%93_a_potential_opening_for_Just_Transitions%3F\" title=\"Webinar:Covid-19 \u2013 a potential opening for Just Transitions?\"\u003EWebinar:Covid-19 \u2013 a potential opening for Just Transitions?\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EFirst, in a series exploring the opportuni\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"First, in a series exploring the opportunities of promoting and creating systemic alternatives, this dialogue explores the responses emerging from labour movements, workers, social movements and popular organisations in South Africa. How can campaigns like One Million Climate Jobs and People\u2019s Coalition provide pathways out of multiple crises, both in the present and the future?\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EFirst, in a series exploring the opportunities of promoting and creating systemic alternatives, this dialogue explores the responses emerging from labour movements, workers, social movements and popular organisations in South Africa. How can campaigns like One Million Climate Jobs and People\u2019s Coalition provide pathways out of multiple crises, both in the present and the future?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Erises, both in the present and the future?","title":"Webinar:Covid-19 \u2013 a potential opening for Just Transitions?","link":"","lat":-30.55948,"lon":22.93751,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Process:Creole_People\" title=\"Process:Creole People\"\u003EProcess:Creole People\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThe Creole People of Nicaragua\u2019s Caribbean\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"The Creole People of Nicaragua\u2019s Caribbean coast are an Afro-descendant community with strong traditions of local self-organization, communal land tenure, and cultural autonomy. Through community councils and regional governance structures, the Creole people participate in autonomous decision-making processes related to territory, education, and cultural life. Their experience forms part of the broader autonomous regime of the Caribbean Coast and represents a process of cultural sovereignty and radical democracy in a multiethnic context.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EThe Creole People of Nicaragua\u2019s Caribbean coast are an Afro-descendant community with strong traditions of local self-organization, communal land tenure, and cultural autonomy. Through community councils and regional governance structures, the Creole people participate in autonomous decision-making processes related to territory, education, and cultural life. Their experience forms part of the broader autonomous regime of the Caribbean Coast and represents a process of cultural sovereignty and radical democracy in a multiethnic context.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Eadical democracy in a multiethnic context.","title":"Process:Creole People","link":"","lat":12,"lon":-83.77,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Process:Dayak_Customary_Councils\" title=\"Process:Dayak Customary Councils\"\u003EProcess:Dayak Customary Councils\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThe Dayak Customary Councils are Indigenou\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"The Dayak Customary Councils are Indigenous governance institutions of the Dayak peoples of Borneo, operating through adat (customary law) to regulate land use, forest management, conflict resolution, and communal life. Decision-making is collective and consensus-based, rooted in ancestral authority and territorial stewardship. These councils play a central role in defending communal forests against extractivism, sustaining biodiversity, and preserving social cohesion across villages, constituting a living system of non-state democratic governance.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EThe Dayak Customary Councils are Indigenous governance institutions of the Dayak peoples of Borneo, operating through adat (customary law) to regulate land use, forest management, conflict resolution, and communal life. Decision-making is collective and consensus-based, rooted in ancestral authority and territorial stewardship. These councils play a central role in defending communal forests against extractivism, sustaining biodiversity, and preserving social cohesion across villages, constituting a living system of non-state democratic governance.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Esystem of non-state democratic governance.","title":"Process:Dayak Customary Councils","link":"","lat":-0.0263,"lon":109.3425,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Webinar:De-colonizing_our_bodies:_experiences_and_practices_for_reclaiming_our_whole_body_sovereignty\" title=\"Webinar:De-colonizing our bodies: experiences and practices for reclaiming our whole body sovereignty\"\u003EWebinar:De-colonizing our bodies: experiences and practices for reclaiming our whole body sovereignty\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EHow has modernity shaped the way we percei\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"How has modernity shaped the way we perceive, inhabit, and relate to our physical bodies? What does it mean to \u201creclaim whole body sovereignty\u201d? How do we free not only our minds, but also the body from the shackles of coloniality and extractivism? How do we unroot the old myth of separation and domination from the sacred soil of our physical sanctuaries? And how might we begin to see our bodies as living systems - extensions of our Earthly home, interwoven with the fabric of life?\u0026#10;\u0026#10;Join us for an (un)learning journey guided by Wang\u0169i wa Kamonji. Together, we\u2019ll dive deep into questions of decolonization, healing, and how to restore wholeness with(in) the sacred vessel that carries our story.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EHow has modernity shaped the way we perceive, inhabit, and relate to our physical bodies? What does it mean to \u201creclaim whole body sovereignty\u201d? How do we free not only our minds, but also the body from the shackles of coloniality and extractivism? How do we unroot the old myth of separation and domination from the sacred soil of our physical sanctuaries? And how might we begin to see our bodies as living systems - extensions of our Earthly home, interwoven with the fabric of life?\n\nJoin us for an (un)learning journey guided by Wang\u0169i wa Kamonji. Together, we\u2019ll dive deep into questions of decolonization, healing, and how to restore wholeness with(in) the sacred vessel that carries our story.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003E the sacred vessel that carries our story.","title":"Webinar:De-colonizing our bodies: experiences and practices for reclaiming our whole body sovereignty","link":"","lat":-0.02356,"lon":37.90619,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Endorser:Defend_the_Sacred_Alliance\" title=\"Endorser:Defend the Sacred Alliance\"\u003EEndorser:Defend the Sacred Alliance\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EInspired by #NoDAPL and incubated in the T\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"Inspired by #NoDAPL and incubated in the Tamera community in Portugal, the Defend the Sacred Alliance brings together activists and leaders of Indigenous groups, social movements and communities to contribute to the growing practice of sacred activism, to catalyze regenerative systems change, and to protect the sanctity of all Life.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EInspired by #NoDAPL and incubated in the Tamera community in Portugal, the Defend the Sacred Alliance brings together activists and leaders of Indigenous groups, social movements and communities to contribute to the growing practice of sacred activism, to catalyze regenerative systems change, and to protect the sanctity of all Life.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003E, and to protect the sanctity of all Life.","title":"Endorser:Defend the Sacred Alliance","link":"","lat":37.71867,"lon":-8.52061,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Webinar:Dialogues_on_Radical_Democracy_and_Autonomy_-_Session_1:_Voices_from_Asia\" title=\"Webinar:Dialogues on Radical Democracy and Autonomy - Session 1: Voices from Asia\"\u003EWebinar:Dialogues on Radical Democracy and Autonomy - Session 1: Voices from Asia\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThe first episode in the series \u201cDialogues on Radical Democracy and Autonomy\u201d, this session will feature three speakers, two from the Kurdish movement and one from India.","title":"Webinar:Dialogues on Radical Democracy and Autonomy - Session 1: Voices from Asia","link":"","lat":55.92261,"lon":99.48515,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Webinar:Dialogues_on_Radical_Democracy_and_Autonomy_-_Session_2:_Voices_from_Latin_America\" title=\"Webinar:Dialogues on Radical Democracy and Autonomy - Session 2: Voices from Latin America\"\u003EWebinar:Dialogues on Radical Democracy and Autonomy - Session 2: Voices from Latin America\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThis second dialogue, with voices of participants from processes and communities from different parts of Latin America, will include the participation of the following people.","title":"Webinar:Dialogues on Radical Democracy and Autonomy - Session 2: Voices from Latin America","link":"","lat":-15.98161,"lon":-67.15548,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Webinar:Dialogues_on_Radical_Democracy_and_Autonomy_-_Session_3:_Voices_from_Africa\" title=\"Webinar:Dialogues on Radical Democracy and Autonomy - Session 3: Voices from Africa\"\u003EWebinar:Dialogues on Radical Democracy and Autonomy - Session 3: Voices from Africa\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EIn this session will have the presence, voices and perspectives of some communities from Africa, in particular Amadiba Crisis Committee (South Africa) and Makoko community (Nigeria).","title":"Webinar:Dialogues on Radical Democracy and Autonomy - Session 3: Voices from Africa","link":"","lat":6.76933,"lon":22.1414,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Process:Djola_People\" title=\"Process:Djola People\"\u003EProcess:Djola People\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThe Djola (also known as Jola) people are \u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"The Djola (also known as Jola) people are an Indigenous ethnic group primarily inhabiting the Casamance region of southern Senegal, as well as parts of Guinea-Bissau and The Gambia. Their social and political organization is historically based on village-level autonomy, collective decision-making, and consensus-oriented assemblies rather than centralized authority. Djola communities practice forms of direct democracy through councils of elders, lineage assemblies, and communal deliberation, where decisions about land, agriculture, conflict resolution, and ritual life are taken collectively. Land and forests are managed as commons, deeply embedded in ancestral knowledge and spiritual relationships with territory. Despite pressures from colonial rule, state centralization, and armed conflict in Casamance, Djola governance systems have persisted as living practices of radical local democracy and community self-organization.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EThe Djola (also known as Jola) people are an Indigenous ethnic group primarily inhabiting the Casamance region of southern Senegal, as well as parts of Guinea-Bissau and The Gambia. Their social and political organization is historically based on village-level autonomy, collective decision-making, and consensus-oriented assemblies rather than centralized authority. Djola communities practice forms of direct democracy through councils of elders, lineage assemblies, and communal deliberation, where decisions about land, agriculture, conflict resolution, and ritual life are taken collectively. Land and forests are managed as commons, deeply embedded in ancestral knowledge and spiritual relationships with territory. Despite pressures from colonial rule, state centralization, and armed conflict in Casamance, Djola governance systems have persisted as living practices of radical local democracy and community self-organization.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Edemocracy and community self-organization.","title":"Process:Djola People","link":"","lat":12.568,"lon":-16.273,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Endorser:ECOLISE\" title=\"Endorser:ECOLISE\"\u003EEndorser:ECOLISE\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EECOLISE, the European network for communit\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"ECOLISE, the European network for community-led initiatives on climate change and sustainability, recognises the unprecedented ecological, social, economic and political threats to dignified life on planet earth. At the same time, ECOLISE sees hope in the rich seam of solutions that are being continuously developed by community-led initiatives across Europe and the world, including those that encompass inner growth, inclusive approaches to collaboration and to the governance of commons and stewardship of ecosystems. In this context ECOLISE\u2019s purpose is to engage in, support and facilitate accelerated learning and collaboration among community-led initiatives, their networks and partners in order to catalyse systemic transformation within and across society.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EECOLISE, the European network for community-led initiatives on climate change and sustainability, recognises the unprecedented ecological, social, economic and political threats to dignified life on planet earth. At the same time, ECOLISE sees hope in the rich seam of solutions that are being continuously developed by community-led initiatives across Europe and the world, including those that encompass inner growth, inclusive approaches to collaboration and to the governance of commons and stewardship of ecosystems. In this context ECOLISE\u2019s purpose is to engage in, support and facilitate accelerated learning and collaboration among community-led initiatives, their networks and partners in order to catalyse systemic transformation within and across society.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003E transformation within and across society.","title":"Endorser:ECOLISE","link":"","lat":50.83792,"lon":4.36444,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Endorser:Earthlife_Africa_Jhb\" title=\"Endorser:Earthlife Africa Jhb\"\u003EEndorser:Earthlife Africa Jhb\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EEarthlife Africa is a non-profit organisat\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"Earthlife Africa is a non-profit organisation, founded in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1988, that seeks a better life for all people without exploiting other people or degrading their environment. We want to encourage and support individuals, businesses and industries to reduce pollution, minimise waste and protect our natural resources.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EEarthlife Africa is a non-profit organisation, founded in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1988, that seeks a better life for all people without exploiting other people or degrading their environment. We want to encourage and support individuals, businesses and industries to reduce pollution, minimise waste and protect our natural resources.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Ee waste and protect our natural resources.","title":"Endorser:Earthlife Africa Jhb","link":"","lat":-26.19325,"lon":28.03613,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Endorser:Ecoversities_Alliance\" title=\"Endorser:Ecoversities Alliance\"\u003EEndorser:Ecoversities Alliance\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThe Ecoversities Alliance is a community of learning practitioners from around the world committed to re-imagining higher education to cultivate human and ecological flourishing in response to the critical challenges of our times.","title":"Endorser:Ecoversities Alliance","link":"","lat":41.77028,"lon":-87.92762,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Thematic:El_Alto_Neighborhood_Councils\" title=\"Thematic:El Alto Neighborhood Councils\"\u003EThematic:El Alto Neighborhood Councils\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EEl Alto Neighborhood Councils refers to th\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"El Alto Neighborhood Councils refers to the dense network of neighborhood councils (juntas vecinales) that govern much of social and political life in El Alto, Bolivia. These councils operate as grassroots democratic bodies coordinating collective action, public services, and political mobilization independently of centralized state authority.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EEl Alto Neighborhood Councils refers to the dense network of neighborhood councils (juntas vecinales) that govern much of social and political life in El Alto, Bolivia. These councils operate as grassroots democratic bodies coordinating collective action, public services, and political mobilization independently of centralized state authority.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Eependently of centralized state authority.","title":"Thematic:El Alto Neighborhood Councils","link":"","lat":-16.5047,"lon":-68.1638,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Process:Errekaleor\" title=\"Process:Errekaleor\"\u003EProcess:Errekaleor\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EErrekaleor is a self-managed neighborhood \u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"Errekaleor is a self-managed neighborhood on the outskirts of Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain, formed after residents and activists occupied an abandoned public housing complex in 2013. The community operates through direct democracy, collective assemblies, and shared responsibility for housing, energy, and social life, functioning largely outside state governance structures.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EErrekaleor is a self-managed neighborhood on the outskirts of Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain, formed after residents and activists occupied an abandoned public housing complex in 2013. The community operates through direct democracy, collective assemblies, and shared responsibility for housing, energy, and social life, functioning largely outside state governance structures.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Ergely outside state governance structures.","title":"Process:Errekaleor","link":"","lat":42.8456,"lon":-2.6724,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Endorser:European_Commons_Assembly\" title=\"Endorser:European Commons Assembly\"\u003EEndorser:European Commons Assembly\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThe European Commons Assembly is a coalition for solidarity and commons-based politics across Europe.","title":"Endorser:European Commons Assembly","link":"","lat":40.41678,"lon":-3.70379,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Process:Exarcheia_Neighborhood_Assemblies\" title=\"Process:Exarcheia Neighborhood Assemblies\"\u003EProcess:Exarcheia Neighborhood Assemblies\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EExarcheia Neighborhood Assemblies are gras\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"Exarcheia Neighborhood Assemblies are grassroots self-organized assemblies operating in the Exarcheia district of Athens, Greece. Rooted in anarchist, anti-authoritarian, and mutual aid traditions, these assemblies coordinate collective decision-making around housing, public space, social solidarity, and resistance to state repression and gentrification. Through open assemblies and direct action, Exarcheia represents an urban experiment in direct democracy, commons defense, and radical grassroots self-governance.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EExarcheia Neighborhood Assemblies are grassroots self-organized assemblies operating in the Exarcheia district of Athens, Greece. Rooted in anarchist, anti-authoritarian, and mutual aid traditions, these assemblies coordinate collective decision-making around housing, public space, social solidarity, and resistance to state repression and gentrification. Through open assemblies and direct action, Exarcheia represents an urban experiment in direct democracy, commons defense, and radical grassroots self-governance.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Ee, and radical grassroots self-governance.","title":"Process:Exarcheia Neighborhood Assemblies","link":"","lat":37.987,"lon":23.734,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Endorser:Faircoop\" title=\"Endorser:Faircoop\"\u003EEndorser:Faircoop\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EFaircoop is an international movement of p\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"Faircoop is an international movement of people who are in the process of setting up a self-managed, cooperative, supportive, ecological and autonomous socioeconomic ecosystem for the transition to alternative models of organization based on justice and equity. FairCoop promotes the use of FairCoin as social capital and as a reserve of value: it is a digital currency (cryptocoin) that is fair, ecological, decentralized, and supportive of the common good.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EFaircoop is an international movement of people who are in the process of setting up a self-managed, cooperative, supportive, ecological and autonomous socioeconomic ecosystem for the transition to alternative models of organization based on justice and equity. FairCoop promotes the use of FairCoin as social capital and as a reserve of value: it is a digital currency (cryptocoin) that is fair, ecological, decentralized, and supportive of the common good.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Ealized, and supportive of the common good.","title":"Endorser:Faircoop","link":"","lat":41.3874,"lon":2.16857,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Endorser:Fifth_Empire\" title=\"Endorser:Fifth Empire\"\u003EEndorser:Fifth Empire\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EWe are dedicated to preserving heritage and fostering communities through old fashioned know-how, small scale solutions, convivial technologies, and cultural exchanges.","title":"Endorser:Fifth Empire","link":"","lat":38.72225,"lon":-9.13934,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Webinar:Filming_Change:_A_Conversation_with_Janet_Solomon\" title=\"Webinar:Filming Change: A Conversation with Janet Solomon\"\u003EWebinar:Filming Change: A Conversation with Janet Solomon\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EIn our 5th webinar, we will be joined by J\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"In our 5th webinar, we will be joined by Janet Soloman who will be in conversation with Shrishtee Bajpai about her film, Blue Burning- a powerful piece of work that documents impacts on South Africa\u0026#039;s coasts \u0026amp; seas due to oil/gas exploration. (she is one of the several co-founders of Oceans Not Oil) against offshore oil and gas in South Africa\u2026 She will share her journey of telling stories that need to be told in these times of climate ruptures, especially interweaving art and activism to bring wider awareness and connection to the natural world.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EIn our 5th webinar, we will be joined by Janet Soloman who will be in conversation with Shrishtee Bajpai about her film, Blue Burning- a powerful piece of work that documents impacts on South Africa's coasts \u0026 seas due to oil/gas exploration. (she is one of the several co-founders of Oceans Not Oil) against offshore oil and gas in South Africa\u2026 She will share her journey of telling stories that need to be told in these times of climate ruptures, especially interweaving art and activism to bring wider awareness and connection to the natural world.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Eawareness and connection to the natural world.","title":"Webinar:Filming Change: A Conversation with Janet Solomon","link":"","lat":-33.98071,"lon":24.74116,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Endorser:Focus_on_the_Global_South\" title=\"Endorser:Focus on the Global South\"\u003EEndorser:Focus on the Global South\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EFocus on the Global South (Focus) is an ac\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"Focus on the Global South (Focus) is an activist think tank in Asia providing analysis and building alternatives for just social, economic and political change. Focus has offices in Thailand, India, the Philippines, Cambodia, with its headquarter located in Bangkok.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EFocus on the Global South (Focus) is an activist think tank in Asia providing analysis and building alternatives for just social, economic and political change. Focus has offices in Thailand, India, the Philippines, Cambodia, with its headquarter located in Bangkok.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003E, with its headquarter located in Bangkok.","title":"Endorser:Focus on the Global South","link":"","lat":13.73418,"lon":100.53244,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Case:Food_Sovereignty_in_El_Parque_de_la_Papa_-_Potato_Park,_Peru\" title=\"Case:Food Sovereignty in El Parque de la Papa - Potato Park, Peru\"\u003ECase:Food Sovereignty in El Parque de la Papa - Potato Park, Peru\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003ESince the COVID-19 pandemic, many peripher\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"Since the COVID-19 pandemic, many peripheral, rural communities in Peru have been unequally impacted by the spread of the virus. Not only losing community members but also access to basic amenities such as healthcare and food. Indeed, for some this is only an exacerbation of prior struggles and inequalities. Yet there are burgeoning examples of people and places who have managed to build resilience, enabling them to continue flourishing (although the challenges should not be overlooked). One such example is El Parque de la Papa (from hereon referred to as the Potato Park).\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003ESince the COVID-19 pandemic, many peripheral, rural communities in Peru have been unequally impacted by the spread of the virus. Not only losing community members but also access to basic amenities such as healthcare and food. Indeed, for some this is only an exacerbation of prior struggles and inequalities. Yet there are burgeoning examples of people and places who have managed to build resilience, enabling them to continue flourishing (although the challenges should not be overlooked). One such example is El Parque de la Papa (from hereon referred to as the Potato Park).\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Eom hereon referred to as the Potato Park).","title":"Case:Food Sovereignty in El Parque de la Papa - Potato Park, Peru","link":"","lat":-13.42168,"lon":-71.84824,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Endorser:Forest_Peoples_Programme\" title=\"Endorser:Forest Peoples Programme\"\u003EEndorser:Forest Peoples Programme\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EForest Peoples Programme works with forest peoples to secure their rights, their territories and their livelihoods. We work to create political space for those peoples to control their lands and decide their own futures.","title":"Endorser:Forest Peoples Programme","link":"","lat":52.36757,"lon":4.90414,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Endorser:Foundations_Earth\" title=\"Endorser:Foundations Earth\"\u003EEndorser:Foundations Earth\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EOur vision is to create a world of shared abundance, in which our relationships with each other and the rest of the living world are guided by mutual care.","title":"Endorser:Foundations Earth","link":"","lat":53.38113,"lon":-1.47008,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Case:From_full-scale_invasion_to_full-scale_resistance:_regional_feminist_responses_to_the_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine\" title=\"Case:From full-scale invasion to full-scale resistance: regional feminist responses to the Russian invasion of Ukraine\"\u003ECase:From full-scale invasion to full-scale resistance: regional feminist responses to the Russian invasion of Ukraine\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThe war in Ukraine clearly demonstrated th\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"The war in Ukraine clearly demonstrated the depth and scope of intertwined human rights and humanitarian crises, and shed light on a multitude of systemic failures in both humanitarian and philanthropic responses...Against the backdrop of the multiplicity of devastating, grassroots organizers and grassroots-based grantmakers took over the lifesaving frontline work of crisis response and recovery and modeled what community-led responses truly look like. Thanks to their intersectional politics, deep relationships, knowledges of local contexts, and being in tune with the needs and priorities of local communities, the systemic alternatives built by these grassroots-led organizers are an engine for forcibly displaced people in reclaiming their agency and human dignity.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EThe war in Ukraine clearly demonstrated the depth and scope of intertwined human rights and humanitarian crises, and shed light on a multitude of systemic failures in both humanitarian and philanthropic responses...Against the backdrop of the multiplicity of devastating, grassroots organizers and grassroots-based grantmakers took over the lifesaving frontline work of crisis response and recovery and modeled what community-led responses truly look like. Thanks to their intersectional politics, deep relationships, knowledges of local contexts, and being in tune with the needs and priorities of local communities, the systemic alternatives built by these grassroots-led organizers are an engine for forcibly displaced people in reclaiming their agency and human dignity.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Ereclaiming their agency and human dignity.","title":"Case:From full-scale invasion to full-scale resistance: regional feminist responses to the Russian invasion of Ukraine","link":"","lat":50.43893,"lon":30.52134,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Endorser:Gaia_Foundation\" title=\"Endorser:Gaia Foundation\"\u003EEndorser:Gaia Foundation\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EWorking together with partners, communities and movements to revive bio-cultural diversity, to regenerate healthy ecosystems and to strengthen community self-governance for climate change resilience.","title":"Endorser:Gaia Foundation","link":"","lat":51.55374,"lon":-0.15852,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Webinar:Gifts_from_the_Sentient_Forest\" title=\"Webinar:Gifts from the Sentient Forest\"\u003EWebinar:Gifts from the Sentient Forest\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EIn the third episode of our More than Huma\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"In the third episode of our More than Human webinar series, \u00c5sa Andersson Martti, Francis Joy and John C. Ryan will tell us about the different ways of communicating with the forests, speaking from the S\u00e1mi tribe\u0026#039;s traditions and Indigenous knowledges, as well as from scientific perspectives of forest intelligence, memory and sentience.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EIn the third episode of our More than Human webinar series, \u00c5sa Andersson Martti, Francis Joy and John C. Ryan will tell us about the different ways of communicating with the forests, speaking from the S\u00e1mi tribe's traditions and Indigenous knowledges, as well as from scientific perspectives of forest intelligence, memory and sentience.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Eforest intelligence, memory and sentience.","title":"Webinar:Gifts from the Sentient Forest","link":"","lat":67.8558,"lon":20.22528,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Endorser:Global_Alliance_for_the_Rights_of_Nature\" title=\"Endorser:Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature\"\u003EEndorser:Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThe Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature is a global network of organizations and individuals committed to the universal adoption and implementation of legal systems that recognize, respect and enforce \u201cRights of Nature\u201d.","title":"Endorser:Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature","link":"","lat":-0.27345,"lon":-78.4563,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Endorser:Global_Diversity_Foundation\" title=\"Endorser:Global Diversity Foundation\"\u003EEndorser:Global Diversity Foundation\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003ESince 2000, Global Diversity Foundation ha\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"Since 2000, Global Diversity Foundation has carried out vibrant applied collaborative research programmes with Indigenous communities in Mesoamerica, North Africa, Southeast Asia and southern Africa. In collaboration with local and national institutions, we provide training and advocacy to support communities as they design and implement their own initiatives to maintain local environments and enhance their livelihoods and wellbeing. Our areas of focus depend on community interests and priorities. To date, we have worked on community-based biocultural diversity conservation, sustainable livelihoods, community access to lands and resources, the continuity of ethnobiological knowledge, community health and wellbeing.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003ESince 2000, Global Diversity Foundation has carried out vibrant applied collaborative research programmes with Indigenous communities in Mesoamerica, North Africa, Southeast Asia and southern Africa. In collaboration with local and national institutions, we provide training and advocacy to support communities as they design and implement their own initiatives to maintain local environments and enhance their livelihoods and wellbeing. Our areas of focus depend on community interests and priorities. To date, we have worked on community-based biocultural diversity conservation, sustainable livelihoods, community access to lands and resources, the continuity of ethnobiological knowledge, community health and wellbeing.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Eknowledge, community health and wellbeing.","title":"Endorser:Global Diversity Foundation","link":"","lat":51.27789,"lon":1.07905,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Endorser:Global_Ecovillage_Network\" title=\"Endorser:Global Ecovillage Network\"\u003EEndorser:Global Ecovillage Network\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThe Global Ecovillage Network (GEN) catalyzes communities for a regenerative world. GEN is a growing network of regenerative communities and initiatives that bridge cultures, countries, and continents.","title":"Endorser:Global Ecovillage Network","link":"","lat":57.65199,"lon":-3.59209,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Endorser:Global_Extractivisms_and_Alternatives_Initiative\" title=\"Endorser:Global Extractivisms and Alternatives Initiative\"\u003EEndorser:Global Extractivisms and Alternatives Initiative\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThe Global Extractivisms and Alternatives \u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"The Global Extractivisms and Alternatives Initiative (EXALT) is a new international network of scholars, activists, and policymakers dedicated to collaboration and knowledge creation around the pressing crisis stemming from extractivist policies and practices.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EThe Global Extractivisms and Alternatives Initiative (EXALT) is a new international network of scholars, activists, and policymakers dedicated to collaboration and knowledge creation around the pressing crisis stemming from extractivist policies and practices.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003E from extractivist policies and practices.","title":"Endorser:Global Extractivisms and Alternatives Initiative","link":"","lat":60.17263,"lon":24.95104,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Endorser:Global_Forest_Coalition\" title=\"Endorser:Global Forest Coalition\"\u003EEndorser:Global Forest Coalition\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EGlobal Forest Coalition is an international coalition of NGOs and Indigenous Peoples\u2019 Organizations defending social justice and the rights of forest peoples in forest policies.","title":"Endorser:Global Forest Coalition","link":"","lat":-25.26374,"lon":-57.57593,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Endorser:Global_University_for_Sustainability\" title=\"Endorser:Global University for Sustainability\"\u003EEndorser:Global University for Sustainability\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThe idea of the Global U is to foster dynamic interactions among movement activists and activist intellectuals, across sectors, disciplines, regions, and languages.","title":"Endorser:Global University for Sustainability","link":"","lat":22.3193,"lon":114.16936,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Endorser:Global_Working_Group_Beyond_Development\" title=\"Endorser:Global Working Group Beyond Development\"\u003EEndorser:Global Working Group Beyond Development\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThe Global Working Group Beyond Development is gathering/producing grounded and critical knowledge around possible paths of solutions and is making local/global dynamics and crisis phenomena more visible to global social movements.","title":"Endorser:Global Working Group Beyond Development","link":"","lat":-0.18065,"lon":-78.46784,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Endorser:Global_Youth_Biodiversity_Network\" title=\"Endorser:Global Youth Biodiversity Network\"\u003EEndorser:Global Youth Biodiversity Network\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThe Global Youth Biodiversity Network (GYB\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"The Global Youth Biodiversity Network (GYBN) is an international network of youth organizations and individuals from every global region who have united together with a common goal: preventing the loss of biodiversity and preserving Earth\u0026#039;s natural resources.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EThe Global Youth Biodiversity Network (GYBN) is an international network of youth organizations and individuals from every global region who have united together with a common goal: preventing the loss of biodiversity and preserving Earth's natural resources.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003E and preserving Earth's natural resources.","title":"Endorser:Global Youth Biodiversity Network","link":"","lat":52.52001,"lon":13.40495,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Endorser:Grassroots_to_Global\" title=\"Endorser:Grassroots to Global\"\u003EEndorser:Grassroots to Global\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EGrassroots to Global aims to bring about r\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"Grassroots to Global aims to bring about real systemic change by creating local, national and international bottom-up democratic spaces where people, in all our diversity, can come together to make decisions in a trauma-informed and decolonised way, which enable us to address the most critical issues of our time.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EGrassroots to Global aims to bring about real systemic change by creating local, national and international bottom-up democratic spaces where people, in all our diversity, can come together to make decisions in a trauma-informed and decolonised way, which enable us to address the most critical issues of our time.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Eress the most critical issues of our time.","title":"Endorser:Grassroots to Global","link":"","lat":55.95325,"lon":-3.18827,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Endorser:Great_Transition_Initiative\" title=\"Endorser:Great Transition Initiative\"\u003EEndorser:Great Transition Initiative\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThe Great Transition Initiative is an online forum of ideas and an international network for the critical exploration of concepts, strategies, and visions for a transition to a future of enriched lives, human solidarity, and a resilient biosphere.","title":"Endorser:Great Transition Initiative","link":"","lat":42.37566,"lon":-71.12082,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Endorser:Greenpeace_International\" title=\"Endorser:Greenpeace International\"\u003EEndorser:Greenpeace International\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EGreenpeace is an independent global campai\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"Greenpeace is an independent global campaigning network. The network comprises 26 independent national/regional organisations in over 55 countries across Europe, the Americas, Africa, Asia and the Pacific, as well as a co-ordinating body, Greenpeace International, based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EGreenpeace is an independent global campaigning network. The network comprises 26 independent national/regional organisations in over 55 countries across Europe, the Americas, Africa, Asia and the Pacific, as well as a co-ordinating body, Greenpeace International, based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Eonal, based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.","title":"Endorser:Greenpeace International","link":"","lat":52.35863,"lon":4.84933,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Process:G%C3%A4ngeviertel\" title=\"Process:G\u00e4ngeviertel\"\u003EProcess:G\u00e4ngeviertel\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EG\u00e4ngeviertel is a self-managed urban quart\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"G\u00e4ngeviertel is a self-managed urban quarter in central Hamburg reclaimed by artists and activists in 2009. It operates as a collectively governed cultural and social commons, combining artistic production, housing, and political organizing through direct democratic processes.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EG\u00e4ngeviertel is a self-managed urban quarter in central Hamburg reclaimed by artists and activists in 2009. It operates as a collectively governed cultural and social commons, combining artistic production, housing, and political organizing through direct democratic processes.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Eizing through direct democratic processes.","title":"Process:G\u00e4ngeviertel","link":"","lat":53.5537,"lon":9.993,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Process:Hafenstra%C3%9Fe\" title=\"Process:Hafenstra\u00dfe\"\u003EProcess:Hafenstra\u00dfe\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EHafenstra\u00dfe is a row of self-managed resid\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"Hafenstra\u00dfe is a row of self-managed residential buildings in Hamburg, Germany, occupied in the 1980s and governed collectively by their residents. It represents a long-term experiment in non-state urban self-governance rooted in direct democracy, housing commons, and resistance to speculative redevelopment.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EHafenstra\u00dfe is a row of self-managed residential buildings in Hamburg, Germany, occupied in the 1980s and governed collectively by their residents. It represents a long-term experiment in non-state urban self-governance rooted in direct democracy, housing commons, and resistance to speculative redevelopment.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Ed resistance to speculative redevelopment.","title":"Process:Hafenstra\u00dfe","link":"","lat":53.5464,"lon":9.9553,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Process:Haudenosaunee_Confederacy\" title=\"Process:Haudenosaunee Confederacy\"\u003EProcess:Haudenosaunee Confederacy\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThe Haudenosaunee Confederacy is an Indige\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"The Haudenosaunee Confederacy is an Indigenous political alliance of six nations that has governed itself for centuries through the Great Law of Peace. Its system is based on consensus, clan representation, gender-balanced authority, and collective stewardship of territory. Decisions are made through councils that prioritize harmony, responsibility to future generations, and communal autonomy, making the confederacy one of the oldest continuous systems of participatory governance in the world.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EThe Haudenosaunee Confederacy is an Indigenous political alliance of six nations that has governed itself for centuries through the Great Law of Peace. Its system is based on consensus, clan representation, gender-balanced authority, and collective stewardship of territory. Decisions are made through councils that prioritize harmony, responsibility to future generations, and communal autonomy, making the confederacy one of the oldest continuous systems of participatory governance in the world.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003E of participatory governance in the world.","title":"Process:Haudenosaunee Confederacy","link":"","lat":43.046,"lon":-80.1246,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Process:Hawaiian_Sovereignty_Movement\" title=\"Process:Hawaiian Sovereignty Movement\"\u003EProcess:Hawaiian Sovereignty Movement\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThe Hawaiian Sovereignty Movement is a lon\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"The Hawaiian Sovereignty Movement is a long-standing Indigenous-led process seeking the restoration of self-governance and political autonomy for the Kanaka Maoli, the Native Hawaiian people. Rooted in community assemblies, cultural revitalization, and ancestral governance systems, the movement challenges the legality of U.S. annexation and promotes collective stewardship of land and resources. Through grassroots organizing and consensus-based practices, it represents an ongoing process of Indigenous self-determination, cultural sovereignty, and radical democracy.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EThe Hawaiian Sovereignty Movement is a long-standing Indigenous-led process seeking the restoration of self-governance and political autonomy for the Kanaka Maoli, the Native Hawaiian people. Rooted in community assemblies, cultural revitalization, and ancestral governance systems, the movement challenges the legality of U.S. annexation and promotes collective stewardship of land and resources. Through grassroots organizing and consensus-based practices, it represents an ongoing process of Indigenous self-determination, cultural sovereignty, and radical democracy.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Eltural sovereignty, and radical democracy.","title":"Process:Hawaiian Sovereignty Movement","link":"","lat":21.3069,"lon":-157.8583,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Endorser:Health_of_Mother_Earth_Foundation\" title=\"Endorser:Health of Mother Earth Foundation\"\u003EEndorser:Health of Mother Earth Foundation\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EAn ecological think tank organisation advocating for environmental/climate justice and food sovereignty in Nigeria and Africa at large.","title":"Endorser:Health of Mother Earth Foundation","link":"","lat":6.38482,"lon":5.60971,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Case:Heritage_and_Habitat:_Indigenous_Conservation_Practices_in_Hindukush_region,_Chitral,_Pakistan\" title=\"Case:Heritage and Habitat: Indigenous Conservation Practices in Hindukush region, Chitral, Pakistan\"\u003ECase:Heritage and Habitat: Indigenous Conservation Practices in Hindukush region, Chitral, Pakistan\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThis contribution describes how Indigenous\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"This contribution describes how Indigenous communities in Chitral, a remote district in Pakistan\u2019s Hindu Kush region, have long practiced sophisticated, community-based conservation systems that balance human needs with ecological health. It outlines traditional governance structures\u2014such as Sotsiri for collective grazing, Dane for natural regeneration, the Phazali and Saq systems for sustainable pasture and forest use, and the Hujat and Golwali systems for community-led monitoring and protection\u2014which all emphasize shared responsibility, ecological respect, and sustainable resource use. These practices not only preserve biodiversity and prevent environmental degradation but also strengthen social cohesion and cultural identity. The text argues that, amid global ecological challenges, Chitral\u2019s Indigenous knowledge offers vital lessons for sustainable living and should be documented, supported, integrated with modern conservation strategies, and recognized in policy to guide future climate resilience and community-based environmental stewardship.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EThis contribution describes how Indigenous communities in Chitral, a remote district in Pakistan\u2019s Hindu Kush region, have long practiced sophisticated, community-based conservation systems that balance human needs with ecological health. It outlines traditional governance structures\u2014such as Sotsiri for collective grazing, Dane for natural regeneration, the Phazali and Saq systems for sustainable pasture and forest use, and the Hujat and Golwali systems for community-led monitoring and protection\u2014which all emphasize shared responsibility, ecological respect, and sustainable resource use. These practices not only preserve biodiversity and prevent environmental degradation but also strengthen social cohesion and cultural identity. The text argues that, amid global ecological challenges, Chitral\u2019s Indigenous knowledge offers vital lessons for sustainable living and should be documented, supported, integrated with modern conservation strategies, and recognized in policy to guide future climate resilience and community-based environmental stewardship.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Ecommunity-based environmental stewardship.","title":"Case:Heritage and Habitat: Indigenous Conservation Practices in Hindukush region, Chitral, Pakistan","link":"","lat":35.76988,"lon":71.77411,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Case:Hin_Lad_Nai:_A_Successful_Model_of_Indigenous_Resistance\" title=\"Case:Hin Lad Nai: A Successful Model of Indigenous Resistance\"\u003ECase:Hin Lad Nai: A Successful Model of Indigenous Resistance\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EHin Lad Nai is an Indigenous community of \u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"Hin Lad Nai is an Indigenous community of Pgakenyaw people living in Northern Thailand. They\u2019re made up of about twenty households living in a forest village which was first constructed in the 1960s (although the Hin Lad Nai people have lived throughout the region for much longer). Their way of life is deeply connected with the forest, as they sustain themselves almost entirely from the plants they cultivate within it.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EHin Lad Nai is an Indigenous community of Pgakenyaw people living in Northern Thailand. They\u2019re made up of about twenty households living in a forest village which was first constructed in the 1960s (although the Hin Lad Nai people have lived throughout the region for much longer). Their way of life is deeply connected with the forest, as they sustain themselves almost entirely from the plants they cultivate within it.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003E from the plants they cultivate within it.","title":"Case:Hin Lad Nai: A Successful Model of Indigenous Resistance","link":"","lat":20.09229,"lon":99.72174,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Webinar:How_I_Became_a_Tree:_A_Conversation_with_Sumana_Roy\" title=\"Webinar:How I Became a Tree: A Conversation with Sumana Roy\"\u003EWebinar:How I Became a Tree: A Conversation with Sumana Roy\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EIn this conversation with our moderator Sh\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"In this conversation with our moderator Shrishtee Bajpai, celebrated author Sumana Roy will talk about her experience and share meditations in writing, especially how trees, plants and the rest of nature are reflected within the many genres she traverses in her work. The title of this episode is taken from her award-winning non-fiction book \u0026#039;How I Became a Tree\u0026#039;, which features \u201cstunning meditations on forests, plant life, time, self, and the exhaustion of being human evoke the spacious, relaxed rhythms of the trees themselves.\u201d\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EIn this conversation with our moderator Shrishtee Bajpai, celebrated author Sumana Roy will talk about her experience and share meditations in writing, especially how trees, plants and the rest of nature are reflected within the many genres she traverses in her work. The title of this episode is taken from her award-winning non-fiction book 'How I Became a Tree', which features \u201cstunning meditations on forests, plant life, time, self, and the exhaustion of being human evoke the spacious, relaxed rhythms of the trees themselves.\u201d\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003E relaxed rhythms of the trees themselves.\u201d","title":"Webinar:How I Became a Tree: A Conversation with Sumana Roy","link":"","lat":26.7271,"lon":88.39529,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Endorser:ICCA_Consortium\" title=\"Endorser:ICCA Consortium\"\u003EEndorser:ICCA Consortium\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThe Association ICCA Consortium is established to promote the appropriate recognition of, and support to, indigenous peoples\u2019 and community conserved areas and territories (ICCAs) at local, national and international levels.","title":"Endorser:ICCA Consortium","link":"","lat":46.20439,"lon":6.14316,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Process:Ifugao_Rice_Terrace_Communities\" title=\"Process:Ifugao Rice Terrace Communities\"\u003EProcess:Ifugao Rice Terrace Communities\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThe Ifugao Rice Terrace Communities are In\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"The Ifugao Rice Terrace Communities are Indigenous societies in the Cordillera region of northern Philippines that have governed their territory for over two millennia through communal assemblies, customary law, and collective management of land and water. Their famous rice terraces are maintained through cooperative labor systems and consensus-based decision-making, integrating spiritual beliefs, ecological knowledge, and social organization. Governance is exercised through councils of elders and community rituals that regulate agriculture, conflict resolution, and resource use, making the Ifugao a paradigmatic example of ancestral democracy and commons-based land stewardship.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EThe Ifugao Rice Terrace Communities are Indigenous societies in the Cordillera region of northern Philippines that have governed their territory for over two millennia through communal assemblies, customary law, and collective management of land and water. Their famous rice terraces are maintained through cooperative labor systems and consensus-based decision-making, integrating spiritual beliefs, ecological knowledge, and social organization. Governance is exercised through councils of elders and community rituals that regulate agriculture, conflict resolution, and resource use, making the Ifugao a paradigmatic example of ancestral democracy and commons-based land stewardship.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Eocracy and commons-based land stewardship.","title":"Process:Ifugao Rice Terrace Communities","link":"","lat":16.9266,"lon":121.0563,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Process:Igbo_Village_Assemblies\" title=\"Process:Igbo Village Assemblies\"\u003EProcess:Igbo Village Assemblies\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EIgbo Village Assemblies are decentralized \u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"Igbo Village Assemblies are decentralized grassroots governance systems practiced by Igbo communities in southeastern Nigeria. Characterized by the absence of centralized authority, these assemblies operate through open deliberation, consensus-building, and rotational leadership, regulating land, justice, and social life. They represent a classic example of acephalous democracy and communal self-governance.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EIgbo Village Assemblies are decentralized grassroots governance systems practiced by Igbo communities in southeastern Nigeria. Characterized by the absence of centralized authority, these assemblies operate through open deliberation, consensus-building, and rotational leadership, regulating land, justice, and social life. They represent a classic example of acephalous democracy and communal self-governance.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Eus democracy and communal self-governance.","title":"Process:Igbo Village Assemblies","link":"","lat":6.2104,"lon":7.0741,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Case:Indigenous_Biocultures_and_Rights_of_Nature_in_Uganda_-_an_Interview\" title=\"Case:Indigenous Biocultures and Rights of Nature in Uganda - an Interview\"\u003ECase:Indigenous Biocultures and Rights of Nature in Uganda - an Interview\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThe interview with Dennis Tabaro outlines \u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"The interview with Dennis Tabaro outlines how AFRICE works with indigenous communities in Uganda\u2014particularly the Bagungu\u2014to revive customary governance and protect Sacred Natural Sites (SNS) as a foundation for the Rights of Nature. Tabaro explains that Rights of Nature are inseparable from human rights, emerging through harmonious coexistence with ecosystems that have their own right to regenerate and thrive. Beginning in 2013, AFRICE built trust with custodians who had long been marginalized, supporting them in documenting ancestral knowledge, mapping ecosystems, restoring ritual practices, and protecting indigenous seeds. Their efforts helped inspire Uganda\u2019s first Rights of Nature law and later a district-level ordinance recognizing customary laws for SNS protection. Yet implementation remains challenged by colonial legacies, stigma against Indigenous spirituality, lack of government regulation, and destructive industrial agriculture. Despite this, Bagungu custodians continue strengthening community-led ecological governance, hoping legal recognition will fully protect their sacred landscapes and allow future generations to inherit intact biocultural systems.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EThe interview with Dennis Tabaro outlines how AFRICE works with indigenous communities in Uganda\u2014particularly the Bagungu\u2014to revive customary governance and protect Sacred Natural Sites (SNS) as a foundation for the Rights of Nature. Tabaro explains that Rights of Nature are inseparable from human rights, emerging through harmonious coexistence with ecosystems that have their own right to regenerate and thrive. Beginning in 2013, AFRICE built trust with custodians who had long been marginalized, supporting them in documenting ancestral knowledge, mapping ecosystems, restoring ritual practices, and protecting indigenous seeds. Their efforts helped inspire Uganda\u2019s first Rights of Nature law and later a district-level ordinance recognizing customary laws for SNS protection. Yet implementation remains challenged by colonial legacies, stigma against Indigenous spirituality, lack of government regulation, and destructive industrial agriculture. Despite this, Bagungu custodians continue strengthening community-led ecological governance, hoping legal recognition will fully protect their sacred landscapes and allow future generations to inherit intact biocultural systems.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Eons to inherit intact biocultural systems.","title":"Case:Indigenous Biocultures and Rights of Nature in Uganda - an Interview","link":"","lat":2.11772,"lon":31.41174,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Endorser:Indigenous_Environmental_Network\" title=\"Endorser:Indigenous Environmental Network\"\u003EEndorser:Indigenous Environmental Network\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EIEN is an alliance of Indigenous Peoples whose Shared Mission is to Protect the Sacredness of Earth Mother from contamination \u0026amp; exploitation by Respecting and Adhering to Indigenous Knowledge and Natural Law.","title":"Endorser:Indigenous Environmental Network","link":"","lat":47.47,"lon":-94.88,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Case:Indigenous_Self-determination_and_Coping_with_COVID-19_in_Bolivia\" title=\"Case:Indigenous Self-determination and Coping with COVID-19 in Bolivia\"\u003ECase:Indigenous Self-determination and Coping with COVID-19 in Bolivia\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThe new political constitution in 2009 mar\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"The new political constitution in 2009 marked a historical event in Bolivian history with the foundation of the Plurinational State and the recognition of the collective rights and autonomy for the 36 indigenous nations in Bolivia. The idea of the Plurinational State is the recognition of the diversity of cultures, institutions, civilizations, and languages that exist within the country as opposed to the process of homogenization led by the colonial state. The construction and implementation of indigenous autonomy is the mechanism that gives meaning to the pluralist approach, thereby enabling the process of decolonisation. As for self-determination, this is the right of all peoples to define their own ways of life and political, economic, social, and cultural development. \u0026#10;\u0026#10;The indigenous people of the territory of Lomer\u00edo in Bolivia have been at the forefront for indigenous self-determination in their long struggle for freedom. They were the first territory to declare their political will to assert territorial-based indigenous autonomy.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EThe new political constitution in 2009 marked a historical event in Bolivian history with the foundation of the Plurinational State and the recognition of the collective rights and autonomy for the 36 indigenous nations in Bolivia. The idea of the Plurinational State is the recognition of the diversity of cultures, institutions, civilizations, and languages that exist within the country as opposed to the process of homogenization led by the colonial state. The construction and implementation of indigenous autonomy is the mechanism that gives meaning to the pluralist approach, thereby enabling the process of decolonisation. As for self-determination, this is the right of all peoples to define their own ways of life and political, economic, social, and cultural development. \n\nThe indigenous people of the territory of Lomer\u00edo in Bolivia have been at the forefront for indigenous self-determination in their long struggle for freedom. They were the first territory to declare their political will to assert territorial-based indigenous autonomy.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Eert territorial-based indigenous autonomy.","title":"Case:Indigenous Self-determination and Coping with COVID-19 in Bolivia","link":"","lat":-16.769,"lon":-61.81021,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Process:Indigenous_Taiwan_Self-Determination_Alliance\" title=\"Process:Indigenous Taiwan Self-Determination Alliance\"\u003EProcess:Indigenous Taiwan Self-Determination Alliance\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThe Indigenous Taiwan Self-Determination A\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"The Indigenous Taiwan Self-Determination Alliance (ITWSDA) is a Taiwanese Indigenous rights organization that advocates for decolonization and Indigenous self-determination. It works to establish a new, inclusive nation-building process rooted in Indigenous wisdom, protect ancestral lands and resources, and revitalize Indigenous languages and culture. The organization has requested the government to implement international covenants on self-determination and has been involved in efforts to assert Indigenous sovereignty and address issues like legal recognition and cultural preservation.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EThe Indigenous Taiwan Self-Determination Alliance (ITWSDA) is a Taiwanese Indigenous rights organization that advocates for decolonization and Indigenous self-determination. It works to establish a new, inclusive nation-building process rooted in Indigenous wisdom, protect ancestral lands and resources, and revitalize Indigenous languages and culture. The organization has requested the government to implement international covenants on self-determination and has been involved in efforts to assert Indigenous sovereignty and address issues like legal recognition and cultural preservation.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Egal recognition and cultural preservation.","title":"Process:Indigenous Taiwan Self-Determination Alliance","link":"","lat":23.69781,"lon":120.96052,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Process:Indigenous_communities_in_Chitral\" title=\"Process:Indigenous communities in Chitral\"\u003EProcess:Indigenous communities in Chitral\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EIndigenous communities in Chitral practice\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"Indigenous communities in Chitral practice a form of radical democracy rooted in collective decision-making, ecological stewardship, and shared responsibility, blending centuries-old customs with adaptive local governance. Systems like Sotsiri, Dane, Hujat, Phazali, and Saq empower communities to manage forests, rangelands, wildlife, and water through consensus, rotational duties, and inclusive oversight, ensuring that no single individual holds disproportionate authority. Elders, women, herders, and patrollers all participate in deliberation and enforcement, creating a deeply participatory model where governance emerges from the ground up. These practices not only sustain fragile mountain ecosystems but also embody a democratic ethos that places communal wellbeing, ecological balance, and cultural continuity at the center\u2014offering a powerful example of grassroots, ecologically grounded democracy in action.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EIndigenous communities in Chitral practice a form of radical democracy rooted in collective decision-making, ecological stewardship, and shared responsibility, blending centuries-old customs with adaptive local governance. Systems like Sotsiri, Dane, Hujat, Phazali, and Saq empower communities to manage forests, rangelands, wildlife, and water through consensus, rotational duties, and inclusive oversight, ensuring that no single individual holds disproportionate authority. Elders, women, herders, and patrollers all participate in deliberation and enforcement, creating a deeply participatory model where governance emerges from the ground up. These practices not only sustain fragile mountain ecosystems but also embody a democratic ethos that places communal wellbeing, ecological balance, and cultural continuity at the center\u2014offering a powerful example of grassroots, ecologically grounded democracy in action.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Eecologically grounded democracy in action.","title":"Process:Indigenous communities in Chitral","link":"","lat":35.85399,"lon":71.78663,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Case:Indigenous_rights_and_ecological_care_at_Snowchange_Cooperative\" title=\"Case:Indigenous rights and ecological care at Snowchange Cooperative\"\u003ECase:Indigenous rights and ecological care at Snowchange Cooperative\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003ESnowchange Cooperative is a self-described\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"Snowchange Cooperative is a self-described network of local and indigenous cultures, an ecological project, and a powerful scientific organization. Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Selkie, North Karelia, Finland, Snowchange is engaged in myriad environmental justice\u2013oriented endeavors with a specific focus on the endemic cultural-historical idiosyncrasies of non-globalized, communal relation\u2013based ecological governance (Mustonen, 2017).\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003ESnowchange Cooperative is a self-described network of local and indigenous cultures, an ecological project, and a powerful scientific organization. Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Selkie, North Karelia, Finland, Snowchange is engaged in myriad environmental justice\u2013oriented endeavors with a specific focus on the endemic cultural-historical idiosyncrasies of non-globalized, communal relation\u2013based ecological governance (Mustonen, 2017).\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Eed ecological governance (Mustonen, 2017).","title":"Case:Indigenous rights and ecological care at Snowchange Cooperative","link":"","lat":62.80644,"lon":30.15599,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Webinar:Intergenerational_Wisdom:_weaving_sense_making_and_learnings_in_complex_times\" title=\"Webinar:Intergenerational Wisdom: weaving sense making and learnings in complex times\"\u003EWebinar:Intergenerational Wisdom: weaving sense making and learnings in complex times\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThe historical moment we are currently fac\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"The historical moment we are currently facing requires that we simultaneously recover ancestral wisdom and constantly adapt to the new challenges. To achieve this, it is very important that we weave an intergenerational wisdom that incorporates both the stories and worldviews of the past, as well as the perceptions and capabilities of the new generations. We invite you to share with Alcar, Bel\u00e9n and Itzel (Crianza Mutua M\u00e9xico) and explore together the importance of building this \u201cintergenerational wisdom\u201d to collectively navigate the complexities we face today.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EThe historical moment we are currently facing requires that we simultaneously recover ancestral wisdom and constantly adapt to the new challenges. To achieve this, it is very important that we weave an intergenerational wisdom that incorporates both the stories and worldviews of the past, as well as the perceptions and capabilities of the new generations. We invite you to share with Alcar, Bel\u00e9n and Itzel (Crianza Mutua M\u00e9xico) and explore together the importance of building this \u201cintergenerational wisdom\u201d to collectively navigate the complexities we face today.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Ey navigate the complexities we face today.","title":"Webinar:Intergenerational Wisdom: weaving sense making and learnings in complex times","link":"","lat":16.75693,"lon":-93.12924,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Endorser:International_Network_of_Mountain_Indigenous_Peoples\" title=\"Endorser:International Network of Mountain Indigenous Peoples\"\u003EEndorser:International Network of Mountain Indigenous Peoples\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThe International Network for Mountain Ind\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"The International Network for Mountain Indigenous Peoples (INMIP) was established three years ago in the Himalayas of Bhutan among the ten participating countries of Bhutan, China, India, Kyrgyzstan, Papua New Guinea, Peru, the Philippines, Taiwan, Tajikistan, and Thailand. INMIP was formed for capacity building in establishing and implementing Biocultural Heritage Territories and for sharing knowledge on climate change adaptation and the development of innovations that support resilience.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EThe International Network for Mountain Indigenous Peoples (INMIP) was established three years ago in the Himalayas of Bhutan among the ten participating countries of Bhutan, China, India, Kyrgyzstan, Papua New Guinea, Peru, the Philippines, Taiwan, Tajikistan, and Thailand. INMIP was formed for capacity building in establishing and implementing Biocultural Heritage Territories and for sharing knowledge on climate change adaptation and the development of innovations that support resilience.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Ent of innovations that support resilience.","title":"Endorser:International Network of Mountain Indigenous Peoples","link":"","lat":-13.52684,"lon":-71.95088,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Endorser:International_Tribunal_on_Rights_of_Nature\" title=\"Endorser:International Tribunal on Rights of Nature\"\u003EEndorser:International Tribunal on Rights of Nature\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThe Tribunal aims to create a forum for pe\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"The Tribunal aims to create a forum for people from all around the world to speak on behalf of nature, to protest the destruction of the Earth, destruction that is often sanctioned by governments and corporations, and to make recommendations about Earth\u2019s protection and restoration. The Tribunal also has a strong focus on enabling Indigenous Peoples to share their unique concerns and solutions about land, water, and culture with the global community.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EThe Tribunal aims to create a forum for people from all around the world to speak on behalf of nature, to protest the destruction of the Earth, destruction that is often sanctioned by governments and corporations, and to make recommendations about Earth\u2019s protection and restoration. The Tribunal also has a strong focus on enabling Indigenous Peoples to share their unique concerns and solutions about land, water, and culture with the global community.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Eer, and culture with the global community.","title":"Endorser:International Tribunal on Rights of Nature","link":"","lat":-0.19492,"lon":-78.40577,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Endorser:It_Takes_Roots\" title=\"Endorser:It Takes Roots\"\u003EEndorser:It Takes Roots\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EIt Takes Roots! Is a collaboration between\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"It Takes Roots! Is a collaboration between over 200 grassroots social movements aiming to build power at local, state, tribal and regional levels in the United States. The network of alliances hopes to strengthen the capacity of urban and rural communities most affected by racial, gender, housing, environmental, energy, and climate injustices. It is led by women, gender nonconforming people, people of colour, and Indigenous peoples, and is the result of years of relationship building across the Climate Justice Alliance, Grassroots Global Justice Alliance, Indigenous Environmental Network, Right to the City Alliance, Centre for Story-based Strategy, and The Ruckus Society. Each alliance contributes with unique expertise, helping to grow resistance.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EIt Takes Roots! Is a collaboration between over 200 grassroots social movements aiming to build power at local, state, tribal and regional levels in the United States. The network of alliances hopes to strengthen the capacity of urban and rural communities most affected by racial, gender, housing, environmental, energy, and climate injustices. It is led by women, gender nonconforming people, people of colour, and Indigenous peoples, and is the result of years of relationship building across the Climate Justice Alliance, Grassroots Global Justice Alliance, Indigenous Environmental Network, Right to the City Alliance, Centre for Story-based Strategy, and The Ruckus Society. Each alliance contributes with unique expertise, helping to grow resistance.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Eque expertise, helping to grow resistance.","title":"Endorser:It Takes Roots","link":"","lat":37.77493,"lon":-122.41942,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Endorser:Jineoloji_Academy\" title=\"Endorser:Jineoloji Academy\"\u003EEndorser:Jineoloji Academy\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EJineoloji Academy is an educational and re\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"Jineoloji Academy is an educational and research institution founded to develop the science of Jineoloj\u00ee, a discipline that analyzes and reinterprets all fields of knowledge from a women\u0026#039;s perspective. It aims to challenge the historical exclusion of women\u0026#039;s knowledge, combat sexist systems, and promote liberation and egalitarian social structures through education, workshops, and research. The Academy is part of the broader Jineoloj\u00ee movement, which has established various centers and institutes worldwide.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EJineoloji Academy is an educational and research institution founded to develop the science of Jineoloj\u00ee, a discipline that analyzes and reinterprets all fields of knowledge from a women's perspective. It aims to challenge the historical exclusion of women's knowledge, combat sexist systems, and promote liberation and egalitarian social structures through education, workshops, and research. The Academy is part of the broader Jineoloj\u00ee movement, which has established various centers and institutes worldwide.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003E various centers and institutes worldwide.","title":"Endorser:Jineoloji Academy","link":"","lat":35.38244,"lon":47.13621,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Process:Jumma_Peoples_Councils\" title=\"Process:Jumma Peoples Councils\"\u003EProcess:Jumma Peoples Councils\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThe Jumma Peoples Councils are representat\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"The Jumma Peoples Councils are representative Indigenous governance bodies in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of southeastern Bangladesh, formed by multiple Indigenous nations collectively known as the Jumma peoples. These councils exercise regional and local self-governance over land, culture, and community affairs, grounded in customary law and collective decision-making. Emerging strongly after decades of resistance to militarization and land dispossession, the councils embody an ongoing process of Indigenous self-determination and non-state democratic organization.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EThe Jumma Peoples Councils are representative Indigenous governance bodies in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of southeastern Bangladesh, formed by multiple Indigenous nations collectively known as the Jumma peoples. These councils exercise regional and local self-governance over land, culture, and community affairs, grounded in customary law and collective decision-making. Emerging strongly after decades of resistance to militarization and land dispossession, the councils embody an ongoing process of Indigenous self-determination and non-state democratic organization.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Eion and non-state democratic organization.","title":"Process:Jumma Peoples Councils","link":"","lat":22.7324,"lon":92.2985,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Process:Kamagasaki\" title=\"Process:Kamagasaki\"\u003EProcess:Kamagasaki\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EKamagasaki (Airin District) is a working-c\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"Kamagasaki (Airin District) is a working-class neighborhood in Osaka where marginalized residents have developed informal systems of self-organization, mutual aid, and collective decision-making. These practices constitute a form of urban self-governance outside formal state control.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EKamagasaki (Airin District) is a working-class neighborhood in Osaka where marginalized residents have developed informal systems of self-organization, mutual aid, and collective decision-making. These practices constitute a form of urban self-governance outside formal state control.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Ef-governance outside formal state control.","title":"Process:Kamagasaki","link":"","lat":34.6519,"lon":135.5063,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Endorser:Katalizo\" title=\"Endorser:Katalizo\"\u003EEndorser:Katalizo\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EKatalizo seeks to promote change at the gl\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"Katalizo seeks to promote change at the global level by harnessing the energy and wisdom of youth and elders. Based on non-intrusive change principles and strategies, Katalizo encourages communities to discover their own talents and resources in order to find solutions to the problems that limit their quality of life and social development.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EKatalizo seeks to promote change at the global level by harnessing the energy and wisdom of youth and elders. Based on non-intrusive change principles and strategies, Katalizo encourages communities to discover their own talents and resources in order to find solutions to the problems that limit their quality of life and social development.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Eir quality of life and social development.","title":"Endorser:Katalizo","link":"","lat":46.81388,"lon":-71.20798,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Process:Ka%E2%80%99apor_People\" title=\"Process:Ka\u2019apor People\"\u003EProcess:Ka\u2019apor People\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThe Ka\u2019apor People are an Indigenous natio\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"The Ka\u2019apor People are an Indigenous nation inhabiting the Amazon rainforest in the state of Maranh\u00e3o, Brazil. Known for their strong systems of collective governance and territorial defense, the Ka\u2019apor have organized autonomous patrols and community assemblies to protect their forests from illegal logging, mining, and land invasion. Their governance is rooted in ancestral knowledge, communal land stewardship, and collective decision-making, representing a living process of radical democracy, Indigenous self-determination, and commons defense in the Amazon.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EThe Ka\u2019apor People are an Indigenous nation inhabiting the Amazon rainforest in the state of Maranh\u00e3o, Brazil. Known for their strong systems of collective governance and territorial defense, the Ka\u2019apor have organized autonomous patrols and community assemblies to protect their forests from illegal logging, mining, and land invasion. Their governance is rooted in ancestral knowledge, communal land stewardship, and collective decision-making, representing a living process of radical democracy, Indigenous self-determination, and commons defense in the Amazon.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Enation, and commons defense in the Amazon.","title":"Process:Ka\u2019apor People","link":"","lat":-2.45147,"lon":-46.04029,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Process:Khasi_Dorbar_Shnong\" title=\"Process:Khasi Dorbar Shnong\"\u003EProcess:Khasi Dorbar Shnong\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EKhasi Dorbar Shnong are traditional villag\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"Khasi Dorbar Shnong are traditional village assemblies of the Khasi people in Meghalaya, India, functioning as grassroots democratic institutions rooted in customary law. These assemblies govern land allocation, forest protection, conflict mediation, and community welfare through collective deliberation and consensus. Operating independently of the modern state, Dorbar Shnong embody a long-standing practice of Indigenous self-governance, communal decision-making, and stewardship of commons.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EKhasi Dorbar Shnong are traditional village assemblies of the Khasi people in Meghalaya, India, functioning as grassroots democratic institutions rooted in customary law. These assemblies govern land allocation, forest protection, conflict mediation, and community welfare through collective deliberation and consensus. Operating independently of the modern state, Dorbar Shnong embody a long-standing practice of Indigenous self-governance, communal decision-making, and stewardship of commons.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Ecision-making, and stewardship of commons.","title":"Process:Khasi Dorbar Shnong","link":"","lat":25.5788,"lon":91.8933,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Process:Khoi_and_San_communities\" title=\"Process:Khoi and San communities\"\u003EProcess:Khoi and San communities\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003ESan (Khoisan) Community Governance refers \u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"San (Khoisan) Community Governance refers to the traditional systems of collective decision-making practiced by San peoples in southern Africa. Governance is based on consensus, egalitarian leadership, and communal stewardship of land and resources. These practices represent one of the most horizontally organized forms of democracy, emphasizing social equality, conflict mediation, and shared responsibility.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003ESan (Khoisan) Community Governance refers to the traditional systems of collective decision-making practiced by San peoples in southern Africa. Governance is based on consensus, egalitarian leadership, and communal stewardship of land and resources. These practices represent one of the most horizontally organized forms of democracy, emphasizing social equality, conflict mediation, and shared responsibility.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Elict mediation, and shared responsibility.","title":"Process:Khoi and San communities","link":"","lat":-20.4637,"lon":16.6478,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Process:Kichwa_Sarayaku_People\" title=\"Process:Kichwa Sarayaku People\"\u003EProcess:Kichwa Sarayaku People\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThe Kichwa People of Sarayaku are an Indig\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"The Kichwa People of Sarayaku are an Indigenous community located in the Ecuadorian Amazon, internationally recognized for their autonomous governance and defense of territory against oil extraction. Through community assemblies and collective decision-making rooted in ancestral knowledge, Sarayaku has articulated the concept of Living Forest as a political and ecological framework. Their successful legal struggle for free, prior, and informed consent represents a landmark case of Indigenous self-determination, commons governance, and radical democracy.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EThe Kichwa People of Sarayaku are an Indigenous community located in the Ecuadorian Amazon, internationally recognized for their autonomous governance and defense of territory against oil extraction. Through community assemblies and collective decision-making rooted in ancestral knowledge, Sarayaku has articulated the concept of Living Forest as a political and ecological framework. Their successful legal struggle for free, prior, and informed consent represents a landmark case of Indigenous self-determination, commons governance, and radical democracy.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Ecommons governance, and radical democracy.","title":"Process:Kichwa Sarayaku People","link":"","lat":-1.73,"lon":-77.48,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Case:Konfederasi_Pergerakan_Rakyat_Indonesia_(KPRI)\" title=\"Case:Konfederasi Pergerakan Rakyat Indonesia (KPRI)\"\u003ECase:Konfederasi Pergerakan Rakyat Indonesia (KPRI)\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThe Konfederasi Pergerakan Rakyat Indonesi\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"The Konfederasi Pergerakan Rakyat Indonesia (KPRI) or Confederation of Indonesia Peoples Movement is a national organisation consisting of federations of women, workers, peasants, fisherfolk, indigenous people, and urban poor. KPRI members consist of 70 unions or people\u2019s organisations in 22 provinces and 125 districts and cities across Indonesia (UP CIDS, 2018).\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EThe Konfederasi Pergerakan Rakyat Indonesia (KPRI) or Confederation of Indonesia Peoples Movement is a national organisation consisting of federations of women, workers, peasants, fisherfolk, indigenous people, and urban poor. KPRI members consist of 70 unions or people\u2019s organisations in 22 provinces and 125 districts and cities across Indonesia (UP CIDS, 2018).\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Ed cities across Indonesia (UP CIDS, 2018).","title":"Case:Konfederasi Pergerakan Rakyat Indonesia (KPRI)","link":"","lat":-6.25108,"lon":106.83569,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Process:Kuna_People\" title=\"Process:Kuna People\"\u003EProcess:Kuna People\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThe Kuna Community, also known as the Guna\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"The Kuna Community, also known as the Guna people, inhabit the Guna Yala autonomous territory along the Caribbean coast of Panama. They are internationally recognized for their strong system of Indigenous self-government, exercised through community assemblies and regional congresses. The Kuna have maintained political autonomy, communal land ownership, and cultural sovereignty for nearly a century, making their governance system a durable example of radical democracy grounded in Indigenous rights, commons management, and ancestral knowledge.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EThe Kuna Community, also known as the Guna people, inhabit the Guna Yala autonomous territory along the Caribbean coast of Panama. They are internationally recognized for their strong system of Indigenous self-government, exercised through community assemblies and regional congresses. The Kuna have maintained political autonomy, communal land ownership, and cultural sovereignty for nearly a century, making their governance system a durable example of radical democracy grounded in Indigenous rights, commons management, and ancestral knowledge.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Emmons management, and ancestral knowledge.","title":"Process:Kuna People","link":"","lat":9.56,"lon":-78.95,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Process:Kurdish_Movement\" title=\"Process:Kurdish Movement\"\u003EProcess:Kurdish Movement\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThe Kurdish movement for freedom is a dive\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"The Kurdish movement for freedom is a diverse, decades-long struggle rooted in the Kurdish people\u2019s pursuit of cultural rights, political recognition, and self-determination across Turkey, Iraq, Iran, and Syria. A central intellectual influence on parts of the movement\u2014especially in Turkey and northern Syria\u2014is Abdullah \u00d6calan\u2019s concept of democratic confederalism, which envisions a decentralized, grassroots system of self-governance based on gender equality, ecological sustainability, and direct participation in local decision-making. Rather than seeking a traditional nation-state, this model emphasizes networks of autonomous communities cooperating across borders, offering an alternative framework for coexistence in a region marked by conflict. While the broader Kurdish struggle is far from uniform in its goals, the aspiration for dignity, equality, and the ability to shape their own future remains at its core.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EThe Kurdish movement for freedom is a diverse, decades-long struggle rooted in the Kurdish people\u2019s pursuit of cultural rights, political recognition, and self-determination across Turkey, Iraq, Iran, and Syria. A central intellectual influence on parts of the movement\u2014especially in Turkey and northern Syria\u2014is Abdullah \u00d6calan\u2019s concept of democratic confederalism, which envisions a decentralized, grassroots system of self-governance based on gender equality, ecological sustainability, and direct participation in local decision-making. Rather than seeking a traditional nation-state, this model emphasizes networks of autonomous communities cooperating across borders, offering an alternative framework for coexistence in a region marked by conflict. While the broader Kurdish struggle is far from uniform in its goals, the aspiration for dignity, equality, and the ability to shape their own future remains at its core.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Ehape their own future remains at its core.","title":"Process:Kurdish Movement","link":"","lat":35.38244,"lon":47.13621,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Endorser:Leadership_for_the_Ecozoic\" title=\"Endorser:Leadership for the Ecozoic\"\u003EEndorser:Leadership for the Ecozoic\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003ELeadership for the Ecozoic is a university\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"Leadership for the Ecozoic is a university network working towards a vision of the future founded on mutually enhancing relationships between human societies and the planetary community of life.\u0026#10;\u0026#10;The term \u201cEcozoic\u201d originates from cultural historian Thomas Berry. Drawing from Berry\u2019s work, L4E defines the Ecozoic as an emerging vision for human habitation of Earth which allows and enables the flourishing of the whole community of life. L4E works to further this emerging vision through collaborative scholarship, learning and experimentation.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003ELeadership for the Ecozoic is a university network working towards a vision of the future founded on mutually enhancing relationships between human societies and the planetary community of life.\n\nThe term \u201cEcozoic\u201d originates from cultural historian Thomas Berry. Drawing from Berry\u2019s work, L4E defines the Ecozoic as an emerging vision for human habitation of Earth which allows and enables the flourishing of the whole community of life. L4E works to further this emerging vision through collaborative scholarship, learning and experimentation.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Escholarship, learning and experimentation.","title":"Endorser:Leadership for the Ecozoic","link":"","lat":44.5588,"lon":-72.57784,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Webinar:Living_Utopias\" title=\"Webinar:Living Utopias\"\u003EWebinar:Living Utopias\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThe course Living Utopias is oriented for \u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"The course Living Utopias is oriented for anyone who believes that the current industry driven endless economic growth model which we term as Industrialism has collapsed or is in severe crisis and there is an urgent need for creating an alternative world in every sphere be it of ecology, economy, politics, culture , education and technology. Through short and long term courses we intend to help the participant gain a perspective around the urgency in combating the crisis of industrialism in the world today and introduce the participant to various alternatives existing in the world today.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EThe course Living Utopias is oriented for anyone who believes that the current industry driven endless economic growth model which we term as Industrialism has collapsed or is in severe crisis and there is an urgent need for creating an alternative world in every sphere be it of ecology, economy, politics, culture , education and technology. Through short and long term courses we intend to help the participant gain a perspective around the urgency in combating the crisis of industrialism in the world today and introduce the participant to various alternatives existing in the world today.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003E alternatives existing in the world today.","title":"Webinar:Living Utopias","link":"","lat":12.9716,"lon":77.59456,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Endorser:Local_Futures\" title=\"Endorser:Local Futures\"\u003EEndorser:Local Futures\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003ELocal Futures (formerly the International \u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"Local Futures (formerly the International Society for Ecology and Culture) was founded in response to the expansion of unsustainable, non-regenerative development in Ladakh, Northern India. The organisation aims to promote a more holistic understanding of what it takes to heal the damage caused by an extravist, profit- driven economy and to build structures that foster wellbeing. This is primarily done through the provision of educational materials, books, films, conferences, workshops throughout the world.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003ELocal Futures (formerly the International Society for Ecology and Culture) was founded in response to the expansion of unsustainable, non-regenerative development in Ladakh, Northern India. The organisation aims to promote a more holistic understanding of what it takes to heal the damage caused by an extravist, profit- driven economy and to build structures that foster wellbeing. This is primarily done through the provision of educational materials, books, films, conferences, workshops throughout the world.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Enferences, workshops throughout the world.","title":"Endorser:Local Futures","link":"","lat":44.52063,"lon":-72.30753,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Process:Longo_Ma%C3%AF_Cooperative_Network\" title=\"Process:Longo Ma\u00ef Cooperative Network\"\u003EProcess:Longo Ma\u00ef Cooperative Network\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThe Longo Ma\u00ef Cooperative Network is a tra\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"The Longo Ma\u00ef Cooperative Network is a transnational network of self-managed rural communities founded in the 1970s across Europe. Emerging from anti-authoritarian and ecological movements, Longo Ma\u00ef communities practice collective land ownership, direct democracy, and cooperative production. Governance is based on assemblies, shared labor, and mutual aid between communities, rejecting hierarchical leadership and state dependency. The network functions as a living example of sustained non-state communal autonomy rooted in ecological stewardship and collective decision-making.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EThe Longo Ma\u00ef Cooperative Network is a transnational network of self-managed rural communities founded in the 1970s across Europe. Emerging from anti-authoritarian and ecological movements, Longo Ma\u00ef communities practice collective land ownership, direct democracy, and cooperative production. Governance is based on assemblies, shared labor, and mutual aid between communities, rejecting hierarchical leadership and state dependency. The network functions as a living example of sustained non-state communal autonomy rooted in ecological stewardship and collective decision-making.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Etewardship and collective decision-making.","title":"Process:Longo Ma\u00ef Cooperative Network","link":"","lat":43.998,"lon":5.828,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Endorser:Los_Angeles_for_All\" title=\"Endorser:Los Angeles for All\"\u003EEndorser:Los Angeles for All\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EInspired by the theory and practice of rad\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"Inspired by the theory and practice of radical municipalism, they are a network of autonomous social movement organizations. They resist the dominant structures that rule over us by building and networking alternatives based on direct democracy, solidarity economy and feminized politics, thus tending to the fertile movement technology.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EInspired by the theory and practice of radical municipalism, they are a network of autonomous social movement organizations. They resist the dominant structures that rule over us by building and networking alternatives based on direct democracy, solidarity economy and feminized politics, thus tending to the fertile movement technology.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Eending to the fertile movement technology.","title":"Endorser:Los Angeles for All","link":"","lat":34.10606,"lon":-118.28714,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Process:Luba_Customary_Councils\" title=\"Process:Luba Customary Councils\"\u003EProcess:Luba Customary Councils\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003ELuba Customary Councils are traditional go\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"Luba Customary Councils are traditional governance institutions of the Luba people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, responsible for regulating land tenure, social norms, and conflict resolution through collective deliberation. Rooted in ancestral law and community consensus, these councils sustain communal autonomy and local democracy beyond formal state structures.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003ELuba Customary Councils are traditional governance institutions of the Luba people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, responsible for regulating land tenure, social norms, and conflict resolution through collective deliberation. Rooted in ancestral law and community consensus, these councils sustain communal autonomy and local democracy beyond formal state structures.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003E democracy beyond formal state structures.","title":"Process:Luba Customary Councils","link":"","lat":-5.8962,"lon":22.4166,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Case:Lumad_Bakwit_School\" title=\"Case:Lumad Bakwit School\"\u003ECase:Lumad Bakwit School\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThe Bakwit School is the fruition of decad\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"The Bakwit School is the fruition of decades-long struggle by the Lumad people in Mindanao, Philippines. Since they only get a mouse\u2019s share of state services, these indigenous peoples (IP) have paved the way for alternative practices that cater to their needs while improving their political organisation, economic welfare, and cultural life\u2014thus contributing to the realisation of their own vision of development.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EThe Bakwit School is the fruition of decades-long struggle by the Lumad people in Mindanao, Philippines. Since they only get a mouse\u2019s share of state services, these indigenous peoples (IP) have paved the way for alternative practices that cater to their needs while improving their political organisation, economic welfare, and cultural life\u2014thus contributing to the realisation of their own vision of development.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Esation of their own vision of development.","title":"Case:Lumad Bakwit School","link":"","lat":8.49613,"lon":123.30341,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Endorser:MINGAnet\" title=\"Endorser:MINGAnet\"\u003EEndorser:MINGAnet\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EMINGAnet is a civil society initiative tha\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"MINGAnet is a civil society initiative that invites to the co-creation of an eco-ethical, autonomous, collaborative, grateful and committed to life and to the responsibility of \u0026quot;inhabiting the earth\u0026quot;. \u0026quot;Based on human dignity, autonomy, respect, trust, integrity, creativity and freedom, MINGAnet - Mundos Interconectados para la Gesti\u00f3n del Aprendizaje - is also an indigenous pre-Columbian Quechua word meaning \u0026quot;work shared by the community\u0026quot;.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EMINGAnet is a civil society initiative that invites to the co-creation of an eco-ethical, autonomous, collaborative, grateful and committed to life and to the responsibility of \"inhabiting the earth\". \"Based on human dignity, autonomy, respect, trust, integrity, creativity and freedom, MINGAnet - Mundos Interconectados para la Gesti\u00f3n del Aprendizaje - is also an indigenous pre-Columbian Quechua word meaning \"work shared by the community\".\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Erd meaning \"work shared by the community\".","title":"Endorser:MINGAnet","link":"","lat":4.71099,"lon":-74.07209,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Process:Makoko_community\" title=\"Process:Makoko community\"\u003EProcess:Makoko community\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EMakoko is a historic waterfront community \u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"Makoko is a historic waterfront community located on the Lagos Lagoon in Lagos, Nigeria, widely known for its stilt-house settlement and strong traditions of community self-organization. Inhabited primarily by fishing communities, Makoko has developed informal but resilient systems of collective governance to manage housing, livelihoods, and social life in the absence of consistent state services and under constant threat of eviction. Community leadership structures, associations, and grassroots organizing play a central role in decision-making, conflict resolution, and defense of the territory. Makoko represents an urban process of radical democracy rooted in commons-based living, community organizing, and struggles for housing rights and social justice in a megacity context.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EMakoko is a historic waterfront community located on the Lagos Lagoon in Lagos, Nigeria, widely known for its stilt-house settlement and strong traditions of community self-organization. Inhabited primarily by fishing communities, Makoko has developed informal but resilient systems of collective governance to manage housing, livelihoods, and social life in the absence of consistent state services and under constant threat of eviction. Community leadership structures, associations, and grassroots organizing play a central role in decision-making, conflict resolution, and defense of the territory. Makoko represents an urban process of radical democracy rooted in commons-based living, community organizing, and struggles for housing rights and social justice in a megacity context.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003E and social justice in a megacity context.","title":"Process:Makoko community","link":"","lat":6.491,"lon":3.391,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Process:Mapuche_Communities\" title=\"Process:Mapuche Communities\"\u003EProcess:Mapuche Communities\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EMapuche Communities are Indigenous territo\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"Mapuche Communities are Indigenous territorial collectives located in southern Chile and Argentina, known for their strong traditions of self-government, communal land stewardship, and resistance to colonial and extractivist expansion. Organized through local assemblies, traditional authorities, and territorial organizations, Mapuche communities exercise collective decision-making grounded in ancestral law and cosmology. Their struggle for autonomy, land recovery, and cultural survival constitutes a transregional process of Indigenous self-determination and radical democracy.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EMapuche Communities are Indigenous territorial collectives located in southern Chile and Argentina, known for their strong traditions of self-government, communal land stewardship, and resistance to colonial and extractivist expansion. Organized through local assemblies, traditional authorities, and territorial organizations, Mapuche communities exercise collective decision-making grounded in ancestral law and cosmology. Their struggle for autonomy, land recovery, and cultural survival constitutes a transregional process of Indigenous self-determination and radical democracy.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003E self-determination and radical democracy.","title":"Process:Mapuche Communities","link":"","lat":-38.74,"lon":-72.59,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Process:Marinaleda\" title=\"Process:Marinaleda\"\u003EProcess:Marinaleda\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EMarinaleda is a rural municipality in Anda\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"Marinaleda is a rural municipality in Andalusia, Spain, internationally known for its long-standing experiment in municipal self-governance, direct democracy, and cooperative economy. Since the late 1970s, the town has been governed through open assemblies where residents collectively decide on land use, housing, and public policies. Communal land ownership, worker cooperatives, and strong social participation form the basis of Marinaleda\u2019s model, making it a paradigmatic case of radical municipalism and grassroots democracy within a formal state framework.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EMarinaleda is a rural municipality in Andalusia, Spain, internationally known for its long-standing experiment in municipal self-governance, direct democracy, and cooperative economy. Since the late 1970s, the town has been governed through open assemblies where residents collectively decide on land use, housing, and public policies. Communal land ownership, worker cooperatives, and strong social participation form the basis of Marinaleda\u2019s model, making it a paradigmatic case of radical municipalism and grassroots democracy within a formal state framework.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Edemocracy within a formal state framework.","title":"Process:Marinaleda","link":"","lat":37.371,"lon":-5.454,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Process:Marsh_Arab_Community_Governance\" title=\"Process:Marsh Arab Community Governance\"\u003EProcess:Marsh Arab Community Governance\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EMarsh Arab Community Governance refers to \u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"Marsh Arab Community Governance refers to the traditional self-organization systems of the Ma\u02bbd\u0101n peoples of southern Iraq, who inhabit the Mesopotamian Marshes. Governance is based on tribal councils, collective decision-making, and customary law regulating water use, fishing, agriculture, and conflict resolution. These practices sustain communal life in a fragile wetland ecosystem and represent a form of ecological commons governance deeply rooted in ancestral knowledge.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EMarsh Arab Community Governance refers to the traditional self-organization systems of the Ma\u02bbd\u0101n peoples of southern Iraq, who inhabit the Mesopotamian Marshes. Governance is based on tribal councils, collective decision-making, and customary law regulating water use, fishing, agriculture, and conflict resolution. These practices sustain communal life in a fragile wetland ecosystem and represent a form of ecological commons governance deeply rooted in ancestral knowledge.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Eance deeply rooted in ancestral knowledge.","title":"Process:Marsh Arab Community Governance","link":"","lat":31.046,"lon":46.266,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Endorser:May_First_Movement_Technology\" title=\"Endorser:May First Movement Technology\"\u003EEndorser:May First Movement Technology\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EMay First Movement Technology is a U.S. an\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"May First Movement Technology is a U.S. and Mexico based non-profit membership cooperative that tries to strengthen movements standing for local struggles, global transformation, and emancipation without borders through furthering the strategic use, and collective control, of technologies.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EMay First Movement Technology is a U.S. and Mexico based non-profit membership cooperative that tries to strengthen movements standing for local struggles, global transformation, and emancipation without borders through furthering the strategic use, and collective control, of technologies.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003E, and collective control, of technologies.","title":"Endorser:May First Movement Technology","link":"","lat":40.64338,"lon":-74.01316,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Process:Mazdoor_Kisan_Shakti_Sangathan_(MKSS)\" title=\"Process:Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS)\"\u003EProcess:Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS)\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EMazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS) is a\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS) is a grassroots movement based in Rajasthan, India, known for pioneering practices of direct democracy through public assemblies and collective accountability. It organizes rural workers and peasants to exercise popular power through participatory decision-making, social audits, and community deliberation.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EMazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS) is a grassroots movement based in Rajasthan, India, known for pioneering practices of direct democracy through public assemblies and collective accountability. It organizes rural workers and peasants to exercise popular power through participatory decision-making, social audits, and community deliberation.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Esocial audits, and community deliberation.","title":"Process:Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS)","link":"","lat":25.0667,"lon":73.8833,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Process:Metelkova\" title=\"Process:Metelkova\"\u003EProcess:Metelkova\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EMetelkova is an autonomous social and cult\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"Metelkova is an autonomous social and cultural center located in Ljubljana, established in the early 1990s after the occupation of former military barracks. The area is collectively managed by a network of self-organized groups through assemblies, horizontal coordination, and consensus-based decision-making. Metelkova operates outside conventional state and market governance, hosting cultural production, social initiatives, and political organizing. It represents a long-lasting experiment in urban commons and non-state self-governance in a post-socialist context.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EMetelkova is an autonomous social and cultural center located in Ljubljana, established in the early 1990s after the occupation of former military barracks. The area is collectively managed by a network of self-organized groups through assemblies, horizontal coordination, and consensus-based decision-making. Metelkova operates outside conventional state and market governance, hosting cultural production, social initiatives, and political organizing. It represents a long-lasting experiment in urban commons and non-state self-governance in a post-socialist context.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Elf-governance in a post-socialist context.","title":"Process:Metelkova","link":"","lat":46.057,"lon":14.52,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Process:Misak_Indigenous_People\" title=\"Process:Misak Indigenous People\"\u003EProcess:Misak Indigenous People\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThe Misak Indigenous People, also known as\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"The Misak Indigenous People, also known as the Guambiano people, inhabit the Resguardo of Guambia in the department of Cauca, Colombia. They are widely recognized for their long-standing process of Indigenous self-government, cultural sovereignty, and defense of ancestral territory. Rooted in ancestral knowledge and collective land stewardship, the Misak have developed autonomous political institutions centered on community assemblies, traditional authorities, and participatory decision-making. Their struggle has focused on territorial recovery, cultural revitalization, education autonomy, and resistance to colonial and extractivist structures imposed by the state. The Misak experience represents a living process of radical democracy grounded in Indigenous cosmology, commons management, and decolonization.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EThe Misak Indigenous People, also known as the Guambiano people, inhabit the Resguardo of Guambia in the department of Cauca, Colombia. They are widely recognized for their long-standing process of Indigenous self-government, cultural sovereignty, and defense of ancestral territory. Rooted in ancestral knowledge and collective land stewardship, the Misak have developed autonomous political institutions centered on community assemblies, traditional authorities, and participatory decision-making. Their struggle has focused on territorial recovery, cultural revitalization, education autonomy, and resistance to colonial and extractivist structures imposed by the state. The Misak experience represents a living process of radical democracy grounded in Indigenous cosmology, commons management, and decolonization.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Ey, commons management, and decolonization.","title":"Process:Misak Indigenous People","link":"","lat":2.611,"lon":-76.382,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Process:Miskitu_People\" title=\"Process:Miskitu People\"\u003EProcess:Miskitu People\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThe Miskitu People are an Indigenous natio\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"The Miskitu People are an Indigenous nation inhabiting the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua, with a long history of communal governance and territorial autonomy. Through community assemblies, councils, and regional Indigenous governments, the Miskitu exercise collective decision-making over land, resources, and social life. Their struggle for autonomy and territorial rights represents a sustained process of Indigenous self-determination, commons governance, and radical democracy.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EThe Miskitu People are an Indigenous nation inhabiting the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua, with a long history of communal governance and territorial autonomy. Through community assemblies, councils, and regional Indigenous governments, the Miskitu exercise collective decision-making over land, resources, and social life. Their struggle for autonomy and territorial rights represents a sustained process of Indigenous self-determination, commons governance, and radical democracy.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Ecommons governance, and radical democracy.","title":"Process:Miskitu People","link":"","lat":14.03,"lon":-83.38,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Endorser:M%CE%ADta\" title=\"Endorser:M\u03adta\"\u003EEndorser:M\u03adta\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003Em\u03adta\u2018s mission is to become a unique inter\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"m\u03adta\u2018s mission is to become a unique international intellectual, artistic, scholarly and cultural hub for radical progressive movements across Europe and the world: a centre not only for researching postcapitalism but also for working toward its\u2026 civilisation.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003Em\u03adta\u2018s mission is to become a unique international intellectual, artistic, scholarly and cultural hub for radical progressive movements across Europe and the world: a centre not only for researching postcapitalism but also for working toward its\u2026 civilisation.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Ealso for working toward its\u2026 civilisation.","title":"Endorser:M\u03adta","link":"","lat":37.99229,"lon":23.73211,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Endorser:NOW_NET\" title=\"Endorser:NOW NET\"\u003EEndorser:NOW NET\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EWe in the Network Economic Transformation \u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"We in the Network Economic Transformation (NOW - NET or NOW NET for short) advocate an economy that serves the good life of all. Everyone is welcome to advance this vision. Many of us have been active in various alternative economic movements for a long time. We have come together to represent in diversity what unites us - the realization that our different paths lead to a common vision: a deeply democratic and needs-oriented society.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EWe in the Network Economic Transformation (NOW - NET or NOW NET for short) advocate an economy that serves the good life of all. Everyone is welcome to advance this vision. Many of us have been active in various alternative economic movements for a long time. We have come together to represent in diversity what unites us - the realization that our different paths lead to a common vision: a deeply democratic and needs-oriented society.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Eply democratic and needs-oriented society.","title":"Endorser:NOW NET","link":"","lat":50.75502,"lon":7.14892,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Process:Nasa_People\" title=\"Process:Nasa People\"\u003EProcess:Nasa People\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThe Nasa People are an Indigenous nation p\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"The Nasa People are an Indigenous nation primarily located in the Cauca region of Colombia, known for their strong systems of self-government, territorial control, and community justice. Organized through cabildos, assemblies, and the Indigenous Guard, the Nasa exercise collective decision-making rooted in ancestral law and communal responsibility. Their long-standing struggle for land recovery, autonomy, and peace has made them a key reference for Indigenous self-determination and radical democracy in Latin America.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EThe Nasa People are an Indigenous nation primarily located in the Cauca region of Colombia, known for their strong systems of self-government, territorial control, and community justice. Organized through cabildos, assemblies, and the Indigenous Guard, the Nasa exercise collective decision-making rooted in ancestral law and communal responsibility. Their long-standing struggle for land recovery, autonomy, and peace has made them a key reference for Indigenous self-determination and radical democracy in Latin America.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Eon and radical democracy in Latin America.","title":"Process:Nasa People","link":"","lat":2.954,"lon":-76.27,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Endorser:Natural_Justice\" title=\"Endorser:Natural Justice\"\u003EEndorser:Natural Justice\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003ENatural Justice is a community of lawyers \u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"Natural Justice is a community of lawyers that specialise in human rights and environmental law in Africa and aim to support communities in decision processes affecting their land, culture, and environment. Members of the organisation conduct research, work together with Indigenous peoples, provide technical assistance to governments and intergovernmental organisations, and participate in key international processes.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003ENatural Justice is a community of lawyers that specialise in human rights and environmental law in Africa and aim to support communities in decision processes affecting their land, culture, and environment. Members of the organisation conduct research, work together with Indigenous peoples, provide technical assistance to governments and intergovernmental organisations, and participate in key international processes.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Earticipate in key international processes.","title":"Endorser:Natural Justice","link":"","lat":-33.9209,"lon":18.41912,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Process:Navajo_Nation\" title=\"Process:Navajo Nation\"\u003EProcess:Navajo Nation\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThe Navajo Nation is a large Indigenous se\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"The Navajo Nation is a large Indigenous self-governing territory spanning parts of Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. Governance combines modern representative institutions with traditional local assemblies known as chapter houses, where community members practice direct participation in decision-making. Rooted in Din\u00e9 philosophy and land-based ethics, Navajo governance emphasizes collective responsibility, territorial stewardship, and Indigenous self-determination.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EThe Navajo Nation is a large Indigenous self-governing territory spanning parts of Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. Governance combines modern representative institutions with traditional local assemblies known as chapter houses, where community members practice direct participation in decision-making. Rooted in Din\u00e9 philosophy and land-based ethics, Navajo governance emphasizes collective responsibility, territorial stewardship, and Indigenous self-determination.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Erdship, and Indigenous self-determination.","title":"Process:Navajo Nation","link":"","lat":35.68,"lon":-109.0526,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Case:Nayakrishi_Andolon\" title=\"Case:Nayakrishi Andolon\"\u003ECase:Nayakrishi Andolon\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EStarted in the early 1990\u2019s, the Nayakrishi Andolon (New Agriculture Movement) has been building innovative farming practices based around \u2018seed\u2019. It is currently spread across 300,000 diverse member-households in Bangladesh.","title":"Case:Nayakrishi Andolon","link":"","lat":23.68499,"lon":90.35633,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Endorser:New_Alliance\" title=\"Endorser:New Alliance\"\u003EEndorser:New Alliance\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EA platform to promote a proposal for global change addressing the over population and unlimited growth problems","title":"Endorser:New Alliance","link":"","lat":47.55165,"lon":7.62725,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Process:Niger_Delta_Community_Councils\" title=\"Process:Niger Delta Community Councils\"\u003EProcess:Niger Delta Community Councils\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003ENiger Delta Community Councils are grassro\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"Niger Delta Community Councils are grassroots governance bodies formed by local communities in southern Nigeria to manage land, waterways, and collective affairs in the context of oil extraction and environmental degradation. Operating through assemblies and customary leadership, these councils coordinate community decision-making, environmental defense, and negotiations with external actors, representing a form of popular self-governance and territorial commons management.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003ENiger Delta Community Councils are grassroots governance bodies formed by local communities in southern Nigeria to manage land, waterways, and collective affairs in the context of oil extraction and environmental degradation. Operating through assemblies and customary leadership, these councils coordinate community decision-making, environmental defense, and negotiations with external actors, representing a form of popular self-governance and territorial commons management.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Ernance and territorial commons management.","title":"Process:Niger Delta Community Councils","link":"","lat":4.8156,"lon":7.0498,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Endorser:North-South_Initiative\" title=\"Endorser:North-South Initiative\"\u003EEndorser:North-South Initiative\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003ENorth-South Initiative (NSI) is a Youth-Ad\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"North-South Initiative (NSI) is a Youth-Adult Partnership (YAP) modelled initiative based in Malaysia which aims to build synergy between the North and South in addressing human rights, social justice and sustainable development issues. In the era of globalisation, bridging the gap between the North and South requires a more holistic approach between the North-South and South-South peoples. Our primary mission is the empowerment of marginalized groups, i.e. the Indigenous Peoples, Minority Students, Youths Living in Conflict Zones, Migrant Workers, Refugees, Small Farmers, Interfaith/Intrafaith Actors, and other disenfranchised minorities who need solidarity.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003ENorth-South Initiative (NSI) is a Youth-Adult Partnership (YAP) modelled initiative based in Malaysia which aims to build synergy between the North and South in addressing human rights, social justice and sustainable development issues. In the era of globalisation, bridging the gap between the North and South requires a more holistic approach between the North-South and South-South peoples. Our primary mission is the empowerment of marginalized groups, i.e. the Indigenous Peoples, Minority Students, Youths Living in Conflict Zones, Migrant Workers, Refugees, Small Farmers, Interfaith/Intrafaith Actors, and other disenfranchised minorities who need solidarity.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Efranchised minorities who need solidarity.","title":"Endorser:North-South Initiative","link":"","lat":3.1007,"lon":101.63985,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Process:Nunavut_Inuit_Communities\" title=\"Process:Nunavut Inuit Communities\"\u003EProcess:Nunavut Inuit Communities\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003ENunavut Inuit Communities practice regiona\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"Nunavut Inuit Communities practice regional Indigenous self-governance across the Canadian Arctic through consensus-based political institutions grounded in Inuit values and social organization. Community decision-making emphasizes collective responsibility, land stewardship, and cultural continuity, integrating traditional knowledge with contemporary governance structures. Nunavut represents a large-scale experiment in Indigenous autonomy and participatory democracy within a modern state framework.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003ENunavut Inuit Communities practice regional Indigenous self-governance across the Canadian Arctic through consensus-based political institutions grounded in Inuit values and social organization. Community decision-making emphasizes collective responsibility, land stewardship, and cultural continuity, integrating traditional knowledge with contemporary governance structures. Nunavut represents a large-scale experiment in Indigenous autonomy and participatory democracy within a modern state framework.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Edemocracy within a modern state framework.","title":"Process:Nunavut Inuit Communities","link":"","lat":63.7467,"lon":-68.5167,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Process:Ob%C8%99tea_Forest_Communities\" title=\"Process:Ob\u0219tea Forest Communities\"\u003EProcess:Ob\u0219tea Forest Communities\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EOb\u0219tea Forest Communities are traditional \u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"Ob\u0219tea Forest Communities are traditional collective institutions in Romania through which villagers jointly govern forests and mountain lands. Based on centuries-old customary law, these communities make decisions through assemblies of members, regulate resource use, and distribute benefits collectively. Revived and legally recognized after the fall of socialism, ob\u0219tea represent enduring forms of commons-based governance and rural democracy rooted in local autonomy.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EOb\u0219tea Forest Communities are traditional collective institutions in Romania through which villagers jointly govern forests and mountain lands. Based on centuries-old customary law, these communities make decisions through assemblies of members, regulate resource use, and distribute benefits collectively. Revived and legally recognized after the fall of socialism, ob\u0219tea represent enduring forms of commons-based governance and rural democracy rooted in local autonomy.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003E rural democracy rooted in local autonomy.","title":"Process:Ob\u0219tea Forest Communities","link":"","lat":46.36,"lon":25.801,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Thematic:Ocupa_Mau%C3%A1\" title=\"Thematic:Ocupa Mau\u00e1\"\u003EThematic:Ocupa Mau\u00e1\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EOcupa Mau\u00e1 is a central S\u00e3o Paulo housing occupation governed by resident assemblies and collective norms. It is an active example of urban self-management. It's part of the Movimento Sem Teto (\"Movement without roof\").","title":"Thematic:Ocupa Mau\u00e1","link":"","lat":-23.5505,"lon":-46.6333,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Thematic:Ocupa%C3%A7%C3%A3o_Izidora\" title=\"Thematic:Ocupa\u00e7\u00e3o Izidora\"\u003EThematic:Ocupa\u00e7\u00e3o Izidora\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EOcupa\u00e7\u00e3o Izidora is a large urban occupation in Belo Horizonte governed by territorial assemblies and collective coordination. Residents self-manage housing, services, and political strategy.","title":"Thematic:Ocupa\u00e7\u00e3o Izidora","link":"","lat":-19.8157,"lon":-43.9542,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Process:Ogiek_Community\" title=\"Process:Ogiek Community\"\u003EProcess:Ogiek Community\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThe Ogiek are an Indigenous Nilotic commun\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"The Ogiek are an Indigenous Nilotic community in Kenya, famed as forest guardians, traditionally living in the Mau and Mt. Elgon forests as hunter-gatherers and skilled beekeepers, deeply connected to the ecosystem for food, medicine, and culture, but facing ongoing threats from government evictions and land grabbing for conservation and carbon projects, despite landmark court rulings recognizing their rights.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EThe Ogiek are an Indigenous Nilotic community in Kenya, famed as forest guardians, traditionally living in the Mau and Mt. Elgon forests as hunter-gatherers and skilled beekeepers, deeply connected to the ecosystem for food, medicine, and culture, but facing ongoing threats from government evictions and land grabbing for conservation and carbon projects, despite landmark court rulings recognizing their rights.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Erk court rulings recognizing their rights.","title":"Process:Ogiek Community","link":"","lat":0.96671,"lon":34.55284,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Process:Oromo_Gadaa_System\" title=\"Process:Oromo Gadaa System\"\u003EProcess:Oromo Gadaa System\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThe Oromo Gadaa System is an Indigenous de\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"The Oromo Gadaa System is an Indigenous democratic governance system practiced by the Oromo people of Ethiopia, based on age-grade organization, rotational leadership, and collective decision-making through assemblies. The system regulates political authority, law, conflict resolution, and social responsibility, emphasizing accountability, consensus, and intergenerational ethics. It is one of the most sophisticated and long-standing systems of participatory democracy in the world.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EThe Oromo Gadaa System is an Indigenous democratic governance system practiced by the Oromo people of Ethiopia, based on age-grade organization, rotational leadership, and collective decision-making through assemblies. The system regulates political authority, law, conflict resolution, and social responsibility, emphasizing accountability, consensus, and intergenerational ethics. It is one of the most sophisticated and long-standing systems of participatory democracy in the world.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Es of participatory democracy in the world.","title":"Process:Oromo Gadaa System","link":"","lat":8.54,"lon":39.27,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Endorser:Pacto_Ecosocial_e_Intercultural_del_Sur\" title=\"Endorser:Pacto Ecosocial e Intercultural del Sur\"\u003EEndorser:Pacto Ecosocial e Intercultural del Sur\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThis initiative was born from a group of p\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"This initiative was born from a group of people and organizations from different Latin American countries. We are motivated by the urgency of building social dynamics capable of responding to and counteracting the dynamics of capitalist rearrangement, concentration of wealth and destruction of ecosystems that we see emerging in the midst of the crisis of civilization, and of configuring, together with those who wish to join us, a collective horizon of transformation for Our America that guarantees a dignified future.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EThis initiative was born from a group of people and organizations from different Latin American countries. We are motivated by the urgency of building social dynamics capable of responding to and counteracting the dynamics of capitalist rearrangement, concentration of wealth and destruction of ecosystems that we see emerging in the midst of the crisis of civilization, and of configuring, together with those who wish to join us, a collective horizon of transformation for Our America that guarantees a dignified future.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Emerica that guarantees a dignified future.","title":"Endorser:Pacto Ecosocial e Intercultural del Sur","link":"","lat":-16.15137,"lon":-59.23828,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Webinar:Palestine%27s_Beautiful_Resistance:_What_it_tells_the_world_about_building_peace_within\" title=\"Webinar:Palestine\u0026#039;s Beautiful Resistance: What it tells the world about building peace within\"\u003EWebinar:Palestine's Beautiful Resistance: What it tells the world about building peace within\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EBeautiful Resistance emerges from Palestin\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"Beautiful Resistance emerges from Palestine as a concept and philosophy that aims to inspire hope and promote life through performing and visual arts as non-armed ways for peaceful and creative self-expression. It helps to build peace within individuals, in turn to become peace-builders in their community and beyond.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EBeautiful Resistance emerges from Palestine as a concept and philosophy that aims to inspire hope and promote life through performing and visual arts as non-armed ways for peaceful and creative self-expression. It helps to build peace within individuals, in turn to become peace-builders in their community and beyond.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Ece-builders in their community and beyond.","title":"Webinar:Palestine's Beautiful Resistance: What it tells the world about building peace within","link":"","lat":31.71905,"lon":35.19851,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Process:Palestinian_Popular_Committees\" title=\"Process:Palestinian Popular Committees\"\u003EProcess:Palestinian Popular Committees\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EPalestinian Popular Committees are grassro\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"Palestinian Popular Committees are grassroots community organizations formed to coordinate local self-governance, mutual aid, and nonviolent resistance under conditions of military occupation. Operating through assemblies and collective decision-making, these committees manage protests, land defense, social services, and community welfare. They represent a living form of popular democracy and collective autonomy in a context of systemic dispossession.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EPalestinian Popular Committees are grassroots community organizations formed to coordinate local self-governance, mutual aid, and nonviolent resistance under conditions of military occupation. Operating through assemblies and collective decision-making, these committees manage protests, land defense, social services, and community welfare. They represent a living form of popular democracy and collective autonomy in a context of systemic dispossession.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Emy in a context of systemic dispossession.","title":"Process:Palestinian Popular Committees","link":"","lat":31.9038,"lon":35.2034,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Webinar:Pedagogies_of_Transformance_in_the_Brazilian_Amazon_with_the_Rivers_of_Meeting_Project\" title=\"Webinar:Pedagogies of Transformance in the Brazilian Amazon with the Rivers of Meeting Project\"\u003EWebinar:Pedagogies of Transformance in the Brazilian Amazon with the Rivers of Meeting Project\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThe Rivers of Meeting performance educatio\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"The Rivers of Meeting performance education project began by awakening sleeping cultural roots and human rights through Afro-Contemporary percussion, dance and lyrics workshops. Over 12 years, excluded youth were nurtured to become community workshop leaders and coordinators of medicinal plant, street library/cinema projects, dance and audiovisual companies, annual festivals and workshop courses in their Community University of the Rivers, to defend the River Tocantins and nurture an eco-village based on eco-pedagogies for sustainable community. This young AfroRaiz Collective is the community sculpture.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EThe Rivers of Meeting performance education project began by awakening sleeping cultural roots and human rights through Afro-Contemporary percussion, dance and lyrics workshops. Over 12 years, excluded youth were nurtured to become community workshop leaders and coordinators of medicinal plant, street library/cinema projects, dance and audiovisual companies, annual festivals and workshop courses in their Community University of the Rivers, to defend the River Tocantins and nurture an eco-village based on eco-pedagogies for sustainable community. This young AfroRaiz Collective is the community sculpture.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Eaiz Collective is the community sculpture.","title":"Webinar:Pedagogies of Transformance in the Brazilian Amazon with the Rivers of Meeting Project","link":"","lat":-11.40987,"lon":-48.71914,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Endorser:People%27s_Health_Movement\" title=\"Endorser:People\u0026#039;s Health Movement\"\u003EEndorser:People's Health Movement\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThe People's Health Movement (PHM) is a gl\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"The People\u0026#039;s Health Movement (PHM) is a global network bringing together grassroots health activists, civil society organisations, and academic institutions from around the world. The network is committed to the provision of global health, as well as addressing social, environmental and economic determinants of health (as also stated on their website). Due to the growth in global health crises resulting from ever increasing inequities the People\u0026#039;s Charter for Health (PCH) was created. Contributors included activists, scholars, and health workers. This has also served as the guiding document for the network.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EThe People's Health Movement (PHM) is a global network bringing together grassroots health activists, civil society organisations, and academic institutions from around the world. The network is committed to the provision of global health, as well as addressing social, environmental and economic determinants of health (as also stated on their website). Due to the growth in global health crises resulting from ever increasing inequities the People's Charter for Health (PCH) was created. Contributors included activists, scholars, and health workers. This has also served as the guiding document for the network.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Ed as the guiding document for the network.","title":"Endorser:People's Health Movement","link":"","lat":23.81033,"lon":90.41252,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Case:Place-based,_Earth-centred_governance_in_Australia\" title=\"Case:Place-based, Earth-centred governance in Australia\"\u003ECase:Place-based, Earth-centred governance in Australia\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThis text explores how rising ecological a\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"This text explores how rising ecological and social crises are prompting renewed interest in bioregional and Indigenous governance in Australia, highlighting collaborations between Future Dreaming and the Australian Earth Laws Alliance to promote ecocentric, place-based approaches. It traces the roots of Western bioregionalism and contrasts it with the continent\u2019s far older Aboriginal governance systems, which for over 65,000 years have been grounded in relationality, \u201cFirst Laws\u201d of caring for Country, and non-hierarchical community structures shaped by specific ecosystems. The authors argue that these Indigenous knowledge systems offer vital guidance for reimagining governance today, and they introduce AELA\u2019s \u201cGreenprints\u201d framework as a way for Western practitioners to connect ecological limits, cultural understanding, and social justice within bioregional boundaries. Together, these approaches aim to reshape modern governance toward Earth-centred, sustainable, and culturally grounded ways of living.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EThis text explores how rising ecological and social crises are prompting renewed interest in bioregional and Indigenous governance in Australia, highlighting collaborations between Future Dreaming and the Australian Earth Laws Alliance to promote ecocentric, place-based approaches. It traces the roots of Western bioregionalism and contrasts it with the continent\u2019s far older Aboriginal governance systems, which for over 65,000 years have been grounded in relationality, \u201cFirst Laws\u201d of caring for Country, and non-hierarchical community structures shaped by specific ecosystems. The authors argue that these Indigenous knowledge systems offer vital guidance for reimagining governance today, and they introduce AELA\u2019s \u201cGreenprints\u201d framework as a way for Western practitioners to connect ecological limits, cultural understanding, and social justice within bioregional boundaries. Together, these approaches aim to reshape modern governance toward Earth-centred, sustainable, and culturally grounded ways of living.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Ee, and culturally grounded ways of living.","title":"Case:Place-based, Earth-centred governance in Australia","link":"","lat":-25.41312,"lon":133.23515,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Endorser:Post_Growth_Institute\" title=\"Endorser:Post Growth Institute\"\u003EEndorser:Post Growth Institute\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThe Post Growth Institute is an internatio\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"The Post Growth Institute is an international, not-for-profit organisation seeking to restore human-nature relationships by creating systems that circulate money, power, and resources. The institute ultimately works to shift worldviews, letting people know that it\u2019s possible to create economies and ways of circulating money that are in keeping with ecological limits. The goal hereby being to guide those involved to help create the \u2018more beautiful world you know is possible\u2019. This is pursued in the following ways: new economic thinking, regenerative leadership training, and postgrowth movement building.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EThe Post Growth Institute is an international, not-for-profit organisation seeking to restore human-nature relationships by creating systems that circulate money, power, and resources. The institute ultimately works to shift worldviews, letting people know that it\u2019s possible to create economies and ways of circulating money that are in keeping with ecological limits. The goal hereby being to guide those involved to help create the \u2018more beautiful world you know is possible\u2019. This is pursued in the following ways: new economic thinking, regenerative leadership training, and postgrowth movement building.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Eraining, and postgrowth movement building.","title":"Endorser:Post Growth Institute","link":"","lat":42.24348,"lon":-122.79414,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Thematic:Povo_Xavante\" title=\"Thematic:Povo Xavante\"\u003EThematic:Povo Xavante\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EPovo Xavante refers to Indigenous communities in Brazil that govern themselves through collective decision-making, councils of elders, and age-set systems. Their governance emphasizes consensus, ritual authority, and territorial autonomy.","title":"Thematic:Povo Xavante","link":"","lat":-14.5167,"lon":-52.9,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Thematic:Povo_Yanomami\" title=\"Thematic:Povo Yanomami\"\u003EThematic:Povo Yanomami\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EPovo Yanomami encompasses Indigenous communities across the Amazon that practice decentralized self-governance through village assemblies and consensus-based leadership. Political authority is collective and relational rather than centralized.","title":"Thematic:Povo Yanomami","link":"","lat":2.8235,"lon":-60.6758,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Thematic:Proceso_de_Comunidades_Negras_(PCN)\" title=\"Thematic:Proceso de Comunidades Negras (PCN)\"\u003EThematic:Proceso de Comunidades Negras (PCN)\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EProceso de Comunidades Negras (PCN) is a n\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"Proceso de Comunidades Negras (PCN) is a national network of Afro-Colombian communities that practices collective territorial governance through assemblies, councils, and consensus-based decision-making. It defends autonomy, ancestral land rights, and self-determination.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EProceso de Comunidades Negras (PCN) is a national network of Afro-Colombian communities that practices collective territorial governance through assemblies, councils, and consensus-based decision-making. It defends autonomy, ancestral land rights, and self-determination.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Estral land rights, and self-determination.","title":"Thematic:Proceso de Comunidades Negras (PCN)","link":"","lat":5.6947,"lon":-76.661,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Case:Protecting_Benin%E2%80%99s_Sacred_Forests\" title=\"Case:Protecting Benin\u2019s Sacred Forests\"\u003ECase:Protecting Benin\u2019s Sacred Forests\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EGRABE-BENIN (The Research and Action Group\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"GRABE-BENIN (The Research and Action Group for Well-Being in Benin) was founded in the year 1996 with a mission to restore and reconnect the sacred groves and heal the communities that care for them. GRABE-BENIN is also working to connect the youth with their traditions and allow them to debate through an \u201cIntergenerational Dialogue Center\u201d. It allows the elders to transmit their knowledge and wisdom to the youth.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EGRABE-BENIN (The Research and Action Group for Well-Being in Benin) was founded in the year 1996 with a mission to restore and reconnect the sacred groves and heal the communities that care for them. GRABE-BENIN is also working to connect the youth with their traditions and allow them to debate through an \u201cIntergenerational Dialogue Center\u201d. It allows the elders to transmit their knowledge and wisdom to the youth.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Et their knowledge and wisdom to the youth.","title":"Case:Protecting Benin\u2019s Sacred Forests","link":"","lat":6.52332,"lon":2.66361,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Thematic:Quilombo_Kalunga\" title=\"Thematic:Quilombo Kalunga\"\u003EThematic:Quilombo Kalunga\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EQuilombo Kalunga is a large quilombola territory in central Brazil governed through community assemblies and collective land management. It represents an active form of Afro-Brazilian territorial self-government.","title":"Thematic:Quilombo Kalunga","link":"","lat":-13.7975,"lon":-47.4589,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Process:Qulla_People\" title=\"Process:Qulla People\"\u003EProcess:Qulla People\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThe Qulla People (also known as Kolla) are\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"The Qulla People (also known as Kolla) are an Indigenous nation inhabiting the Andean regions of northwestern Argentina. Organized through community assemblies and traditional authorities, the Kolla practice collective land ownership, territorial defense, and customary law. Their ongoing struggle for land rights, cultural continuity, and political autonomy represents a process of Indigenous self-determination and radical democracy rooted in Andean communal traditions.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EThe Qulla People (also known as Kolla) are an Indigenous nation inhabiting the Andean regions of northwestern Argentina. Organized through community assemblies and traditional authorities, the Kolla practice collective land ownership, territorial defense, and customary law. Their ongoing struggle for land rights, cultural continuity, and political autonomy represents a process of Indigenous self-determination and radical democracy rooted in Andean communal traditions.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Eracy rooted in Andean communal traditions.","title":"Process:Qulla People","link":"","lat":-22.72,"lon":-65.7,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Endorser:REEVO\" title=\"Endorser:REEVO\"\u003EEndorser:REEVO\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EREEVO is a research collective focussing on learning and educational alternatives - particularly in Iberoamerica. It tries to make visible alternative ways of learning where critical, collaborative, open and non-commercial perspectives are fostered.","title":"Endorser:REEVO","link":"","lat":-30.85698,"lon":-64.52625,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Case:Radical_Democracy,_Autonomy_and_Self-Determination_in_Kurdistan\" title=\"Case:Radical Democracy, Autonomy and Self-Determination in Kurdistan\"\u003ECase:Radical Democracy, Autonomy and Self-Determination in Kurdistan\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EFollowing the uprising led by the Kurdista\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"Following the uprising led by the Kurdistan Workers\u0026#039; Party (PKK) in 1978, the foundation for clandestine self-governance was built in rural areas and towns in the 1980s and 90s. Actually, the building process of the PKK in itself was based on practicing radical democracy within its own structures and relations. This became a source of inspiration and an example for the self-organising of the Kurdish society. The ways of how to organise collective life and economy, how to develop the political struggle and education, how to realise socialist values, friendship, solidarity, respect towards human and nature in one\u2019s own personality and relations where central points of discussions and establishing a revolutionary culture \u2013 at first among the guerrilla on the mountains, political prisoners and activists.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EFollowing the uprising led by the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in 1978, the foundation for clandestine self-governance was built in rural areas and towns in the 1980s and 90s. Actually, the building process of the PKK in itself was based on practicing radical democracy within its own structures and relations. This became a source of inspiration and an example for the self-organising of the Kurdish society. The ways of how to organise collective life and economy, how to develop the political struggle and education, how to realise socialist values, friendship, solidarity, respect towards human and nature in one\u2019s own personality and relations where central points of discussions and establishing a revolutionary culture \u2013 at first among the guerrilla on the mountains, political prisoners and activists.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Entains, political prisoners and activists.","title":"Case:Radical Democracy, Autonomy and Self-Determination in Kurdistan","link":"","lat":36.41034,"lon":44.3872,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Process:Rapa_Nui_Community_Governance\" title=\"Process:Rapa Nui Community Governance\"\u003EProcess:Rapa Nui Community Governance\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003ERapa Nui Community Governance refers to th\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"Rapa Nui Community Governance refers to the systems of local self-government exercised by the Rapa Nui people on Rapa Nui (Easter Island). Grounded in ancestral authority structures, community assemblies, and collective stewardship of land and cultural heritage, these governance practices seek to maintain autonomy over territory, culture, and social life. Despite incorporation into the Chilean state, Rapa Nui governance represents a living process of cultural sovereignty, commons management, and radical democracy in an insular context.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003ERapa Nui Community Governance refers to the systems of local self-government exercised by the Rapa Nui people on Rapa Nui (Easter Island). Grounded in ancestral authority structures, community assemblies, and collective stewardship of land and cultural heritage, these governance practices seek to maintain autonomy over territory, culture, and social life. Despite incorporation into the Chilean state, Rapa Nui governance represents a living process of cultural sovereignty, commons management, and radical democracy in an insular context.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Ed radical democracy in an insular context.","title":"Process:Rapa Nui Community Governance","link":"","lat":-27.1127,"lon":-109.3497,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Endorser:Reap_Goodness\" title=\"Endorser:Reap Goodness\"\u003EEndorser:Reap Goodness\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003ETo guide the creation and day-to-day opera\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"To guide the creation and day-to-day operation of these cooperatives, Reap Goodness is creating training e-books that will be translated into 30 languages for worldwide usage as quickly as possible, so more communities can restore Earth and enjoy food and water security.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003ETo guide the creation and day-to-day operation of these cooperatives, Reap Goodness is creating training e-books that will be translated into 30 languages for worldwide usage as quickly as possible, so more communities can restore Earth and enjoy food and water security.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Ee Earth and enjoy food and water security.","title":"Endorser:Reap Goodness","link":"","lat":33.55315,"lon":-111.89293,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Endorser:Red_Universidad_y_Compromiso_Social\" title=\"Endorser:Red Universidad y Compromiso Social\"\u003EEndorser:Red Universidad y Compromiso Social\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EWe are a group of university activists tha\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"We are a group of university activists that emerged in 200 who organize courses (lately especially related to climate urgency), sign manifestos, elaborate them, support citizen movements with analysis, accompaniment, presence in the media, writing texts and sharing information.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EWe are a group of university activists that emerged in 200 who organize courses (lately especially related to climate urgency), sign manifestos, elaborate them, support citizen movements with analysis, accompaniment, presence in the media, writing texts and sharing information.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Eia, writing texts and sharing information.","title":"Endorser:Red Universidad y Compromiso Social","link":"","lat":37.38909,"lon":-5.98446,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Endorser:Research_and_Degrowth\" title=\"Endorser:Research and Degrowth\"\u003EEndorser:Research and Degrowth\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EResearch and Degrowth is an academic assoc\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"Research and Degrowth is an academic association dedicated to research, training, awareness raising and events organisation around degrowth. The association tries to bring together scientists, civil society, practitioners, and activists to imagine and exchange ideas on how to bring about sustainable degrowth (hereby referring to a multi-level voluntary path towards reduction of production and consumption aiming at ecological sustainability, good life, liberty, and social justice).\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EResearch and Degrowth is an academic association dedicated to research, training, awareness raising and events organisation around degrowth. The association tries to bring together scientists, civil society, practitioners, and activists to imagine and exchange ideas on how to bring about sustainable degrowth (hereby referring to a multi-level voluntary path towards reduction of production and consumption aiming at ecological sustainability, good life, liberty, and social justice).\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003E, good life, liberty, and social justice).","title":"Endorser:Research and Degrowth","link":"","lat":41.3874,"lon":2.16857,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Case:Responses_from_the_Kurdish_Women%E2%80%99s_Movement\" title=\"Case:Responses from the Kurdish Women\u2019s Movement\"\u003ECase:Responses from the Kurdish Women\u2019s Movement\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EDespite being the smallest part of Kurdist\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"Despite being the smallest part of Kurdistan \u2014 a geo-cultural territory encompassing southeastern Turkey, northern Iraq, northwestern Iran, and northern Syria \u2014 Rojava now serves as a site of revolution and liberation against, and from, dominant states and capitalist modernity. These revolutionary beginnings can be traced back to 1979 with the arrival of the Kurdistan\u2019s Workers Party (PKK) and its founder Abdullah \u00d6calan, a Kurdish activist, writer, and political theorist (imprisoned by Turkey since 1999). Indeed, \u00d6calan has been especially important for the revolution, as his ideas laid the foundation on which the liberation movements (both general and the branch focusing on women\u2019s liberation) are built. Based on a 2020 webinar with Dilar Dirik (GTA, 2020) one of the Kurdish Women\u2019s Movement\u2019s experts and activists, the text below will explore how Rojava and its associated movements (primarily the Kurdish Women\u2019s Movement) were able to establish resilience prior to, and during, the COVID-19 pandemic.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EDespite being the smallest part of Kurdistan \u2014 a geo-cultural territory encompassing southeastern Turkey, northern Iraq, northwestern Iran, and northern Syria \u2014 Rojava now serves as a site of revolution and liberation against, and from, dominant states and capitalist modernity. These revolutionary beginnings can be traced back to 1979 with the arrival of the Kurdistan\u2019s Workers Party (PKK) and its founder Abdullah \u00d6calan, a Kurdish activist, writer, and political theorist (imprisoned by Turkey since 1999). Indeed, \u00d6calan has been especially important for the revolution, as his ideas laid the foundation on which the liberation movements (both general and the branch focusing on women\u2019s liberation) are built. Based on a 2020 webinar with Dilar Dirik (GTA, 2020) one of the Kurdish Women\u2019s Movement\u2019s experts and activists, the text below will explore how Rojava and its associated movements (primarily the Kurdish Women\u2019s Movement) were able to establish resilience prior to, and during, the COVID-19 pandemic.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Eior to, and during, the COVID-19 pandemic.","title":"Case:Responses from the Kurdish Women\u2019s Movement","link":"","lat":34.80207,"lon":38.99682,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Case:Revitalizing_Landscapes_of_Resilience_and_Self-_Determination_in_the_Salween_Peace_Park\" title=\"Case:Revitalizing Landscapes of Resilience and Self- Determination in the Salween Peace Park\"\u003ECase:Revitalizing Landscapes of Resilience and Self- Determination in the Salween Peace Park\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThe Salween Peace Park is a community-led \u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"The Salween Peace Park is a community-led initiative that strives to revitalize traditional knowledge, practice and customs to empower communities to assert rights to manage their territories and resources. Located in Mutraw District in northern Karen State, the 6,000km2 Salween Peace Park encompasses the customary territories, or Kaw (as they are known in S\u2019gaw Karen language) of 270 communities. Each of these territories is complete with its own set of traditional institutions and knowledge systems, which have been used for millennia to protect and sustain rivers, forests, and biodiversity. The Salween Peace Park brings together these territories along with Karen protected wildlife sanctuaries and reserved forests, into one indigenous conserved landscape.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EThe Salween Peace Park is a community-led initiative that strives to revitalize traditional knowledge, practice and customs to empower communities to assert rights to manage their territories and resources. Located in Mutraw District in northern Karen State, the 6,000km2 Salween Peace Park encompasses the customary territories, or Kaw (as they are known in S\u2019gaw Karen language) of 270 communities. Each of these territories is complete with its own set of traditional institutions and knowledge systems, which have been used for millennia to protect and sustain rivers, forests, and biodiversity. The Salween Peace Park brings together these territories along with Karen protected wildlife sanctuaries and reserved forests, into one indigenous conserved landscape.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003E, into one indigenous conserved landscape.","title":"Case:Revitalizing Landscapes of Resilience and Self- Determination in the Salween Peace Park","link":"","lat":18.06182,"lon":97.44084,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Case:Reviving_our_Ritual_Ceremonies_to_build_Solidarity_and_Resilience_in_Response_to_COVID-19\" title=\"Case:Reviving our Ritual Ceremonies to build Solidarity and Resilience in Response to COVID-19\"\u003ECase:Reviving our Ritual Ceremonies to build Solidarity and Resilience in Response to COVID-19\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003ESociety for Alternative Learning and Trans\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"Society for Alternative Learning and Transformation is a community-based network of cultural and ecological governance institutions founded and established under customary laws of the Tharaka indigenous community. These cultural and ecological institutions include clans, chiefdoms, kingdoms, councils of elders, custodians of sacred natural sites, diviners and spiritual leaders, traditional healers, and so on. SALT has been reviving cultural rituals and ceremonies to build solidarity and resilience within the community.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003ESociety for Alternative Learning and Transformation is a community-based network of cultural and ecological governance institutions founded and established under customary laws of the Tharaka indigenous community. These cultural and ecological institutions include clans, chiefdoms, kingdoms, councils of elders, custodians of sacred natural sites, diviners and spiritual leaders, traditional healers, and so on. SALT has been reviving cultural rituals and ceremonies to build solidarity and resilience within the community.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Earity and resilience within the community.","title":"Case:Reviving our Ritual Ceremonies to build Solidarity and Resilience in Response to COVID-19","link":"","lat":-0.15214,"lon":37.30841,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Endorser:Rising_Earth_News\" title=\"Endorser:Rising Earth News\"\u003EEndorser:Rising Earth News\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003ERising Earth News is sharing the stories of the individuals, communities and businesses from around the world that are paving the way to a sustainable future. We invite everyone to be a part of the age of restoration.","title":"Endorser:Rising Earth News","link":"","lat":51.45451,"lon":-2.58791,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Process:Roma_Self-Governance_Councils\" title=\"Process:Roma Self-Governance Councils\"\u003EProcess:Roma Self-Governance Councils\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003ERoma Self-Governance Councils are communit\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"Roma Self-Governance Councils are community-based representative bodies established by Roma communities across Central and Eastern Europe to exercise cultural, social, and local political autonomy. Operating through assemblies and elected councils, these structures aim to address systemic exclusion, defend collective rights, and manage community affairs independently of dominant institutions. They constitute a form of grassroots self-governance rooted in minority self-determination and participatory democracy.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003ERoma Self-Governance Councils are community-based representative bodies established by Roma communities across Central and Eastern Europe to exercise cultural, social, and local political autonomy. Operating through assemblies and elected councils, these structures aim to address systemic exclusion, defend collective rights, and manage community affairs independently of dominant institutions. They constitute a form of grassroots self-governance rooted in minority self-determination and participatory democracy.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Edetermination and participatory democracy.","title":"Process:Roma Self-Governance Councils","link":"","lat":47.4979,"lon":19.0402,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Process:Rozbrat\" title=\"Process:Rozbrat\"\u003EProcess:Rozbrat\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003ERozbrat is a long-standing autonomous soci\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"Rozbrat is a long-standing autonomous social center located in Pozna\u0144, Poland, established in 1994 through the occupation of former industrial land. It functions as a self-governed urban zone where political organizing, housing, cultural production, and social services are managed collectively without state control. Rozbrat is one of the most enduring examples of non-state urban self-governance in Central and Eastern Europe.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003ERozbrat is a long-standing autonomous social center located in Pozna\u0144, Poland, established in 1994 through the occupation of former industrial land. It functions as a self-governed urban zone where political organizing, housing, cultural production, and social services are managed collectively without state control. Rozbrat is one of the most enduring examples of non-state urban self-governance in Central and Eastern Europe.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003E-governance in Central and Eastern Europe.","title":"Process:Rozbrat","link":"","lat":52.4249,"lon":16.8996,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Process:Rural_Commons_of_Podlasie\" title=\"Process:Rural Commons of Podlasie\"\u003EProcess:Rural Commons of Podlasie\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThe Rural Commons of Podlasie refer to sur\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"The Rural Commons of Podlasie refer to surviving communal land and forest governance practices in northeastern Poland, where local villages collectively manage meadows, forests, and shared resources. Rooted in pre-modern Slavic traditions, these commons are governed through village assemblies and customary norms that emphasize mutual responsibility, subsistence, and ecological stewardship. They constitute a living example of grassroots democracy and commons-based rural organization in Eastern Europe.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EThe Rural Commons of Podlasie refer to surviving communal land and forest governance practices in northeastern Poland, where local villages collectively manage meadows, forests, and shared resources. Rooted in pre-modern Slavic traditions, these commons are governed through village assemblies and customary norms that emphasize mutual responsibility, subsistence, and ecological stewardship. They constitute a living example of grassroots democracy and commons-based rural organization in Eastern Europe.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Eased rural organization in Eastern Europe.","title":"Process:Rural Commons of Podlasie","link":"","lat":53.1325,"lon":23.1688,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Process:Salween_Peace_Park\" title=\"Process:Salween Peace Park\"\u003EProcess:Salween Peace Park\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003ESalween Peace Park is being developed in t\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"Salween Peace Park is being developed in the territory of the Karen National Union (KNU). The KNU is an armed revolutionary organization formed to defend Karen lands and communities from Burmese military attacks. However, the KNU is much more than an army. It is an Indigenous administration that includes health, education, lands, forests, and natural resources.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003ESalween Peace Park is being developed in the territory of the Karen National Union (KNU). The KNU is an armed revolutionary organization formed to defend Karen lands and communities from Burmese military attacks. However, the KNU is much more than an army. It is an Indigenous administration that includes health, education, lands, forests, and natural resources.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Eon, lands, forests, and natural resources.","title":"Process:Salween Peace Park","link":"","lat":18.0969,"lon":97.45345,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Webinar:Salween_Peace_Park,_Myanmar:_Strengthening_Karen_People%27s_Resistance,_Resilience_and_Response_to_Conflict_and_Covid-19_Crises\" title=\"Webinar:Salween Peace Park, Myanmar: Strengthening Karen People\u0026#039;s Resistance, Resilience and Response to Conflict and Covid-19 Crises\"\u003EWebinar:Salween Peace Park, Myanmar: Strengthening Karen People's Resistance, Resilience and Response to Conflict and Covid-19 Crises\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThe Salween Peace Park is an initiative in\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"The Salween Peace Park is an initiative in Myanmar declared by Indigenous Karen people in December 2018 to bring peace, cultural harmony, self determination, and environmental integrity after 70 years of armed conflict in the region. However, the community continues to face threats from the Burmese military dictatorship. In this webinar, Saw Paul Sein Twa and Naw Wah Ku Shee talk about the experience of the Karen people working towards self determination, navigating a global pandemic, and facing a violent military offensive.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EThe Salween Peace Park is an initiative in Myanmar declared by Indigenous Karen people in December 2018 to bring peace, cultural harmony, self determination, and environmental integrity after 70 years of armed conflict in the region. However, the community continues to face threats from the Burmese military dictatorship. In this webinar, Saw Paul Sein Twa and Naw Wah Ku Shee talk about the experience of the Karen people working towards self determination, navigating a global pandemic, and facing a violent military offensive.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003E, and facing a violent military offensive.","title":"Webinar:Salween Peace Park, Myanmar: Strengthening Karen People's Resistance, Resilience and Response to Conflict and Covid-19 Crises","link":"","lat":18.0969,"lon":97.45345,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Endorser:Sangat\" title=\"Endorser:Sangat\"\u003EEndorser:Sangat\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003ESangat was born out of the realisation tha\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"Sangat was born out of the realisation that a network of gender activists and trainers was urgently needed in Bangladesh as the space for transformative gender work was in decline during the 90s. The word sangat refers to a gathering of community and/or like-minded people for a good and just cause. Since its founding, Sangat has focused on developing cross-border perspectives, programmes, and cooperation through a feminist lens. The network works for gender justice, equality, and peace regionally and globally.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003ESangat was born out of the realisation that a network of gender activists and trainers was urgently needed in Bangladesh as the space for transformative gender work was in decline during the 90s. The word sangat refers to a gathering of community and/or like-minded people for a good and just cause. Since its founding, Sangat has focused on developing cross-border perspectives, programmes, and cooperation through a feminist lens. The network works for gender justice, equality, and peace regionally and globally.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Euality, and peace regionally and globally.","title":"Endorser:Sangat","link":"","lat":28.53402,"lon":77.20531,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Process:Sanrizuka%E2%80%93Shibayama_Community\" title=\"Process:Sanrizuka\u2013Shibayama Community\"\u003EProcess:Sanrizuka\u2013Shibayama Community\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003ESanrizuka\u2013Shibayama Community refers to th\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"Sanrizuka\u2013Shibayama Community refers to the long-standing autonomous resistance of farming communities in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, against the construction and expansion of Narita International Airport. The community has sustained collective territorial governance through assemblies, shared land defense, and self-organization.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003ESanrizuka\u2013Shibayama Community refers to the long-standing autonomous resistance of farming communities in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, against the construction and expansion of Narita International Airport. The community has sustained collective territorial governance through assemblies, shared land defense, and self-organization.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Ehared land defense, and self-organization.","title":"Process:Sanrizuka\u2013Shibayama Community","link":"","lat":35.7719,"lon":140.3929,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Case:Save_San_Roque_and_Kalipunan_ng_Damayang_Mahihirap\" title=\"Case:Save San Roque and Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap\"\u003ECase:Save San Roque and Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003ELocated in North Triangle, Bagong Pag-asa,\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"Located in North Triangle, Bagong Pag-asa, Quezon City, the Sitio San Roque urban poor community is currently home to more than 6,000 families. Majority of them work in the informal economy as precarious contractual low-wage workers, construction vendors, transport workers, among others. Exemplifying the resilience and ingenuity of the urban poor, San Roque residents built their community, with its own roads, water and electricity networks, institutional, recreational, and commercial spaces\u2014in spite of government neglect and the absence of state housing provision and development programs.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003ELocated in North Triangle, Bagong Pag-asa, Quezon City, the Sitio San Roque urban poor community is currently home to more than 6,000 families. Majority of them work in the informal economy as precarious contractual low-wage workers, construction vendors, transport workers, among others. Exemplifying the resilience and ingenuity of the urban poor, San Roque residents built their community, with its own roads, water and electricity networks, institutional, recreational, and commercial spaces\u2014in spite of government neglect and the absence of state housing provision and development programs.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Eousing provision and development programs.","title":"Case:Save San Roque and Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap","link":"","lat":36.21046,"lon":-5.38443,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Webinar:Self-determination_%26_coping_with_COVID19_in_indigenous_Lomerio,_Bolivia\" title=\"Webinar:Self-determination \u0026amp; coping with COVID19 in indigenous Lomerio, Bolivia\"\u003EWebinar:Self-determination \u0026 coping with COVID19 in indigenous Lomerio, Bolivia\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EMonkoxi leaders from the Indigenous territ\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"Monkoxi leaders from the Indigenous territory of Lomerio, Bolivia, share experiences dealing with COVID-19. Though the pandemic led to 20 people dying, the Monkoxi were able to control further spread by blocking access in and out of their territories, coordinating with partners the delivery of biomedical equipment, and (esp. important) reviving traditional medicine and community care values and relations. Participatory indigenous research in collaboration with Nur University (Bolivia) and University of East Anglia (UK) is helping systematize this learning, for possible similar out-breaks in future, and to share with other indigenous nations. This builds on several years of process to claim self-determination rights to the territory.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EMonkoxi leaders from the Indigenous territory of Lomerio, Bolivia, share experiences dealing with COVID-19. Though the pandemic led to 20 people dying, the Monkoxi were able to control further spread by blocking access in and out of their territories, coordinating with partners the delivery of biomedical equipment, and (esp. important) reviving traditional medicine and community care values and relations. Participatory indigenous research in collaboration with Nur University (Bolivia) and University of East Anglia (UK) is helping systematize this learning, for possible similar out-breaks in future, and to share with other indigenous nations. This builds on several years of process to claim self-determination rights to the territory.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Eelf-determination rights to the territory.","title":"Webinar:Self-determination \u0026 coping with COVID19 in indigenous Lomerio, Bolivia","link":"","lat":-16.29015,"lon":-63.58865,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Webinar:Session_3:_The_Geopolitics_of_Green_Colonialism_and_Emerging_Green_Sacrifice_Zones:_Cold_regions\" title=\"Webinar:Session 3: The Geopolitics of Green Colonialism and Emerging Green Sacrifice Zones: Cold regions\"\u003EWebinar:Session 3: The Geopolitics of Green Colonialism and Emerging Green Sacrifice Zones: Cold regions\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThe previous sessions focused on emerging \u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"The previous sessions focused on emerging sacrifice zones and the Geopolitics of Green Colonialism and Decolonising the Energy Transition in the Polycrisis. This session will turn to the so-called cold regions, including areas of the Arctic and Ladakh in India, to explore how the energy transition is reshaping these territories into new sacrifice zones, and to discuss the challenges and struggles emerging in response.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EThe previous sessions focused on emerging sacrifice zones and the Geopolitics of Green Colonialism and Decolonising the Energy Transition in the Polycrisis. This session will turn to the so-called cold regions, including areas of the Arctic and Ladakh in India, to explore how the energy transition is reshaping these territories into new sacrifice zones, and to discuss the challenges and struggles emerging in response.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Elenges and struggles emerging in response.","title":"Webinar:Session 3: The Geopolitics of Green Colonialism and Emerging Green Sacrifice Zones: Cold regions","link":"","lat":34.22685,"lon":77.56194,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Webinar:Session_4:_The_geopolitics_of_Green_colonialism_and_Emerging_Green_Sacrifice_Zones_-_Africa\" title=\"Webinar:Session 4: The geopolitics of Green colonialism and Emerging Green Sacrifice Zones - Africa\"\u003EWebinar:Session 4: The geopolitics of Green colonialism and Emerging Green Sacrifice Zones - Africa\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThe previous sessions focused on the Geopo\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"The previous sessions focused on the Geopolitics of Green Colonialism, Decolonising the Energy Transition in the Polycrisis as well as on emerging green sacrifice zones in \u0026quot;Cold regions\u0026quot;. This session will turn to the African continent to explore how the energy transition is reshaping territories into new sacrifice zones, and to discuss the challenges and struggles that lie ahead.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EThe previous sessions focused on the Geopolitics of Green Colonialism, Decolonising the Energy Transition in the Polycrisis as well as on emerging green sacrifice zones in \"Cold regions\". This session will turn to the African continent to explore how the energy transition is reshaping territories into new sacrifice zones, and to discuss the challenges and struggles that lie ahead.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Ee challenges and struggles that lie ahead.","title":"Webinar:Session 4: The geopolitics of Green colonialism and Emerging Green Sacrifice Zones - Africa","link":"","lat":-19.01544,"lon":29.15486,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Process:Shuar_Arutam_People\" title=\"Process:Shuar Arutam People\"\u003EProcess:Shuar Arutam People\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThe Shuar Arutam People are an Indigenous \u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"The Shuar Arutam People are an Indigenous nation of the Ecuadorian Amazon who have constituted an autonomous territorial organization to defend their lands from large-scale mining projects. Organized through assemblies and representative councils, their governance system is grounded in ancestral knowledge, collective land tenure, and territorial sovereignty. The Shuar Arutam process exemplifies Indigenous self-determination, resistance to extractivism, and radical democracy rooted in Amazonian cosmology.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EThe Shuar Arutam People are an Indigenous nation of the Ecuadorian Amazon who have constituted an autonomous territorial organization to defend their lands from large-scale mining projects. Organized through assemblies and representative councils, their governance system is grounded in ancestral knowledge, collective land tenure, and territorial sovereignty. The Shuar Arutam process exemplifies Indigenous self-determination, resistance to extractivism, and radical democracy rooted in Amazonian cosmology.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003El democracy rooted in Amazonian cosmology.","title":"Process:Shuar Arutam People","link":"","lat":-2.47,"lon":-78.17,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Case:Social_Economy_and_the_Commons_in_Portugal\" title=\"Case:Social Economy and the Commons in Portugal\"\u003ECase:Social Economy and the Commons in Portugal\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003ESocial solidarity economy is a comprehensi\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"Social solidarity economy is a comprehensive concept referring to economic practices that serve as alternatives to the capitalist economic system and to the commodification and exploitation of all spheres of life including basic human needs. As opposed to capitalism, these alternatives often involve \u201ccommunity ownership, democratic non-hierarchical and consensual decision-making, as well as mutual cooperation and embeddedness in a local social and ecological context\u2026 Profits and self-interest tend to remain secondary to larger concerns such as equity and solidarity, right to a dignified livelihood and ecological integrity\u201d. One of these practices are the commons. Commons are, according to De Angelis (2019), social systems that are formed by three basic and interconnected elements: a commonwealth, a community of commoners, and a praxis of commoning, that is of doing in common: a social process based on participatory and democratic principles.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003ESocial solidarity economy is a comprehensive concept referring to economic practices that serve as alternatives to the capitalist economic system and to the commodification and exploitation of all spheres of life including basic human needs. As opposed to capitalism, these alternatives often involve \u201ccommunity ownership, democratic non-hierarchical and consensual decision-making, as well as mutual cooperation and embeddedness in a local social and ecological context\u2026 Profits and self-interest tend to remain secondary to larger concerns such as equity and solidarity, right to a dignified livelihood and ecological integrity\u201d. One of these practices are the commons. Commons are, according to De Angelis (2019), social systems that are formed by three basic and interconnected elements: a commonwealth, a community of commoners, and a praxis of commoning, that is of doing in common: a social process based on participatory and democratic principles.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003En participatory and democratic principles.","title":"Case:Social Economy and the Commons in Portugal","link":"","lat":38.72225,"lon":-9.13934,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Endorser:Socialist_Workers_and_Youth_League\" title=\"Endorser:Socialist Workers and Youth League\"\u003EEndorser:Socialist Workers and Youth League\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003ESocialist Workers \u0026amp; Youth League (SWL) is an organisation of men, women and youths who are committed to the fight for a better society. They are part of the working class in particular and fight alongside all oppressed people in general.","title":"Endorser:Socialist Workers and Youth League","link":"","lat":6.63268,"lon":3.33914,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Endorser:Society_for_Learning_and_Alternative_Transformation\" title=\"Endorser:Society for Learning and Alternative Transformation\"\u003EEndorser:Society for Learning and Alternative Transformation\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003ESALT envisages resilient communities livin\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"SALT envisages resilient communities living in harmony with Mother Nature and conscious of their inherent rights to self-determination in decision making. It engages communities using diverse nature-based experiential learning methodologies to interrogate mind-sets with regards to depths and transformation.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003ESALT envisages resilient communities living in harmony with Mother Nature and conscious of their inherent rights to self-determination in decision making. It engages communities using diverse nature-based experiential learning methodologies to interrogate mind-sets with regards to depths and transformation.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Ewith regards to depths and transformation.","title":"Endorser:Society for Learning and Alternative Transformation","link":"","lat":-0.06466,"lon":37.66793,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Endorser:Soil_Not_Oil_Coalition\" title=\"Endorser:Soil Not Oil Coalition\"\u003EEndorser:Soil Not Oil Coalition\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThe Soil Not Oil Coalition promotes agro-ecological practices and community powered solutions to restore ecosystems and reach environmental justice.","title":"Endorser:Soil Not Oil Coalition","link":"","lat":37.40803,"lon":-122.15519,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Endorser:Solidarity_Research_Center\" title=\"Endorser:Solidarity Research Center\"\u003EEndorser:Solidarity Research Center\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EWe are a worker self-directed nonprofit that develops solidarity economy ecosystems using data science, story-based strategy, and action research. We work at the intersection of racial justice and solidarity economies.","title":"Endorser:Solidarity Research Center","link":"","lat":34.10603,"lon":-118.28716,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Case:Sows_of_Life,_Harvests_of_Water\" title=\"Case:Sows of Life, Harvests of Water\"\u003ECase:Sows of Life, Harvests of Water\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E","title":"Case:Sows of Life, Harvests of Water","link":"","lat":3.68471,"lon":-76.52999,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Process:Spiti_Valley\" title=\"Process:Spiti Valley\"\u003EProcess:Spiti Valley\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThe customary governance system practiced \u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"The customary governance system practiced in the villages of the Spiti valley in Himachal Pradesh, India, is characterized by a local decision-making and community leadership, centered around the traditional role of the gatpo (also known as lambardar or nambardar). This customary institution, rooted in local ecological, social, cultural, and political norms, functions alongside modern Panchayat structures, and continues to play a role in collective decision-making on matters such as resource management, conflict resolution, social rituals, and communal responsibilities.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EThe customary governance system practiced in the villages of the Spiti valley in Himachal Pradesh, India, is characterized by a local decision-making and community leadership, centered around the traditional role of the gatpo (also known as lambardar or nambardar). This customary institution, rooted in local ecological, social, cultural, and political norms, functions alongside modern Panchayat structures, and continues to play a role in collective decision-making on matters such as resource management, conflict resolution, social rituals, and communal responsibilities.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Eal rituals, and communal responsibilities.","title":"Process:Spiti Valley","link":"","lat":32.956,"lon":78.134,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Case:Struggling_for_Indigenous_Self-Governments_and_Striving_for_a_Sustainable_Common_Future_in_Taiwan\" title=\"Case:Struggling for Indigenous Self-Governments and Striving for a Sustainable Common Future in Taiwan\"\u003ECase:Struggling for Indigenous Self-Governments and Striving for a Sustainable Common Future in Taiwan\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EIndigenous Taiwan Self-determination Allia\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"Indigenous Taiwan Self-determination Alliance was initiated in 2019 by both senior and seasoned activists as well as younger generation radicals in the deep valley of our movement. Collectively reflecting and reorienting the current crises that our communities are facing by being embedded in modern industrial societies and consumerist culture which is resulting in loss of our languages, cultures and institutions of self-governance and in turn territories of life. Thinking thoroughly about the common future of a sustainable self-determined Taiwan, we launched the visionary joint action of \u0026quot;liberating the colonial relationship between the colonized and the colonizer, and initiating an inclusive new nation-building by all ethnic groups and social classes\u0026quot;.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EIndigenous Taiwan Self-determination Alliance was initiated in 2019 by both senior and seasoned activists as well as younger generation radicals in the deep valley of our movement. Collectively reflecting and reorienting the current crises that our communities are facing by being embedded in modern industrial societies and consumerist culture which is resulting in loss of our languages, cultures and institutions of self-governance and in turn territories of life. Thinking thoroughly about the common future of a sustainable self-determined Taiwan, we launched the visionary joint action of \"liberating the colonial relationship between the colonized and the colonizer, and initiating an inclusive new nation-building by all ethnic groups and social classes\".\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003E by all ethnic groups and social classes\".","title":"Case:Struggling for Indigenous Self-Governments and Striving for a Sustainable Common Future in Taiwan","link":"","lat":23.91542,"lon":120.83783,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Process:Sudanese_Resistance_Committees\" title=\"Process:Sudanese Resistance Committees\"\u003EProcess:Sudanese Resistance Committees\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThe Sudanese Resistance Committees, Rojava\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"The Sudanese Resistance Committees, Rojava-inspired Local Councils in Sudan, are neighborhood-based grassroots assemblies that emerged during the Sudanese revolutionary process, organizing mutual aid, security, and political decision-making through horizontal structures. Influenced by radical democratic and confederal ideas, these councils operate independently of formal state institutions and embody popular self-governance in urban contexts of resistance.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EThe Sudanese Resistance Committees, Rojava-inspired Local Councils in Sudan, are neighborhood-based grassroots assemblies that emerged during the Sudanese revolutionary process, organizing mutual aid, security, and political decision-making through horizontal structures. Influenced by radical democratic and confederal ideas, these councils operate independently of formal state institutions and embody popular self-governance in urban contexts of resistance.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Eovernance in urban contexts of resistance.","title":"Process:Sudanese Resistance Committees","link":"","lat":15.5007,"lon":32.5599,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Process:Sura_Nation\" title=\"Process:Sura Nation\"\u003EProcess:Sura Nation\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThe Sura Nation is an Indigenous people of\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"The Sura Nation is an Indigenous people of the Bolivian Andes who maintain communal land ownership, traditional authorities, and collective decision-making systems rooted in ancestral knowledge. Organized through community assemblies and customary law, the Sura exercise local self-governance focused on territory, agriculture, and cultural continuity. Their experience represents a process of cultural sovereignty, commons governance, and radical democracy within a plurinational state framework.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EThe Sura Nation is an Indigenous people of the Bolivian Andes who maintain communal land ownership, traditional authorities, and collective decision-making systems rooted in ancestral knowledge. Organized through community assemblies and customary law, the Sura exercise local self-governance focused on territory, agriculture, and cultural continuity. Their experience represents a process of cultural sovereignty, commons governance, and radical democracy within a plurinational state framework.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Ecy within a plurinational state framework.","title":"Process:Sura Nation","link":"","lat":-20.46,"lon":-66.83,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Endorser:Symbiosis\" title=\"Endorser:Symbiosis\"\u003EEndorser:Symbiosis\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003ESymbiosis is a network of organizers and a\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"Symbiosis is a network of organizers and activist-researchers across North America dedicated to building community-based, popular power. Participants consist of organizations as well as individuals who work toward building a free, egalitarian, and ecological society from the ground up. We organize in neighborhoods, develop movement resources and materials, and help new projects get off the ground. We are working to create a continental confederation of radically democratic, community-based municipalist institutions.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003ESymbiosis is a network of organizers and activist-researchers across North America dedicated to building community-based, popular power. Participants consist of organizations as well as individuals who work toward building a free, egalitarian, and ecological society from the ground up. We organize in neighborhoods, develop movement resources and materials, and help new projects get off the ground. We are working to create a continental confederation of radically democratic, community-based municipalist institutions.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Ecommunity-based municipalist institutions.","title":"Endorser:Symbiosis","link":"","lat":43.06779,"lon":-87.90111,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Endorser:Synergia_Institute\" title=\"Endorser:Synergia Institute\"\u003EEndorser:Synergia Institute\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003ESynergia Co-operative Institute is an inte\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"Synergia Co-operative Institute is an international network of educators, practitioners, and organizers dedicated to educating, connecting, and activating communities to explore and enact practical pathways for navigating collapse with wisdom and care\u2014laying the groundwork for place-based political economies that honor and serve the whole of life.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003ESynergia Co-operative Institute is an international network of educators, practitioners, and organizers dedicated to educating, connecting, and activating communities to explore and enact practical pathways for navigating collapse with wisdom and care\u2014laying the groundwork for place-based political economies that honor and serve the whole of life.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Ees that honor and serve the whole of life.","title":"Endorser:Synergia Institute","link":"","lat":52.81972,"lon":-1.67017,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Endorser:Systems_Change_Alliance\" title=\"Endorser:Systems Change Alliance\"\u003EEndorser:Systems Change Alliance\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003ESystems Change Alliance is a value-based platform that seeks to unite progressive people and organizations to create planetary systems change.","title":"Endorser:Systems Change Alliance","link":"","lat":39.39987,"lon":-8.22445,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Process:S%C3%A1mi_Village_Assemblies\" title=\"Process:S\u00e1mi Village Assemblies\"\u003EProcess:S\u00e1mi Village Assemblies\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003ES\u00e1mi Village Assemblies are traditional an\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"S\u00e1mi Village Assemblies are traditional and contemporary self-governing institutions of the S\u00e1mi people, the Indigenous inhabitants of S\u00e1pmi, a region spanning northern Norway, Sweden, Finland, and the Kola Peninsula in Russia. Organized historically around local villages and siida systems, these assemblies coordinate collective decision-making related to land use, reindeer herding, resource management, and cultural life. Rooted in ancestral knowledge and customary law, S\u00e1mi assemblies function through participatory and consensus-based practices, asserting Indigenous rights and territorial governance in the face of state boundaries, extractivism, and colonial policies. Together, they form a long-standing process of Indigenous self-determination, commons governance, and radical democracy adapted to Arctic and sub-Arctic contexts.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003ES\u00e1mi Village Assemblies are traditional and contemporary self-governing institutions of the S\u00e1mi people, the Indigenous inhabitants of S\u00e1pmi, a region spanning northern Norway, Sweden, Finland, and the Kola Peninsula in Russia. Organized historically around local villages and siida systems, these assemblies coordinate collective decision-making related to land use, reindeer herding, resource management, and cultural life. Rooted in ancestral knowledge and customary law, S\u00e1mi assemblies function through participatory and consensus-based practices, asserting Indigenous rights and territorial governance in the face of state boundaries, extractivism, and colonial policies. Together, they form a long-standing process of Indigenous self-determination, commons governance, and radical democracy adapted to Arctic and sub-Arctic contexts.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Eadapted to Arctic and sub-Arctic contexts.","title":"Process:S\u00e1mi Village Assemblies","link":"","lat":69.4719,"lon":25.5112,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Endorser:The_Alternatives_Project\" title=\"Endorser:The Alternatives Project\"\u003EEndorser:The Alternatives Project\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThe Alternatives Project (TAP) is a divers\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"The Alternatives Project (TAP) is a diverse, transnational collective of progressive academics, union members, civil society activists, and social movement participants concerned with building a global collective critical voice oriented towards education and societal transformation.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EThe Alternatives Project (TAP) is a diverse, transnational collective of progressive academics, union members, civil society activists, and social movement participants concerned with building a global collective critical voice oriented towards education and societal transformation.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Erds education and societal transformation.","title":"Endorser:The Alternatives Project","link":"","lat":37.43157,"lon":-78.65689,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Endorser:The_Convivialists\" title=\"Endorser:The Convivialists\"\u003EEndorser:The Convivialists\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EConvivialism, a resolutely relational phil\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"Convivialism, a resolutely relational philosophical approach to the world, sets out 5 principles and an imperative to guide the reconstruction of our societies. The manifesto presents them and gives directions in which to move towards a post-neoliberal world. If liberalism has brought freedom to flourish, and modernization, convivialism will bring conviviality, individual and collective emancipation. It is signed by 275 personalities from 33 countries: a nascent Convivialist international.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EConvivialism, a resolutely relational philosophical approach to the world, sets out 5 principles and an imperative to guide the reconstruction of our societies. The manifesto presents them and gives directions in which to move towards a post-neoliberal world. If liberalism has brought freedom to flourish, and modernization, convivialism will bring conviviality, individual and collective emancipation. It is signed by 275 personalities from 33 countries: a nascent Convivialist international.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Eies: a nascent Convivialist international.","title":"Endorser:The Convivialists","link":"","lat":48.84201,"lon":2.36169,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Webinar:The_Covid_Crisis_in_Chile_and_Community_Alternatives_from_Below\" title=\"Webinar:The Covid Crisis in Chile and Community Alternatives from Below\"\u003EWebinar:The Covid Crisis in Chile and Community Alternatives from Below\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EIn October 2019, Chile experienced one of \u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"In October 2019, Chile experienced one of its most significant uprisings. People demanded the end of neoliberalism, while hundreds of grassroots organizations and local assemblies emerged. During the Covid crisis, the Government\u0026#039;s response has favoured the market over people, denying them basic social protection and food security. However, grassroots organisations are actively trying to tackle poverty with popular solidarity and mutual aid. In this webinar, we explore some of these local experiences, their strategies, challenges and contributions to radical social transformation.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EIn October 2019, Chile experienced one of its most significant uprisings. People demanded the end of neoliberalism, while hundreds of grassroots organizations and local assemblies emerged. During the Covid crisis, the Government's response has favoured the market over people, denying them basic social protection and food security. However, grassroots organisations are actively trying to tackle poverty with popular solidarity and mutual aid. In this webinar, we explore some of these local experiences, their strategies, challenges and contributions to radical social transformation.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Eibutions to radical social transformation.","title":"Webinar:The Covid Crisis in Chile and Community Alternatives from Below","link":"","lat":-35.67515,"lon":-71.54297,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Endorser:The_Doomsters_in_Action_collective\" title=\"Endorser:The Doomsters in Action collective\"\u003EEndorser:The Doomsters in Action collective\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E","title":"Endorser:The Doomsters in Action collective","link":"","lat":46.22764,"lon":2.21375,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Endorser:The_Emergence_Network\" title=\"Endorser:The Emergence Network\"\u003EEndorser:The Emergence Network\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003ECurates projects and events that explore emancipatory, explorative, alternatives modes of being","title":"Endorser:The Emergence Network","link":"","lat":13.07627,"lon":80.25206,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Endorser:The_Leap\" title=\"Endorser:The Leap\"\u003EEndorser:The Leap\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThe Leap is an organization dedicated to transforming what\u2019s possible in the face of our intersecting crises of climate change, inequality, and racism.","title":"Endorser:The Leap","link":"","lat":45.50169,"lon":-73.56726,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Case:The_Ogiek%27s_Struggle_for_Autonomy_and_Redefining_Democracy_in_Kenya%27s_Mau_Forest\" title=\"Case:The Ogiek\u0026#039;s Struggle for Autonomy and Redefining Democracy in Kenya\u0026#039;s Mau Forest\"\u003ECase:The Ogiek's Struggle for Autonomy and Redefining Democracy in Kenya's Mau Forest\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThe Ogiek community of Kenya, an Indigenou\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"The Ogiek community of Kenya, an Indigenous people long rooted in the Mau Forest, is fighting to protect its ancestral land, cultural heritage, and political autonomy amid persistent evictions and external pressures tied to conservation and commercial interests. Their struggle highlights how land rights are central to both political and economic democracy, shaping their ability to sustain traditional livelihoods, maintain ecological stewardship, and participate meaningfully in decision-making. Through the Ogiek Peoples\u2019 Development Program and the Gotoop Sogoot Council of Elders, the community has secured major legal victories and strengthened internal governance, advancing a model of \u201cpower-with\u201d rather than \u201cpower-over.\u201d By defending their territory, promoting cultural revitalization, and pursuing sustainable development grounded in traditional knowledge, the Ogiek demonstrate how Indigenous autonomy, environmental democracy, and community solidarity can redefine more inclusive and ecologically rooted forms of democracy.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EThe Ogiek community of Kenya, an Indigenous people long rooted in the Mau Forest, is fighting to protect its ancestral land, cultural heritage, and political autonomy amid persistent evictions and external pressures tied to conservation and commercial interests. Their struggle highlights how land rights are central to both political and economic democracy, shaping their ability to sustain traditional livelihoods, maintain ecological stewardship, and participate meaningfully in decision-making. Through the Ogiek Peoples\u2019 Development Program and the Gotoop Sogoot Council of Elders, the community has secured major legal victories and strengthened internal governance, advancing a model of \u201cpower-with\u201d rather than \u201cpower-over.\u201d By defending their territory, promoting cultural revitalization, and pursuing sustainable development grounded in traditional knowledge, the Ogiek demonstrate how Indigenous autonomy, environmental democracy, and community solidarity can redefine more inclusive and ecologically rooted forms of democracy.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003End ecologically rooted forms of democracy.","title":"Case:The Ogiek's Struggle for Autonomy and Redefining Democracy in Kenya's Mau Forest","link":"","lat":0.96671,"lon":34.55284,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Webinar:The_River_is_Us:_A_Conversation_with_Alyen_Foning\" title=\"Webinar:The River is Us: A Conversation with Alyen Foning\"\u003EWebinar:The River is Us: A Conversation with Alyen Foning\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EIn this episode of the More than Human web\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"In this episode of the More than Human webinar series, Shrishtee Bajpai will be in conversation with Alyen Foning, a Shaman from the Lepcha community in India. She resides in her ancestral home, Kalimpong -the Lepcha community, with its sacred mountains and rivers, at the foothills of the Eastern Himalayas. Inspired by her Lepcha roots and reflections of her life\u2019s journey, Alyen uses her art and storytelling as a medium to help others remember their own ecological connections. Using fabrics, colours, music and design, her work serves as a bridge between the fields of art and research, and between ancestral pasts and future generations.\u0026#10;\u0026#10;Through her storytelling we journey through longing, loss and disconnection. Finding our way forward through remembrance we delve into our origins, shamanism and our deep connection and interdependence to nature.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EIn this episode of the More than Human webinar series, Shrishtee Bajpai will be in conversation with Alyen Foning, a Shaman from the Lepcha community in India. She resides in her ancestral home, Kalimpong -the Lepcha community, with its sacred mountains and rivers, at the foothills of the Eastern Himalayas. Inspired by her Lepcha roots and reflections of her life\u2019s journey, Alyen uses her art and storytelling as a medium to help others remember their own ecological connections. Using fabrics, colours, music and design, her work serves as a bridge between the fields of art and research, and between ancestral pasts and future generations.\n\nThrough her storytelling we journey through longing, loss and disconnection. Finding our way forward through remembrance we delve into our origins, shamanism and our deep connection and interdependence to nature.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003E connection and interdependence to nature.","title":"Webinar:The River is Us: A Conversation with Alyen Foning","link":"","lat":27.05936,"lon":88.46945,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Case:The_Salween_Peace_Park:_An_Indigenous_Karen_Approach_to_Democracy_and_Representation_in_Myanmar\" title=\"Case:The Salween Peace Park: An Indigenous Karen Approach to Democracy and Representation in Myanmar\"\u003ECase:The Salween Peace Park: An Indigenous Karen Approach to Democracy and Representation in Myanmar\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThe text examines how the Salween Peace Pa\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"The text examines how the Salween Peace Park (SPP) in Karen territory of Myanmar has emerged as a powerful Indigenous-led model of democracy amid the country\u2019s post-coup turmoil and long history of ethnic exclusion. Created through years of community consultation, the SPP is governed from the grassroots by customary Kaw territories, a 137-member General Assembly, and Indigenous knowledge systems that center harmony with nature and representation for more-than-human beings. By integrating Karen cultural principles, deliberative democracy, and a hybrid governance structure shared with the Karen National Union, the SPP provides a rare space where communities hold real decision-making power and can effectively resist militarized resource exploitation. It stands as a pioneering example of radical ecological democracy, offering lessons for future federalism in Myanmar and for global efforts to reform governance by valuing Indigenous worldviews, responsibility to the land, and truly inclusive representation.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EThe text examines how the Salween Peace Park (SPP) in Karen territory of Myanmar has emerged as a powerful Indigenous-led model of democracy amid the country\u2019s post-coup turmoil and long history of ethnic exclusion. Created through years of community consultation, the SPP is governed from the grassroots by customary Kaw territories, a 137-member General Assembly, and Indigenous knowledge systems that center harmony with nature and representation for more-than-human beings. By integrating Karen cultural principles, deliberative democracy, and a hybrid governance structure shared with the Karen National Union, the SPP provides a rare space where communities hold real decision-making power and can effectively resist militarized resource exploitation. It stands as a pioneering example of radical ecological democracy, offering lessons for future federalism in Myanmar and for global efforts to reform governance by valuing Indigenous worldviews, responsibility to the land, and truly inclusive representation.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003E land, and truly inclusive representation.","title":"Case:The Salween Peace Park: An Indigenous Karen Approach to Democracy and Representation in Myanmar","link":"","lat":18.0969,"lon":97.45345,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Process:Tiwi_Islands_Communities\" title=\"Process:Tiwi Islands Communities\"\u003EProcess:Tiwi Islands Communities\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThe Tiwi Islands Communities are Indigenou\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"The Tiwi Islands Communities are Indigenous communities located on Bathurst and Melville Islands in northern Australia. Governed through traditional clan-based authority, councils, and community assemblies, the Tiwi maintain strong systems of collective decision-making rooted in ancestral law and cultural responsibility. Their governance emphasizes land stewardship, cultural continuity, and community autonomy, representing a process of cultural sovereignty and radical democracy within a postcolonial state context.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EThe Tiwi Islands Communities are Indigenous communities located on Bathurst and Melville Islands in northern Australia. Governed through traditional clan-based authority, councils, and community assemblies, the Tiwi maintain strong systems of collective decision-making rooted in ancestral law and cultural responsibility. Their governance emphasizes land stewardship, cultural continuity, and community autonomy, representing a process of cultural sovereignty and radical democracy within a postcolonial state context.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Ecracy within a postcolonial state context.","title":"Process:Tiwi Islands Communities","link":"","lat":-11.761,"lon":130.623,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Case:To_Heal_Ourselves_we_must_Free_Mother_Earth\" title=\"Case:To Heal Ourselves we must Free Mother Earth\"\u003ECase:To Heal Ourselves we must Free Mother Earth\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EWe are communities of the Nasa people of n\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"We are communities of the Nasa people of northern Cauca, Colombia, who since 2005 have stood up to the capitalist power that enslaves Mother Earth: \u0026quot;...our mother is not free for life, which she will be when she returns to being the soil and collective home of the peoples who care for her, respect her and live with her, and as long as this is not the case, neither are her children free. All the peoples are slaves along with the animals and the beings of life, as long as we do not get our mother to regain her freedom.\u0026quot;\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EWe are communities of the Nasa people of northern Cauca, Colombia, who since 2005 have stood up to the capitalist power that enslaves Mother Earth: \"...our mother is not free for life, which she will be when she returns to being the soil and collective home of the peoples who care for her, respect her and live with her, and as long as this is not the case, neither are her children free. All the peoples are slaves along with the animals and the beings of life, as long as we do not get our mother to regain her freedom.\"\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Enot get our mother to regain her freedom.\"","title":"Case:To Heal Ourselves we must Free Mother Earth","link":"","lat":3.01107,"lon":-76.58183,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Case:Towards_Dignifying_our_People_of_the_Sea:_Relaunching_Small-Scale_Fisheries_in_Costa_Rica_during_COVID-19\" title=\"Case:Towards Dignifying our People of the Sea: Relaunching Small-Scale Fisheries in Costa Rica during COVID-19\"\u003ECase:Towards Dignifying our People of the Sea: Relaunching Small-Scale Fisheries in Costa Rica during COVID-19\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E","title":"Case:Towards Dignifying our People of the Sea: Relaunching Small-Scale Fisheries in Costa Rica during COVID-19","link":"","lat":9.74892,"lon":-83.75343,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Endorser:Transition_Network\" title=\"Endorser:Transition Network\"\u003EEndorser:Transition Network\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003ETransition Network is a movement/charity engaged in facilitating community-building endeavors that envision alternative futures with collaborative care at their core","title":"Endorser:Transition Network","link":"","lat":50.43135,"lon":-3.68538,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Endorser:Transnational_Institute\" title=\"Endorser:Transnational Institute\"\u003EEndorser:Transnational Institute\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThe Transnational Institute (TNI) is an international research and advocacy institute committed to building a just, democratic and sustainable planet.","title":"Endorser:Transnational Institute","link":"","lat":52.38398,"lon":4.88009,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Process:T%C5%ABhoe_Nation\" title=\"Process:T\u016bhoe Nation\"\u003EProcess:T\u016bhoe Nation\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThe T\u016bhoe Nation is a M\u0101ori iwi in Aotearo\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"The T\u016bhoe Nation is a M\u0101ori iwi in Aotearoa (New Zealand) that exercises a high degree of territorial and political autonomy within its ancestral lands, Te Urewera. Through community assemblies, traditional leadership, and innovative governance arrangements, T\u016bhoe have reclaimed self-governance and established collective stewardship over Te Urewera, recognized as a living legal entity. Their experience represents a powerful example of Indigenous self-determination, radical ecological democracy, and commons-based governance.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EThe T\u016bhoe Nation is a M\u0101ori iwi in Aotearoa (New Zealand) that exercises a high degree of territorial and political autonomy within its ancestral lands, Te Urewera. Through community assemblies, traditional leadership, and innovative governance arrangements, T\u016bhoe have reclaimed self-governance and established collective stewardship over Te Urewera, recognized as a living legal entity. Their experience represents a powerful example of Indigenous self-determination, radical ecological democracy, and commons-based governance.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003El democracy, and commons-based governance.","title":"Process:T\u016bhoe Nation","link":"","lat":-38.139,"lon":176.923,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Endorser:US_Solidarity_Economy_Network\" title=\"Endorser:US Solidarity Economy Network\"\u003EEndorser:US Solidarity Economy Network\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThe mission of the U.S. Solidarity Economy\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"The mission of the U.S. Solidarity Economy Network is to connect a diverse array of individuals, organizations, businesses, and projects in the shared work of building and strengthening regional, national, and international movements for a solidarity economy. Through publications, a website, mailing list, and face-to-face gatherings, the network facilitates ongoing communication and dialogue relating to the development of solidarity economy ideas, values and practices; the sharing of experiences, models and skills; and the creation of collaborative, movement-building projects between network members.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EThe mission of the U.S. Solidarity Economy Network is to connect a diverse array of individuals, organizations, businesses, and projects in the shared work of building and strengthening regional, national, and international movements for a solidarity economy. Through publications, a website, mailing list, and face-to-face gatherings, the network facilitates ongoing communication and dialogue relating to the development of solidarity economy ideas, values and practices; the sharing of experiences, models and skills; and the creation of collaborative, movement-building projects between network members.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Ebuilding projects between network members.","title":"Endorser:US Solidarity Economy Network","link":"","lat":40.6669,"lon":-73.9828,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Process:Uchupiamona_People\" title=\"Process:Uchupiamona People\"\u003EProcess:Uchupiamona People\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThe Uchupiamona People are an Indigenous c\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"The Uchupiamona People are an Indigenous community located in the Bolivian Amazon, near Madidi National Park. They are known for their strong community-based governance and stewardship of forest commons, integrating conservation, ecotourism, and collective decision-making. Through assemblies and communal norms rooted in ancestral knowledge, the Uchupiamona exercise local self-governance and defend their territory, representing a grassroots process of radical democracy and commons management.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EThe Uchupiamona People are an Indigenous community located in the Bolivian Amazon, near Madidi National Park. They are known for their strong community-based governance and stewardship of forest commons, integrating conservation, ecotourism, and collective decision-making. Through assemblies and communal norms rooted in ancestral knowledge, the Uchupiamona exercise local self-governance and defend their territory, representing a grassroots process of radical democracy and commons management.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003E radical democracy and commons management.","title":"Process:Uchupiamona People","link":"","lat":-14.44,"lon":-67.52,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Case:Unidiversidade:_A_New_Approach_to_Learning\" title=\"Case:Unidiversidade: A New Approach to Learning\"\u003ECase:Unidiversidade: A New Approach to Learning\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EUniDiversidade das Kebradas is an experime\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"UniDiversidade das Kebradas is an experimental school nestled in Uni\u00e3o de Vila Nova, S\u00e3o Paulo, the second most violent city in the world. The space of UniDiversidade values local wisdom and practices for the development of youth, fostering of livelihood opportunities, as well as the strengthening of community bonds. The school\u2019s objective is to bring together diversity, value the intelligence of the favela, and through this improve people\u2019s quality of life and aim at community sustainability.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EUniDiversidade das Kebradas is an experimental school nestled in Uni\u00e3o de Vila Nova, S\u00e3o Paulo, the second most violent city in the world. The space of UniDiversidade values local wisdom and practices for the development of youth, fostering of livelihood opportunities, as well as the strengthening of community bonds. The school\u2019s objective is to bring together diversity, value the intelligence of the favela, and through this improve people\u2019s quality of life and aim at community sustainability.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003E life and aim at community sustainability.","title":"Case:Unidiversidade: A New Approach to Learning","link":"","lat":-23.48629,"lon":-46.46243,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Webinar:Unitierra_Oaxaca:_Learning_and_Hope\" title=\"Webinar:Unitierra Oaxaca: Learning and Hope\"\u003EWebinar:Unitierra Oaxaca: Learning and Hope\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EUniversidad de la Tierra Oaxaca, was born \u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"Universidad de la Tierra Oaxaca, was born amongst the context of radical reactions against institutional schooling observed in many Indigenous communities. Unitierra is deeply immersed in social change processes and dedicates itself to the exploration and application of life alternatives to modernity and imposed development. Unitierra understands learning as an aspect of daily life that can be cultivated and studying as the joyful and autonomous exercise of the free people. We define our learning and research method as reflection in action. In this webinar session some members of Unitierra\u0026#039;s assembly present the history and present of this initiative.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EUniversidad de la Tierra Oaxaca, was born amongst the context of radical reactions against institutional schooling observed in many Indigenous communities. Unitierra is deeply immersed in social change processes and dedicates itself to the exploration and application of life alternatives to modernity and imposed development. Unitierra understands learning as an aspect of daily life that can be cultivated and studying as the joyful and autonomous exercise of the free people. We define our learning and research method as reflection in action. In this webinar session some members of Unitierra's assembly present the history and present of this initiative.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Ehe history and present of this initiative.","title":"Webinar:Unitierra Oaxaca: Learning and Hope","link":"","lat":17.07323,"lon":-96.70918,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Process:Upper_Karnali_Alliance_for_Leadership_and_Inclusion\" title=\"Process:Upper Karnali Alliance for Leadership and Inclusion\"\u003EProcess:Upper Karnali Alliance for Leadership and Inclusion\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EUKALI (Upper Karnali Alliance for Leadersh\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"UKALI (Upper Karnali Alliance for Leadership and Inclusion) is a community-led conservation initiative in the rugged northwest of Nepal, centered in the Humla district and surrounding landscapes. The project emphasizes participatory engagement, local leadership in biodiversity protection, and collaborative management of human-wildlife conflicts and community forests. UKALI supports local communities to retain autonomy over natural resource decisions and integrates traditional ecological knowledge with scientific practices.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EUKALI (Upper Karnali Alliance for Leadership and Inclusion) is a community-led conservation initiative in the rugged northwest of Nepal, centered in the Humla district and surrounding landscapes. The project emphasizes participatory engagement, local leadership in biodiversity protection, and collaborative management of human-wildlife conflicts and community forests. UKALI supports local communities to retain autonomy over natural resource decisions and integrates traditional ecological knowledge with scientific practices.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Egical knowledge with scientific practices.","title":"Process:Upper Karnali Alliance for Leadership and Inclusion","link":"","lat":29.8261,"lon":81.292,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Process:Uwott%C3%BCja_(Piaroa)_People\" title=\"Process:Uwott\u00fcja (Piaroa) People\"\u003EProcess:Uwott\u00fcja (Piaroa) People\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThe Uwott\u00fcja People, also known as the Pia\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"The Uwott\u00fcja People, also known as the Piaroa, inhabit the Amazon region of southern Venezuela and are known for their egalitarian social organization and strong systems of communal decision-making. Their governance emphasizes autonomy, non-coercion, and collective stewardship of land and resources, rooted in ancestral cosmology. The Uwott\u00fcja experience represents a long-standing form of radical democracy, commons governance, and Indigenous self-determination.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EThe Uwott\u00fcja People, also known as the Piaroa, inhabit the Amazon region of southern Venezuela and are known for their egalitarian social organization and strong systems of communal decision-making. Their governance emphasizes autonomy, non-coercion, and collective stewardship of land and resources, rooted in ancestral cosmology. The Uwott\u00fcja experience represents a long-standing form of radical democracy, commons governance, and Indigenous self-determination.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Ernance, and Indigenous self-determination.","title":"Process:Uwott\u00fcja (Piaroa) People","link":"","lat":5.66,"lon":-67.62,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Process:Wamp%C3%ADs_Nation\" title=\"Process:Wamp\u00eds Nation\"\u003EProcess:Wamp\u00eds Nation\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThe Wamp\u00eds Nation is an Indigenous autonom\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"The Wamp\u00eds Nation is an Indigenous autonomous territorial government in the northern Peruvian Amazon. Formally constituted to defend ancestral territory, rivers, and forests, the Wamp\u00eds govern themselves through assemblies and representative councils rooted in ancestral knowledge and collective decision-making. Their process centers on territorial sovereignty, environmental defense, and resistance to extractivism, constituting a contemporary example of Indigenous self-determination and radical democracy in the Amazon region.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EThe Wamp\u00eds Nation is an Indigenous autonomous territorial government in the northern Peruvian Amazon. Formally constituted to defend ancestral territory, rivers, and forests, the Wamp\u00eds govern themselves through assemblies and representative councils rooted in ancestral knowledge and collective decision-making. Their process centers on territorial sovereignty, environmental defense, and resistance to extractivism, constituting a contemporary example of Indigenous self-determination and radical democracy in the Amazon region.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003End radical democracy in the Amazon region.","title":"Process:Wamp\u00eds Nation","link":"","lat":-4.86878,"lon":-78.01954,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Webinar:Water_as_a_Living_Entity:_A_Conversation_with_Juana_Vera_Delgado\" title=\"Webinar:Water as a Living Entity: A Conversation with Juana Vera Delgado\"\u003EWebinar:Water as a Living Entity: A Conversation with Juana Vera Delgado\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EIn this episode of our More than Human web\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"In this episode of our More than Human webinar series, Juana Vera Delgado tells us about the rediscovery of her water-based identity made during her PhD journey. As a descendant of the Wari culture, she could understand why water was and is seen as a feminine creator divinity of Life on the earth. This belief to see water as a living entity persists in many communities, especially in the Andes and the Amazon, and forms the basis of the political, social and religious resistance to colonial imposition.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EIn this episode of our More than Human webinar series, Juana Vera Delgado tells us about the rediscovery of her water-based identity made during her PhD journey. As a descendant of the Wari culture, she could understand why water was and is seen as a feminine creator divinity of Life on the earth. This belief to see water as a living entity persists in many communities, especially in the Andes and the Amazon, and forms the basis of the political, social and religious resistance to colonial imposition.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Eligious resistance to colonial imposition.","title":"Webinar:Water as a Living Entity: A Conversation with Juana Vera Delgado","link":"","lat":-14.05045,"lon":-73.08775,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Endorser:Wellbeing_Economy_Alliance\" title=\"Endorser:Wellbeing Economy Alliance\"\u003EEndorser:Wellbeing Economy Alliance\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EA network focusing on a transformation of the priorities of \"the economy\" that centers on human and ecological wellbeing.","title":"Endorser:Wellbeing Economy Alliance","link":"","lat":51.55584,"lon":-0.11614,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Endorser:WoMin\" title=\"Endorser:WoMin\"\u003EEndorser:WoMin\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EWoMin is a Pan-African ecofeminist alliance which works with women activists, communities, organisations and movements to create an ecologically-just, women-centred alternative to the dominant destructive model of development.","title":"Endorser:WoMin","link":"","lat":-26.19325,"lon":28.03613,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Endorser:Women4Biodiversity\" title=\"Endorser:Women4Biodiversity\"\u003EEndorser:Women4Biodiversity\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EWomen4Biodiversity network advocates for a right to a healthy environment for all. The CBD Women's Caucus is a platform to facilitate women's human rights and gender equality in the policy framework of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).","title":"Endorser:Women4Biodiversity","link":"","lat":13.75633,"lon":100.50177,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Endorser:Yes_to_Life_No_to_Mining\" title=\"Endorser:Yes to Life No to Mining\"\u003EEndorser:Yes to Life No to Mining\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EGlobal solidarity network of anti-extractivism and right-to-say-no-to-mining organizations and communities","title":"Endorser:Yes to Life No to Mining","link":"","lat":-1.28327,"lon":36.89349,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Process:Yolngu_Nations\" title=\"Process:Yolngu Nations\"\u003EProcess:Yolngu Nations\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThe Yolngu Nations are Indigenous peoples \u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"The Yolngu Nations are Indigenous peoples of Arnhem Land in northern Australia, known for their complex systems of clan governance, consensus-based decision-making, and customary law known as rom. Organized through assemblies of elders and clan leaders, Yolngu governance emphasizes collective responsibility, land stewardship, and cultural continuity. Their long-standing resistance to colonial governance and assertion of autonomy represent a living form of Indigenous radical democracy and cultural sovereignty.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EThe Yolngu Nations are Indigenous peoples of Arnhem Land in northern Australia, known for their complex systems of clan governance, consensus-based decision-making, and customary law known as rom. Organized through assemblies of elders and clan leaders, Yolngu governance emphasizes collective responsibility, land stewardship, and cultural continuity. Their long-standing resistance to colonial governance and assertion of autonomy represent a living form of Indigenous radical democracy and cultural sovereignty.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Eadical democracy and cultural sovereignty.","title":"Process:Yolngu Nations","link":"","lat":-12.247,"lon":136.89,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Process:ZAD_de_Notre-Dame-des-Landes\" title=\"Process:ZAD de Notre-Dame-des-Landes\"\u003EProcess:ZAD de Notre-Dame-des-Landes\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003ELa ZAD de Notre-Dame-des-Landes is a terri\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"La ZAD de Notre-Dame-des-Landes is a territorially based autonomous zone in western France that emerged from resistance to the construction of an international airport near Nantes. Established through land occupation, collective farming, and direct action, the ZAD developed horizontal forms of self-governance based on assemblies, working groups, and shared stewardship of land and resources. The community experimented with commons-based living, collective decision-making, and non-capitalist social relations, becoming a major reference for radical democracy, anti-extractivism, and grassroots territorial autonomy in Europe.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003ELa ZAD de Notre-Dame-des-Landes is a territorially based autonomous zone in western France that emerged from resistance to the construction of an international airport near Nantes. Established through land occupation, collective farming, and direct action, the ZAD developed horizontal forms of self-governance based on assemblies, working groups, and shared stewardship of land and resources. The community experimented with commons-based living, collective decision-making, and non-capitalist social relations, becoming a major reference for radical democracy, anti-extractivism, and grassroots territorial autonomy in Europe.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Egrassroots territorial autonomy in Europe.","title":"Process:ZAD de Notre-Dame-des-Landes","link":"","lat":47.362,"lon":-1.712,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Process:Zapatistas/EZLN\" title=\"Process:Zapatistas/EZLN\"\u003EProcess:Zapatistas/EZLN\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThe Zapatistas, formally known as the Ej\u00e9r\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"The Zapatistas, formally known as the Ej\u00e9rcito Zapatista de Liberaci\u00f3n Nacional (EZLN), are an Indigenous-led revolutionary movement based in Chiapas, Mexico, that emerged publicly on January 1, 1994, the day the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) took effect. Rooted in demands for Indigenous rights, land reform, autonomy, and resistance to neoliberal economic policies, the EZLN blends armed rebellion with grassroots political organizing. While the group initially took up arms, it soon shifted toward nonviolent civil resistance, creating autonomous communities that govern through participatory democracy. The Zapatistas have become an international symbol of anti-globalization, Indigenous dignity, and alternative forms of governance.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EThe Zapatistas, formally known as the Ej\u00e9rcito Zapatista de Liberaci\u00f3n Nacional (EZLN), are an Indigenous-led revolutionary movement based in Chiapas, Mexico, that emerged publicly on January 1, 1994, the day the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) took effect. Rooted in demands for Indigenous rights, land reform, autonomy, and resistance to neoliberal economic policies, the EZLN blends armed rebellion with grassroots political organizing. While the group initially took up arms, it soon shifted toward nonviolent civil resistance, creating autonomous communities that govern through participatory democracy. The Zapatistas have become an international symbol of anti-globalization, Indigenous dignity, and alternative forms of governance.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Enity, and alternative forms of governance.","title":"Process:Zapatistas/EZLN","link":"","lat":16.73662,"lon":-92.63885,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Process:Zomia_Highland_Communities\" title=\"Process:Zomia Highland Communities\"\u003EProcess:Zomia Highland Communities\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EZomia Highland Communities refer to divers\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"Zomia Highland Communities refer to diverse Indigenous and highland societies across Southeast Asia that have historically organized their social and political life outside direct state control. Spread across parts of Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, India, and China, these communities developed flexible, egalitarian, and locally autonomous forms of governance rooted in subsistence agriculture, mobility, and customary law. Zomia represents a long-term civilizational pattern of grassroots self-governance, commons management, and resistance to state incorporation, exemplifying radical democracy beyond formal institutions.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EZomia Highland Communities refer to diverse Indigenous and highland societies across Southeast Asia that have historically organized their social and political life outside direct state control. Spread across parts of Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, India, and China, these communities developed flexible, egalitarian, and locally autonomous forms of governance rooted in subsistence agriculture, mobility, and customary law. Zomia represents a long-term civilizational pattern of grassroots self-governance, commons management, and resistance to state incorporation, exemplifying radical democracy beyond formal institutions.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003Eical democracy beyond formal institutions.","title":"Process:Zomia Highland Communities","link":"","lat":20.788,"lon":97.038,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Process:Zuni_Pueblo\" title=\"Process:Zuni Pueblo\"\u003EProcess:Zuni Pueblo\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EZuni Pueblo is an Indigenous self-governin\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"Zuni Pueblo is an Indigenous self-governing community in present-day New Mexico that has maintained communal governance, land stewardship, and consensus-based decision-making for centuries. Social and political life is organized through councils, religious societies, and collective rituals that regulate land use, conflict resolution, and community responsibilities. Zuni governance represents a living system of cultural sovereignty and non-state democracy rooted in ancestral law and territorial continuity.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EZuni Pueblo is an Indigenous self-governing community in present-day New Mexico that has maintained communal governance, land stewardship, and consensus-based decision-making for centuries. Social and political life is organized through councils, religious societies, and collective rituals that regulate land use, conflict resolution, and community responsibilities. Zuni governance represents a living system of cultural sovereignty and non-state democracy rooted in ancestral law and territorial continuity.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003E ancestral law and territorial continuity.","title":"Process:Zuni Pueblo","link":"","lat":35.0725,"lon":-108.8509,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Process:%C3%8Az%C3%AEd%C3%AE_Self-Administration_of_Sinjar\" title=\"Process:\u00caz\u00eed\u00ee Self-Administration of Sinjar\"\u003EProcess:\u00caz\u00eed\u00ee Self-Administration of Sinjar\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Chr /\u003EThe \u00caz\u00eed\u00ee Self-Administration of Sinjar is\u003Cspan class=\"smw-highlighter\" data-type=\"2\" data-state=\"persistent\" data-title=\"Information\" title=\"The \u00caz\u00eed\u00ee Self-Administration of Sinjar is a community-led autonomous governance structure established by the Yazidi people following the 2014 genocide. Based on local councils, assemblies, and collective decision-making, it seeks to ensure security, cultural survival, land restitution, and self-determination. The process represents an emergent form of post-genocidal self-governance grounded in communal autonomy and radical democracy.\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwtext\"\u003E \u2026 \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"smwttcontent\"\u003EThe \u00caz\u00eed\u00ee Self-Administration of Sinjar is a community-led autonomous governance structure established by the Yazidi people following the 2014 genocide. Based on local councils, assemblies, and collective decision-making, it seeks to ensure security, cultural survival, land restitution, and self-determination. The process represents an emergent form of post-genocidal self-governance grounded in communal autonomy and radical democracy.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003En communal autonomy and radical democracy.","title":"Process:\u00caz\u00eed\u00ee Self-Administration of Sinjar","link":"","lat":36.3216,"lon":41.8764,"icon":""}]}

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