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Our Heritage Protectors Documentary Funding Campaign Launched

Greetings from Crete, Greece! We are in production of our documentary, Heritage Protectors, where we meet with organic farmers, agroecologists, botanists, archaeologists, and toxicologists to share crucial information about agricultural practices today and initiatives to create more resilient communities, including community-based sustainable ...

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Crete's Culinary Sanctuaries featured in IFOAM Organics Europe

Greetings, Our project is highlighted in the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements - IFOAM Organic Europe's "Leading by Example" Initiative! We are honored to participate in this important initiative and to share information from our fields in Crete, Greece. https://euorganic2030.bio/initiatives/improve-inspire-deliver/  

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Yaks of Broghil, The Wakhan Corridor, Pakistan

Yaks are the major source of livelihood for communities in Broghil, along the Wakhan Corridor, Chitral, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. In the recently taken pictures below, yaks are being driven through the thigh-deep snow to a nearby market for sale to sustain the livelihoods of the Wakhi communities&nb...

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The Day the Glacier Broke

The Chitral valley in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan has over 363 small and big settlements scattered along the isolated valleys and sub-valleys of the 800-kilometer Hindukush range that stretches from its center in Northern Pakistan to Afghanistan in the southwest and Tajikistan to the northwest. As fan-shaped landmasses varied in siz...

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Skiing: Join Us to Enjoy the Adventure Sports in Northern Pakistan. - YouTube

Skiing: Join Us to Enjoy the Adventure Sports in Northern Pakistan. - YouTube

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

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Skiing in Chitral, Northern Pakistan - YouTube

  Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

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Transforming Communities in the Storied Highlands of Vietnam

When we think of mountains, we think of adventure, natural beauty, a pleasant climate and peace. It's only when we dig deeper, we begin to understand the lived realities and challenges that the communities here navigate on a day-to-day basis to survive in such harsh regions Ms. Lo Thi Trang, a Muong woman born in 1994, owns a traditional stilt hous...

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Ten tips for Aspiring Green Accommodation Providers

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by Antonis Petropoulos & Frosso Dimitrakopoulou As is well known, the pandemic has struck small accommodation providers in nearly all destinations, and green accommodations were no exception. Seeing no quick improvement and fearing that prices may fall further if they wait longer, many owners mulling retirement or exiting the sector before...

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Bread, Education, Liberty and Health!

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Yesterday was one more anniversary, the 48th, of the November 17th, 1973 Athens Polytechnic students' uprising against the military Junta of 1967-1974. The key demands of the students back then were the triptych "Bread, Education, Liberty". 47 years later Athenians again, rightly or wrongly, defied an official ban, this time imposed for p...

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A New Twist on an Old Problem

The problem of single use plastic bottles is well documented. It is estimated that around 500 million plastic bottles are used across the world every year. About 60% of this is generated by single use plastic water bottles. In an ideal world we would all avoid single use items and everybody would carry their own water bottle. However the U.S and Eu...

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