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Recently showcased on several Cameroonian radio and television shows, the album has been stimuating debate across the airwaves... Listen to the Voice of the People album here... Living Earth's Community Engagement project in Cameroon features in an international publication...
Read a copy of the article here... Living Earth builds partnerships between Alaskan and Scottish schools...
Living Earth implements innovative 'Gas to Power' project in the Niger Delta...
Find out more the Gas to Power project here...
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Living Earth recently published its first year report on its Developing Good Governance in the Niger Delta project, a five-year project funded by DFID and implemented in partnership with Living Earth Nigeria Foundation, Academic Associate Peace Works and Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law. The report details the challenges faced and the project's achievements to date. |
Find out more about the Good Governance project here...
Read a copy of the Year One Annual Report here...
Living Earth attends Arctic Economic Development Summit...
In July 2009, Living Earth attended the Arctic Economic Development Summit held in Point Hope. The summit, which had the theme: 'Two Regions, One People, No Boundaries', brought together regional representatives from North Slope Borough and Northwest Arctic Borough. Key discussions focused on how to achieve locally owned development that both benefits communites and reflects their traditional values. |
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Living Earth's Alaska-Aberdeen school exchange programme features in TESS...
Living Earth's Polar Pairs School Exchange Programme recently featured in the 'Times Educational Supplement Scotland (TESS)'. The exchange programme, which encourages shared learning between communities in Aberdeen and North Slope, Alaska, has "challenged ideas" and is enabling students and teachers to gain a broader global perspective, as well as developing a stronger sense of their own cultural identity.
Read the full article here...
Find out more about the programme here...
Living Earth produces a Community Engagement Manual for Game Guards in Cameroon...
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Living Earth Foundation, in partnership with Fondation Camerounaise de la Terre Vivante and Bristol Zoo Gardens, has produced a manual for Game Guards working with local communities in protected forest areas in Cameroon. The manual is part of Living Earth's ongoing Dja Periphery Community Engagement Project that seeks to ensure that traditionally marginalised communities are able to actively participate in the conservation process. |
View a copy of the manual here (in English)...
(in French)...
Learn more about the Community Engagement Project here...
Ugandan Biomass Briquettes company wins an International Ashden Award...
Kampala Jellitone Suppliers, a biomass briquette company which makes fuel briquettes from agricultural waste, has won the Ashden International Award for Avoided Deforestation. This small business was supported by Living Earth Uganda through its Urban Livelihoods Project which provided capacity building training in business management and encouraged the development of public-private partnerships within the framework of urban service delivery. |
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Read a press release about the award here...
Find out more about Kampala Jellitone Suppliers here...
Learn more about Living Earth's Urban Livelihoods Programme here...
Living Earth runs a training session on 'Managing Partnerships' on Sakhalin Island...
In May 2009, Living Earth, in partnership with Sakhalin State University, delivered the final training session of our Sustainable Development Training Programme for key stakeholders from Korsakov City and District in Sakhalin Island. The final training module focused on building the capacity of participants to engage in mutually beneficial cross-sector partnerships. |
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View a copy of a course presentation here (in English)...
(in Russian)...
Find out more about the training programme here...
Living Earth is interviewed for a Russian business magazine...
Living Earth Uganda facilitates the recycling 3.5 tons of plastic waste in Kampala district...
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Through Living Earth Uganda's ongoing Enhancing Plastic Waste Collection programme, 3.5 tons (3534 kgs) of plastic waste have been collected and delivered to Plastic Recycling Industries for recycling. A number of collection centres have been set up throughout Kampala district and over 1900 people have participated in workshops designed to raise awarenss about the impacts of waste and the benefits and potential that recycling holds. |
Find out more about the plastic waste programme here...
Living Earth organises Alaskan-Aberdeenshire school exchange visit...
From 26th April to 2nd May 2009, six teachers from the North Slope, Alaska participated in the latest visit in the Aberdeenshire/Alaska teacher exchange as part of Living Earth's ongoing Polar Pairs School Exchange Programme. The trip enabled teachers to learn from their counterparts through sharing their experiences, particularly in addressing areas of shared concern that had been identified over the course of previous visits.
"I learned so much from the teachers and classes I visited." Rebecca Yapuncich, Elementary School Teacher, Point Hope, Alaska
Read a copy of the full trip report here...
Read a press article about the visit here...
Living Earth: 'Putting Communities at the Heart of Development'...
Living Earth was invited to write an article for the latest edition of the Millennium Development Goal (MGD) Review, an independent publication that is dedicated to tracking the progress of the MDGs. Living Earth's article "The Heart of Development: It's a Joint Effort" argues for the need to actively engage with local communties in order to bring about effective change; the article provides case studies from Living Earth's diverse programmes in Cameroon, Uganda and Nigeria.
Download a copy of the article here or read an online version here (go to page 44)
Living Earth delivers presentation on Sustainable Development in St Petersburg...
On 24th April 2009, Edgardo Garcia-Larralde from Living Earth Foundation delivered a presentation on Sustainable Development at St Petersburg University as part of an ongoing course at the university, designed to increase awareness and understanding of the concept of sustainable development. The presentation focused on the need to integrate the social, economic and environmental elements of development and to draw upon lessons learned from previous experience.
View a copy of the presentation here (in English)...
(in Russian)...
Graduates of Living Earth Nigeria's Local Government Training Programme receive their diplomas...
In February 2009 graduates from Living Earth Nigeria Foundation's (LENF) ongoing training programme: Leading Sustainable Development for Local Government Officials, attended a graduation ceremony to celebrate their achievement. The course, which is accredited by the London Chapter of the Open College Network, addresses the challenges faced by local government officials in the Niger Delta and seeks to build their capacity to promote and support sustainable development projects in the region. |
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Find out more about this training programme here...
Living Earth implements Good Governance project in the Niger Delta...
Living Earth Foundation recently launched its Developing Good Governance in the Niger Delta programme. The project brings together three Nigerian NGOs who will work in partnership across the three core Niger Delta states of Bayelsa, Rivers and Delta. The programme aims to improve the provision of basic services in this impoverished region by encouraging increased transparency and accountability at the level of local government and by giving civil society the tools to monitor the implementation of development policies and to hold goverment to account. The project is funded by DFID's Global Transparency Fund and will run from 2008 to 2013.
Find out more about this project here...
Living Earth Uganda launches Plastic Waste Collection programme...
Living Earth Uganda is working in a Public-Private Partnership with Plastics Recycling Industries Uganda Ltd and DED to tackle the problems of plastic waste management in Kampala. Enhancing Plastic Waste Collection in Kampala District was officially launched on 12th January 2009 in an event which brought together policy makers and implementers, civil society organisations, private sector and donors with aim of raising awareness and encouraging the development of cross-sector partnerships between the plastic waste sector and disadvantaged communities. |
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LEU facilitates a Find out more about Living Earth Uganda's waste collection project here...
Living Earth launches Polar Pairs social networking website...
Living Earth has recently launched a social networking platform to complement its Polar Pairs School Exchange Programme which brings together schools from Aberdeenshire, Scotland and North Slope, Alaska. This new website will enable the participants of the programme to share teaching resources and to keep in touch with colleagues befriended during the exchanges. Visit the Polar Pairs website here... |
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Living Earth organises fourth visit in the Aberdeen-Alaska school exchange programme...
Five teachers from Aberdeenshire, Scotland visited the North Slope, Alaska from 1st to 9th November 2008 as part of Living Earth's ongoing Polars Pairs School Exchange programme. The teachers involved were invited to visit local schools, exploring the differences between their school systems and developing new classroom ideas. The visitors were also invited to participate in the district wide Inupiat Culture Day, gaining an insight into the Inupiat way of life. |
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Living Earth runs an SD training course in Korsakov, Sakhalin Island...
On 31st October and 1st November 2008 Living Earth, working in partnership with the Sustainable Development Department of Sakhalin State University, facilitated a two day residential training course on 'Involving People in Community Groups'. The course represented the latest module in Living Earth's ongoing training course in the region: 'An Introduction to Sustainable Development'.
Find out more about this training programme here.
Living Earth helps organise an SD conference in Tehran...
In October 2008, Living Earth worked with the Institute of Petroleum Engineering (IPE) in Iran to organise a conference on Sustainable Development at the University of Tehran. The conference, held on 6th october 2008, explored the topical theme of 'Sustainable Development and Petroleum'. Edgardo Garcia-Larralde of Living Earth (UK) presented a paper at the conference.
Find out more about our work in Iran here...
View a copy of Living Earth's paper here...
Living Earth facilitates IUCN workshop in Barcelona...
Living Earth facilitated a workshop entitled "Social License to Operate" at this year's IUCN World Conservation Conference. The conference took place in Barcelona from 5th to 14th October 2008 and brought together participants from both the corporate and the charitable sector. Living Earth's workshop explored the challenges and opportunities involved in engaging local stakeholders in corporate projects in Latin America.
For details of the workshop please click here...
Living Earth features in international MDG review publication...
Living Earth has written an article for the October 2008 edition of the Millennium Development Goals review, an independent publication that was circulated at the recent high-level UN summit on the Millennium Development Goals. The article Global Partnerships and the MDGs discusses the nature of Living Earth's strategic partnership with Shell and highlights the importance of cross-sector partnerships in achieving sustainable development.
Download a copy of the article here...
Read the current issue of the the MDG review here...
An indigenous language visit to the UK...
As part of Living Earth's ongoing work in Alaska, in June 2008 we organised a tour of indigenous language programmes in the UK for three education professionals from the North Slopes of Alaska.
Led by Jana Hacharek of the North Slope Borough School District, the trip included a four day programme hosted by the University of Wales followed by three days at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig Gaelic college in Scotland.
Find out more about our work in Alaska here...
Aberdeenshire schools welcome teachers from North Slope, Alaska...
Living Earth facilitated the third visit in the Polars Pairs School Exchange programme. between Aberdeenshire and North Slope Alaska. From 20th May to 30th May 2008, five teachers from schools on the North Slope, Alaska, paid a visit to local Aberdeenshire schools where they participated in school activities and gained an exciting insight into Scottish educational practices.
Read a full report of the visit here.
Living Earth Uganda organises a National Conference on Urban Environment...
Living Earth speaks at Conference on "Business and Biodiversity" in Bonn, Germany...The environmental foundation Global Nature Fund (GNF) and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH hosted the international conference; 'Business and Biodiversity”, which took place in Bonn, Germany on April 2 and 3, 2008.Around 200 participants from the business sector, research institutes, NGOs and governmental authorities attended this two day conference. Day one explored business opportunities and business risks related to the use and conservation of natural resources and biodiversity. Day two focused on tools and practical examples in relation to the implementation of corporate biodiversity management.Living Earth Foundation's, Javier Alvarez spoke at the Conference on the panel discussing 'Biological diversity as a business risk?'
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Living Earth provides input to the Shell Sustainability Report 2007...
For the third successive year Living Earth's Roger Hammond has been a member of the external review committee of the Shell Sustainability Report.
Roger Hammond was one of six individuals who reviewed this year's report in terms of whether it contains the right information about the full range of issues that Shell stakeholders care most about and secondly on how well it reflects understanding of stakeholders’ expectations.
External Review Committee for the Shell Sustainability Report 2007
View the 2007 Shell Sustainability Report here...
Find out more about Living Earth's partnership with Shell here...
Living Earth organises Business and Biodiversity Workshop for the Latin American Congress on Natural Protected Areas...
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Living Earth Foundation in association with Fundacion Habitat & Desarrollo organised a workshop on ‘The Role of the Business Sector on the Biodiversity Agenda of the Region’ at the Latin American Congress on Natural Protected Areas in Bariloche (Patagonia Argentina) in September 2007. |
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The aim was to promote the strengthening of natural protected areas through complementing business projects with the conservation needs of the Region.The Workshop had the support of Repsol YPF, Banco Galicia and the British Argentine Chamber of Commerce BACC. |
Launch of Good Practice Guidance for Mining and Biodiversity...
The Good Practice Guidance for Mining and Biodiversity has been published as part of an extensive dialogue between International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) and the World Conservation Union (IUCN).
The guide provides an informative, accessible and highly practical reference source on biodiversity which can be used by mining companies at all stages of their operations, from initial exploration to mine closure planning and
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Living Earth Foundation and the ICMM organised an event to launch this publication at the IUCN Latin American Congress on Natural Protected Areas in the Hotel Panamericano – Salón Guardería, Bariloche - Argentina
View the Press Release here...
BBC Sport visits Living Earth Uganda projects...
On 3rd July 2007, Living Earth Uganda hosted a team from Comic Relief (UK) and presenters and producers from BBC Sports, including ex-footballer Les Ferdinand. They came to visit the Comic Relief-funded Urban Livelihoods Project (ULP).The visit was in preparation for Sports Relief, which is one of Comic Relief's major fundraising efforts. The group visited three of Living Earth’s local project partners: Gayaza Joint Association (GAJOA); Nansana Twezimbe Group (NTG) and Saving Energy Saving Stove Africa (SESSA) in Lweza. |
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Find out more about the visit and the Urban Livelihoods Project here...
Living Earth welcomes visitors from Sakhalin Island...
“I didn’t really think that it was possible for oil and gas companies to cooperate with local government and universities to improve the quality of life of communities; now I know that it can happen..”
Local government official of Sakhalin
From Sunday 13th May to Wednesday 23rd May 2007, twelve visitors from Sakhalin Island (Russia) visited the UK, on a learning visit organised and coordinated by the Living Earth Foundation.This is the second project implemented in the framework of the partnership between the Living Earth Foundation (LEF) and Sakhalin State University - SSU, promoting sustainable development in Sakhalin. |
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Download the full report on the learning visit here...
Read the report in Russian here...
...Find out more about Living Earth's work in Sakhalin here...
LEF submits paper to the Conference on Sustainable Development at Sakhalin State University...
Living Earth were asked to write a paper entitled 'Putting Sustainable Development into Practice: Emerging Lessons from the Field' for the interregional conference on the 'Problems of Sustainable Development of the Region at the Current Stage, held at Sakhalin State University (SSU), between 5th -7th June 2007. The paper was distributed to all the delegates for discussion during the conference.
View the full paper here...
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