Indigenous knowledge

Indigenous communities globally are at the forefront of developing holistic, place-based responses to the climate crisis, yet their knowledge and leadership remain systematically marginalised in mainstream environmental governance. This article examines two Indigenous-led initiatives on Taiwan’s east coast – the Amis tribe’s post-typhoon recovery and the Atayal tribe’s revitalisation of ancestral farming practices – to […]

On the slopes of Ungaran Mountain in Central Java, Indonesia, Omah Sawah is a women-led, voluntary, and inclusive community movement that integrates climate justice, organic farming, and Indigenous knowledge as a pathway toward planetary health. Founded in 2015 in Ngesrepbalong Village, Limbangan, Kendal, the initiative centres women, mothers, and marginalised groups as key actors in […]

This paper attempts to connect my personal experiences as an academic activist, along with my first-hand experience in rural areas in Jordan, to ‘barefoot nisswiyya’ [barefoot feminism], a concept I coined in 2002 and have been developing through praxis since then. These experiences have helped me connect with nature in the countryside as a ‘Fourth Space’, […]