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An active and optimistic refusal to comply with a system that exploits nature.

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Dream Team! 💪 Hack the Planet 💚 @treesistance

Eerder dit jaar waren we in de Amazone. Met onze AI-camera's helpen we lokale gemeenschappen in de strijd tegen illegale houtkap.

En dat had direct resultaat. Al op de eerste dag werden trucks gespot en de betrokkenen ter verantwoording geroepen. Daarna bleven ze weg. 👍

Vandaag kwamen we bijeen in een gezellig koffietentje in Amsterdam. Vanuit het hart van de Amazone was Chief Dada overgekomen, het was bijzonder om hem hier weer in Nederland te zien.

We bespraken de volgende stappen. En die zijn groots!

Samen met lokale inheemse gemeenschappen gaan we uitbreiden naar nieuwe gebieden. Meer camera's, meer lokale mensen die het regenwoud LIVE kunnen monitoren en daarmee zelf kunnen optreden tegen illegale houtkap.

Mega trots op deze samenwerking en het resultaat so far.

To be continued! 🚀

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Right now, fires are spreading across the Brazilian Amazon. Indigenous Forest Guardians are on the front line, protecting their territories with courage, local knowledge and very few resources.

Our Emergency Fire Fighting Fund gets them what they need, when they need it: equipment, fuel, monitoring technology, and support for families when rapid response is required.

Prevention is everything. A fire stopped early saves forest that would otherwise be lost for generations, and it costs many times less than fighting a blaze that has already spread. Once a fire is out of control, money can only limit the damage. Before that point, it can prevent it.

That’s why supporting now makes the biggest difference.

100% of donations go directly to the ground.

Video created by @we_need_dreams

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🌿 Proteção territorial e limpeza dos picos: juntos, seguimos cuidando do nosso território, protegendo a floresta e preservando a natureza para as futuras gerações. Defender nosso território é proteger nossa vida, nossa cultura e o futuro do nosso povo! 💚🌳✊
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@vigilantestimaro

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We hit the target!! Well over 25,000 Euros donated from brilliant @_irglobal members at the annual conference in Lisbon, which means my promised match goes in full. All of it to support two million hectares of rainforest and the rights of the people who live there via @treesistance.

I spoke with Tom Wheeler last November and offered him a bet. One thousand for every year my firm has been going directly to support. He turned it into a fundraiser, and I am very glad he did.

I stood up at the opening drinks in Lisbon and asked the room to give. That is a lot to ask of people who had already paid to be at a conference but I knew this network was full of generous people who were determined to help where they could.

Thank you, every one of you. This is truly joyous and a testament to IRG. 🌱

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🇬🇧 So happy for ‘Surara’ to be screening at the All Living Things Environmental Film Festival (@alt.eff) in India 3-13 of December 🤗!

🇧🇷 Muito felizes que “Surara” será exibido no All Living Things Environmental Film Festival (@alt.eff), na Índia, de 3 a 13 de dezembro 🤗!

It is Asia’s largest decentralized environmental film festival, showcasing global cinema in cinemas, community spaces and online; to catalyze climate action 💪💚.

Synopsis - Inside the heart of Brazilian Amazon forest, Maro Forest Guardians, like their symbol - tortoise, have patiently, powerfully and empathetically been fighting illegal loggers on their land. The film captures the story of the forest guardians and the creation of a powerful, indigenous-led resistance movement determined to keep the forest standing.

🇧🇷 É o maior festival de cinema ambiental descentralizado da Ásia, apresentando produções globais em salas de cinema, espaços comunitários e online, com o objetivo de impulsionar a ação climática 💪💚.

Sinopse – No coração da Amazônia brasileira, os Guardiões do Territorio Indígena Maro, assim como seu símbolo, o jabuti, vêm lutando de forma paciente, poderosa e empática contra madeireiros ilegais em suas terras. O filme retrata a história desses guardiões da floresta e a criação de um poderoso movimento de resistência liderado por indígenas, determinado a manter a floresta em pé.

🤲 Featuring @dadaborari @tata__borarii @lidiane_borari @vigilantestimaro
🎬 Director & Producer - @lea_hejn
Executive Producers - Richie Mehta and Tom Wheeler
🎥 Director of Photography - @cosmoroncon
Second Camera - @fabio_quireli
Wildlife Cinematography - @cdimitrius
✂️Editor - @missjudgedshot
Assistant Producer - @viviborari
Local Producer - @flavia_dimitrius
Associate Producer - @jessevanthull
🎼 Composer - @dan_pollard_
Original Music by - @as_karuana ‘Borari’
Impact @treesistance

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'Resistance is intergenerational, and art is how its energy gets renewed’.

In the Brazilian Amazon, Indigenous peoples face political exclusion, lack of funding, land loss and the erosion of intergenerational knowledge. Treesistance is helping communities turn resistance into action. From improving access to justice to using film, storytelling and art, the organisation works alongside Indigenous communities to defend their rights, strengthen their voices and keep their knowledge alive.

Its work puts communities in control of their own stories. Through Tales of Resistance, Indigenous artist Vivi Borari records the stories of Majés and Pajés — plant healers and spiritual guides — creating space for knowledge to be shared across generations.

For Treesistance, the goal is not to extract stories from communities, but to build something they can own. Tom Wheeler, executive director, explains why art is central to Indigenous-led resistance — and how it can help renew its energy from one generation to the next.

👉 Read the full interview on CIVICUS Lens, discover the stories behind this resistance, and share them so Indigenous voices remain at the centre of the fight to protect the Amazon.

web.civicus.org/Tom-Wheeler

Photos:
1. Winning artwork from Pedro Borari of Alter do Chão, Brazil
2. Chief Gilson Tupinambá and Pajé Nato Tupinambá marching in resistance at the Cargill blockade in 2026

#CIVICUSLens #Brazil #environment #indigeniousrights #artivism

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🌳 SCV Wajonong bij de Earth Race – Forest Edition 🌳
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Gisteren waren wij als @scv.wajonong aanwezig bij de Earth Race – Forest Edition in Amstelveen. Een bijzondere ochtend waarin sport, natuur en verbinding samenkwamen. 🏃🏽‍♂️🏃🏾‍♀️
🌿Vanuit Inheemse perspectieven geloven wij dat je eerbied en respect moet uitdragen aan moedernatuur.

Voor de start van de loop gaf @lorainna_b Lorainne een mooie speech over het beschermen van onze bossen en planten en dat we in dankbaarheid bewust mogen omgaan met wat de natuur in overvloed met ons wilt delen.
Vóór het startschot van de marathon sprak zij een blessing uit voor alle deelnemers en met de klanken van de sambura werd de loop op een bijzondere manier ingeluid.
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Een mooie gelegenheid om onze cultuur te delen en samen stil te staan bij het belang van de natuur. 🌎🌳

Dank aan de organisatie van Earth Race voor de uitnodiging en de mooie samenwerking.

SCV Wajonong ❤️💚

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Selected research material from the project archive - 2023

Collaboration with @gramamcollective , The development of @treesistance began with an inquiry into the relationships between forest, community, land and resistance.

The research moved across Amazonian forest ecologies, indigenous histories, community structures, environmental documentation and representations of resistance. Books, photographic archives, published journals, websites and documentary sources were gathered and studied as part of the process.

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RELEASE ALERT !! Really happy to share with you, Premiere on @feinstoffberlin SoundCloud, my remix of “Alien Attack”, taken from @6teen.in upcoming EP “Astroport”, out September 25th on @sinchicollective , available on all platforms.

A project that’s a little different from my current vibe, it had been a while since I’d had this much fun playing around with EBM-inspired basslines, before taking things into a more luminous drop with some old-school trance vibes. ⛓️‍💥🌞

Anyway, I’ll let you discover it for yourself. Can’t wait to hear what you think!

All proceeds from this non-profit release will be donated to the Sinchi Foundation, supporting Indigenous guardians of the Brazilian Amazon rainforest through our @treesistance initiative. 🌱

Thanks @sinchicollective for the invit 👊👊

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PROUD PARTNER

Some partnerships just feel right from the start.

That's why we're proud to welcome @greenchoicenl as Headline Partner of the Earth Race Forest Edition on 27 September in the Amsterdamse Bos.

Greenchoice has been supplying 100% green electricity from Dutch wind and solar parks for 25 years. As a customer, you also automatically contribute to the programme called "Natuur voor Morgen". This programme supports projects that protect nature, strengthen biodiversity and help tackle climate change both locally and globally. We have a special connection with two of these nature projects, as they are both our Impact Partners.

Through the TreeGreen Fund, set up together with @treesistance , Greenchoice has made €500,000 available for green electricity for indigenous communities in the Amazon region. In villages such as Arapyun, solar power has replaced the diesel generators that used to keep classrooms, a health post and the teachers' house running. Trained and installed by the residents themselves.

Greenchoice also supports our other Impact Partner, @adopteerregenwoud, which is used to purchase new land to form a green corridor between the Costa Rican rainforest and the neighbouring national park.

Thank you, @greenchoicenl, for your trust, and for showing that nature isn't just a source of energy, but an ally we can work with together.

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RECAP PRE EVENT: ✅

Thanks to Athletics Club @phanosamsterdam, @olympischstadion and our partners @treesistance , @runnershighapp, @elite_transformers & @purposedrinks we made impact through performance. That is why we exist.

Special shout-out to and deep respect for our ambassador Gert-Jan Liefers, who run among the fastest people on planet Earth!

Thanks also to our 🎥Media Partner @oneosevenmediahouse

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TRANSFORM SWEAT INTO IMPACT.

Earth Race x @amsterdamsebos
27.09.2026

Every distance you decide to run supports the forest you're running through and at the same time protect rainforests across the globe.

SIGN UP NOW. 🌳⚡

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