Submitted by Otim Joseph, one of our inspiring Young Speakers at the Global Landscapes Forum’s youth session in Warsaw 2013. Ahead of the youth activities at December’s Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) in Peru, which will focus on building young people’s skills and knowledge to effectively contribute to discussions and to become leaders,  we caught up with Otim Joseph to […]

A lot of things have changed for Tan Copsey (@tancopsey) since he delivered the opening speech at the Global Landscapes Forum youth session in Warsaw, 2013. This time last year, he was managing a large research project for BBC Media Action looking at the impacts and perceptions of climate change in Asia. At the GLF […]

Submitted by Nadia Manning Thomas After spending many years working as a knowledge-sharing specialist in developing countries and being moved by the small-scale producers she met, Nadia Manning Thomas (@Bajan_Nads) felt inspired to open a personal and household accessories retail shop with her husband. Danaqa World Chic combines a unique commercial approach to sustainable development that links […]

Por Abby Waldorf  Traducido por Mariola Acosta  Available in English here Estás sentado en una sesión de conferencia con tu mano bien alta, esperando poder hacer un comentario sobre la nueva política que están proponiendo. El tiempo se está agotando, así que sabes que tendrás que comunicar tu cuestión de manera rápida. ¿De qué manera […]

By Abby Waldorf, Communications and Engagement Officer at the CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems. You’re sitting in a conference session with your hand raised high, waiting to make a comment on the new policy proposed. Time is running short, so you know you will have to make your point quickly. How can you […]

By the Global AgroEcology Alliance (GAEA) As we sat listening to the many speakers at the first Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) in Warsaw last year, we began to envision a future for ourselves in which we could be engaged professionally in tackling some of the complex, inter-dependent issues – those “wicked problems” – about which […]