News and Stories

For some, school can be a grind. For people living in Sololo, just getting to school is hard, never mind the studying.

Today is Bee Day. We could have rattled off countless, eye-roll worthy puns, jokes and wordplay, but where would that get us? You wouldn’t know about Cool Earth beekeeping projects happening globally right now or the hives that get people…

It’s no secret that climate change disproportionately affects women and girls around the world.

Sitting outside her house in the foothills of Mount Namuli, Basiliana proudly told us about her son Filimonio’s work as a conservationist, promoting sustainable farming in rainforest. “I really like that Filimonio has his job and is enjoying himself” she…

Keeping Awajún stories, and forest, alive.

In between putting on yet another jumper and accidentally writing the year wrong again, the Cool Earth team has been reminiscing on 2018; our most effective year yet.  January The Wabumari Association awards Silo Silo primary school K3200 (the…

When you’re organising a school fundraiser, what springs to mind? A bake sale? In the Awajún, an army of dads comes together and it’s all about fish.

Cool Earth has funded a community-led project in the community of Lubutu looking at reducing fuelwood use by introducing energy efficient stoves.   Now this project is complete, 483 stoves have been built, and Cool Earth can present…

Our partner communities in Lubutu face impossible choices. They are determined to keep their most precious resource intact. But they also need to feed their families and develop income streams.