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.

Keeping Awajún stories, and forest, alive.

Faena are a long-held tradition in Awajún culture. They are public work days where the community leader gathers everyone together to work on a task that will benefit the village. Recently, all the dads in a village in…

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 some…

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.

In the rainforest, basic necessities can often differ from what we traditionally see as essential in our daily lives. Items like a wooden canoe to transport children to school is a far cry from the vehicles we often rely on…

We used to make clothes and sell them in nearby villages. With sewing machines that were kindly donated by Brother, we’ll be able to start again. This time, we will also start a savings and loans group so that we…