News and Stories

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.

Asháninka chocolate from Cool Earth’s Peru partnership is the sweetest weapon against deforestation there is. Shade-grown and then sun-drenched, the prized Criollo beans are sold through a cooperative, with the money re-invested to strengthen the whole community. The world’s appetite…

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…

A stitch in time. “In my village, there used to be a sewing group but the lady who ran it had to move away. When I knew I could get funding from Cool Earth I thought it would be a…

Want to make your own tippy tap? All you need is three sticks, some string, a water container and a hot nail. That’s about it. With some simple materials that can easily be found even in remote places, families can create…