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Terralingua.Langscape @terralingua.bsky.social · 7d

In the Bugun village of Wangho in the Eastern Himalayas, abundance is found in sharing. Vanessa Cholez takes us into the winter festival of Chayat Sowai, where clans honor mountain deities, exchange food, and renew bonds of kinship.

📖 bit.ly/LScholez

Terralingua.Langscape @terralingua.bsky.social · 9d

In the Maasai Mara, conservancies are protecting wildlife while creating new livelihoods for local people. Sonkoyian Nabaala reflects on how Maasai and Agikuyu traditions, animal totems, and ancestral ties to territory shape conservation today.

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Sonkoyian Nabaala shares her perspective about conservation in the Maasai Mara and the future of land-use for the younger generation.

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Terralingua.Langscape @terralingua.bsky.social · 15d

In our latest blog, 5 Lessons We Can Learn from Traditional Knowledge (And Why This Matters to All Life on Earth), we share five powerful stories. Each story reveals how Indigenous knowledge systems carry resilience, insight, and guidance for navigating today’s crises. bit.ly/indigenousle...

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Terralingua.Langscape @terralingua.bsky.social · 15d

In our latest blog, 5 Lessons We Can Learn from Traditional Knowledge (And Why This Matters to All Life on Earth), we share five powerful stories. Each story reveals how Indigenous knowledge systems carry resilience, insight, and guidance for navigating today’s crises. bit.ly/indigenouslessons

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Terralingua.Langscape @terralingua.bsky.social · 21d

What does it mean to live well? Through her words and art, Shriya Malhotra uncovers how Kumaon’s folk medicine, cultural traditions, and ecological wisdom reveal a richer vision of wealth and health.

Read the full story on our website: bit.ly/hisalu

Terralingua.Langscape @terralingua.bsky.social · 23d

We invite contributions that imagine unity in biocultural diversity in North America and other regions. We are especially keen to hear from Indigenous and minority communities.

📝 Deadline: Sept 29, 2025
🔗 bit.ly/CfSLS15

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Terralingua.Langscape @terralingua.bsky.social · 26d

Only two days left! Pre-order your print copy of Langscape Magazine Vol. 14 before the sale closes and the print run goes to press. Inside, you’ll find stories of communities living by the principles of reciprocity and care.

Order your copy now: bit.ly/LS14print

Terralingua.Langscape @terralingua.bsky.social · 27d

“Biocultural diversity is not just a sign of a thriving world; it is a fundamental requirement for one.”

— Jerome Lewis, Ameyali Ramos, and Jessica Sweidan, from the story: Flourishing Diversity for an Abundance of Life

Terralingua.Langscape @terralingua.bsky.social · 27d

🚨 Final Call for Submission! 🚨

Langscape Magazine Volume 15 invites contributions on the theme “Unity in Biocultural Diversity: A Different World is Possible.”

⏳ Submit your Expression of Interest by SEPTEMBER 29, 2025
🔗 bit.ly/CfSLS15

Terralingua.Langscape @terralingua.bsky.social · 28d

Through the simple act of dollmaking, Coreen discovers an unexpected bridge between her ancestral lineage and the living cultural history of the land she inhabits. Her story raises timeless questions of belonging. bit.ly/feltingabundance

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Terralingua.Langscape @terralingua.bsky.social · 28d

Indigenous languages in Ecuador carry generations of cultural memory, environmental knowledge, and ancestral traditions, but face rapid and alarming decline. Dr. Kati Álvarez warns they face extinction from poverty, exclusion, and environmental threats.

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Indigenous Languages as Intangible Cultural Heritage in Ecuador and

Interview with Dr. Kati Álvarez – writer, researcher, and professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Central University of Ecuador; PhD from FLACSO-Ecuador

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Terralingua.Langscape @terralingua.bsky.social · 28d

Life is often compared to a glass of water — half empty or half full — but what if that choice is only part of the story? Darryl Whetung invites us to look beyond the metaphor and consider the deeper lessons that Mother Earth and our cultures continue to offer. bit.ly/whetung

Terralingua.Langscape @terralingua.bsky.social · Sep 8

The gifts of nature and culture remind us what true abundance looks like. 🌱✨

Langscape Magazine Vol. 14 celebrates these treasures through powerful stories from around the world. Pre-order sale closes on September 14th. Secure your copy today: bit.ly/LS14print

Terralingua.Langscape @terralingua.bsky.social · Sep 5

🌿 Langscape Magazine Vol. 14 explores what true wealth means through stories of biocultural abundance.

🚨 Pre-order sale closes in ONE WEEK! Make sure your copy is included in the first print run. Order now: bit.ly/LS14print

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Terralingua.Langscape @terralingua.bsky.social · Sep 3

Terralingua warmly welcomes two new voices to the Indigenous Youth Storytellers Circle (IYSC): Rosa Angélica Ramirez of the Kankuamo people in Colombia and Theia of the Waikato-Tainui tribal confederation in Aotearoa (New Zealand).

📖 bit.ly/newiysc

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Terralingua.Langscape @terralingua.bsky.social · Aug 30

The First Peoples' Cultural Foundation (FPCF) is inviting applications for the role of Executive Director. It’s a unique opportunity to lead an Indigenous-led charity that provides funding to B.C. First Nations to revitalize languages and protect cultural heritage. fpcf.ca/who-we-are/e...

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Terralingua.Langscape @terralingua.bsky.social · Aug 30

This documentary by Pedro Favaron (PUCP), produced within the Rao Bewa research project, examines how neo-shamanism intersects with Shipibo-Konibo traditions. youtu.be/I8sU0isQIlY?...

Rao: The Challenges of Shipibo-Konibo Ancestral Medicine

YouTube video by Vicerrectorado de Investigación PUCP

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Terralingua.Langscape @terralingua.bsky.social · Aug 27

For the BaYaka, the forest is not a resource but a shared world of relationships. Jerome Lewis reveals how these models create scarcity where there was once abundance, and why Indigenous principles of sharing may hold the key to sustainability.

📖 Read the full story on our website: bit.ly/bcdbayaka

Terralingua.Langscape @terralingua.bsky.social · Aug 23

Millet has long nourished mountain communities in Japan, not only as food but as a way of living with the land. In "Millet and the Wealth of Time," Saori Ogura shares how ancestral cultivation practices reveal a deeper kind of wealth, held in relationships, care, and traditions. bit.ly/milletwealth

Terralingua.Langscape @terralingua.bsky.social · Aug 23

🌍 What does unity in biocultural diversity mean across South West Asia and North Africa? Submissions are welcome from all regions. We are especially keen to hear from Indigenous and minority communities within South West Asia and North Africa (SWANA).

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Cultural Survival @culturalsurvival.org · Aug 19

Deadline to submit: August 22, 2025
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Terralingua.Langscape @terralingua.bsky.social · Aug 19

An alarmingly real story by Kichwa storytellers Nina Gualinga and Eli Virkina exposes how hayakwaska (often called ayahuasca) tourism in Ecuador strips sacred medicine of its meaning. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

‘Ayahuasca tourism’ is a blight on Indigenous peoples and our environment | Nina Gualinga and Eli Virkina

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Terralingua.Langscape @terralingua.bsky.social · Aug 13

In the Sierra Nevada foothills, fire is not a force of destruction but a source of life, culture, and community. In our latest story, Cultivating (Bio)Culture with Fire, Annabelle Law offers a moving photo essay from the 2024 cultural burn. Read the full story on our website: bit.ly/bioculturefire

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Terralingua.Langscape @terralingua.bsky.social · Aug 12

Tarcila Rivera Zea calls for Indigenous knowledge to be valued, integrated, and projected through national education systems. She emphasizes its role in tackling malnutrition, climate change, and inequality. www.uil.unesco.org/en/articles/...

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Terralingua.Langscape @terralingua.bsky.social · Aug 10

In Colombia’s Sibundoy Valley, Kamëntšá and Inga communities are sustaining a deep-rooted relationship with the land through the jajañ, a traditional garden where nourishment, healing, and spiritual practice are cultivated together. bit.ly/rowanglass