This is the best Monday I've had in a while!🎉🎉 I am honoured to be part of the @LBecologies team that won this award. With it, we'll explore the deep interconnections between ecosystems & mental health among marginalised communities. Visit https://t.co/7j0LMEuX9H for more info!
Solastalgia – the existential distress caused by environmental change.
To explore this phenomena – and the connection between ecosystems and mental health – we've selected @LBecologies as the winner of the Hub Award 🎉
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📣 New Research @BMJMentalHealth 👇🏼
How does climate change affect Indigenous mental health?
New research from the Land Body Ecologies collective explores cultural barriers, language gaps, and the urgent need to honor Indigenous worldviews in mental health research.
🌱 #Solastalgia #ClimateJustice
@SamGougsa@DrNicoleRedvers@MinorityRights@invisibleflock
Link: https://t.co/SIYZ8hgvJb
Fast-tracked approval of #CarbonMarkets rules is quite a worrying start for #COP29 vis-à-vis the need to prioritize effective #ClimateAction + protection of #HumanRights.
Carbon markets raise serious concerns https://t.co/Oqr6MMc3yx & https://t.co/00YqsyKXS0
@SREnvironment
🌱We’re in Bangalore! Yesterday,we visited Quicksand Studios where the LBE team @helloQS invited us to share a meal together before settling into the week. We ate, exchanged gifts, discussed the challenges and uplifting moments of the last 3 years, and planned our week together.
Britain's last African colony given back?
Justice for the #Chagossians?
Not quite.
Negotiations to hand back #Chagos islands were made without the #indigenous Chagossians.
Chagossians need real reparations, a real apology & real participation in the future of their homeland.
STATEMENT: Israel’s attacks in #Lebanon have killed over 560 people.
MRG strongly condemns these actions and the flagrant disregard for even the most basic principles of international humanitarian law that they betray.
Read more ⬇️ https://t.co/T5YauqSoVb
Thank you to everyone who joined us last night for the launch of the Batwa Artists album, “Born From Here”. Now available to buy and download. All proceeds directly support the @AbegUganda fundraiser for the Batwa to purchase and build the first ever Batwa Cultural Centre.
📣 @CJIDAfrica & @IWPR invite journalists & CSOs based in Accra, Ghana, to apply for the Voices for Change: Ghana 2024 project, which seeks to raise awareness for human rights abuses affecting marginalised societies, women & youth in 🇬🇭
Deadline: Sept. 9. https://t.co/3J93qycCXp
🎧Join us for the 'Born from Here' album release party on September 12th in London! The evening will include deep listening of tracks guided by DJ @nabihahiqbal, in conversation with @invisibleflock@MinorityRights & @AbegUganda.
Get your free ticket 👇https://t.co/Qpzov1Q6Cv
Tickets are now live for the Bwindi Batwa Album launch: https://t.co/GQMG1tIlCG
The evening will a deep listening of the album hosted by @nabihahiqbal (BBC 6 Music, NTS) in conversation with @invisibleflock@MinorityRights & @AbegUganda
📣 Know a courageous & committed female journalist from any part of Africa? Nominate her for @IFJGlobal's inaugural Shireen Abu Akleh Prize.
The winner will receive a cash award on International Human Rights Day, Dec. 10.
Deadline: Oct. 15. https://t.co/MUox7LsliK
In recent days, racially motivated rioting has erupted across the UK.
MRG stands in solidarity with British Muslims, migrants and all minorities in the UK.
Read our statement in full➡️ https://t.co/H3DSXlLazp