Earlier this year, Harriet earned her ‘Cultural Enthusiast’ medal for a poem about cultural loss: “I once spoke my mother language, where did it go? The one you are hearing now is foreign. I once pounded our cassava flour using the mortar but machines have taken it away, my culture. I once danced around the fire […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...The last time we reached out to our networks in a ‘crowdfunding’ challenge was when INTO volunteers walked the 118km from Ferrol to Santiago de Compostela. Here’s a video reminder … Did you spot anyone you know? (Oliver, Deb, Catherine, Bill, Gerie, Simon, John, Emily, Justin, Nancy, Javier?) With your help we raised over £8,000, which was a […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...The marathon is over and I am now back in France having had a chance to sleep, draw breath and reflect on a remarkable COP. Why remarkable? Because having never had an official side event at the conference centre at previous COPs we managed no less than 4 in Marrakech. In Durban we held one […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...A blog by Catherine Leonard, Secretary-General 20th November is the UN’s Universal Children’s Day. It was established in 1954 to promote international togetherness, awareness among children worldwide, and improving children’s welfare. So today we celebrate how INTO is helping deliver this mission through its heritage education work. Heritage education When I first graduated, I worked in education for […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...So it is almost over. Geoff and I packed up the display in the stand this afternoon but not before we had both had an interesting morning at our various side events and through networking. My morning started with an update from the UNFCCC Secretariat and then over to the Green Zone to the British […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...Two nights ago we were watching a super-super moon where the moon appeared bigger and brighter than for many years. And it will be many years before it happens again. This morning we had a little more moonshine in the form of Ban Ki-moon, the outgoing UN Secretary General. It was his last appearance at […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...The man who has given his all to defend the world from the effects of climate change spoke inspirationally this morning to an audience of at least 800. John Kerry, Secretary of State for the US Government, gave a hugely uplifting speech on the state of play with climate change despite there being absolutely no […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...INTO is delighted to partner INTBAU (the International Network for Traditional Building, Architecture and Urbanism) at their 2016 Congress. INTBAU is dedicated to the creation of humane and harmonious buildings and places which respect local traditions. Furthermore, their 2001 Charter talks of traditions which “allow us to recognise the lessons of history, enrich our […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...Well, the weeks of preparation and training are over and our ‘Encouraging African Youth to Embrace their Heritage’ project is now live!!! Here is a sneak preview into what’s been going on. We’ve been meeting people, sending emails, updating the websites, posting news via INTO’s social media (facebook: @INTO.org and twitter: @I_N_T_O). Although […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...As usual it is quite hard to know exactly what is going on at the high level talks except for what one can glean from websites, the daily bulletin and so on but it is also necessary to find the time to read them! The first week has rushed by and we are already into […]
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