The Heritable Innovation Trust is now Integral Trade Certified!
Integral Trade is a way of engagement based on the following values: Conflict and Oppression Free Engagement, Ecologically Sound Engagement, Shared Risk and Reward, Transparent Engagement and Productive Economic Purpose.
Recently, our Heritable Innovation Trust partners in Ecuador were featured on GOOD, a collaboration of individuals, businesses, and nonprofits pushing the world forward.
During your daily activities, how much do you stop and think about just how big the world truly is? Recently Kai Krause, posted work on Creative Commons as a “contribution in the fight against rampant immappancy”- Immappancy being the idea that most people normally think of certain land masses as larger than they actually are.
The 2011 document is organized in an encyclopedia format, to compile all of the information collected over the past three years into one integrated document.
M·CAM's partnership in Nepal has shared with us the Foundation's 2011 Progress Report. 2011 included biodynamic activities, the completion of construction on the community library, and work with the University of Virginia. You can view the report HERE
View some photos from the Mongolia: Summer 2011 HIT Internship trip.
Citizens of Tuvalu, a village located in the South Pacific, have come together to raise awareness about the rising sea levels caused by climate change. Led by Mikaele Maisava, a local resident of Tuvalu, these citizens are using their own cultural heritage to help. Combining music and dance, Maisava along with many other performers are participating in “Water is Rising Music and Dance amid Climate Change.”
http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/remote-pacific-islanders-at-risk-216825....
78-year-old Grandma Chagan spent her days dreaming of the homeland she was forced to abandon over 53 years ago due to the construction of the country's spaceflight base. Chagan said she remembers the day the helicopters landed near her yurt and her family were forced to pack everything they owned and leave the only land they knew to be home. Chagan lived in the Baori Ulan village, which housed over 200 families as well as 70,000 sheep as well as 1,400 herdsmen of the Tuerhute Tribe of Mongolia. With no where to go, they wandered the desert for eight years.
As the 2011 internship work is coming to a close, the HIT team is beginning to look toward next years agenda. We are currently fine tuning our intern selection process as well as hashing out details on 5 potential HIT trips:
1. Papua New Guinea: 2012's PNG trip would be a continuation of this years engagement in New Ireland. It could potentially include a return trip to Ngawalus as well as expansion into surrounding villages. We are also looking into the possibility of stretching the HIT program into other provinces of PNG.
Email us at KIM@M-CAM.COM for more information.
