Rooting in Collective Memory: An Afternoon with Las Gurisas
We arrived around noon at Unidad Cooperaria No. 1, in the town of Cololó, department of Soriano, about 300 kilometers west of the capital. As soon as we got out of the van, we were met with a suspicious heat that foretold a storm—and a swarm of teenagers. Las Gurisas—Lucía, Mariana, Lucía, and Laura—were fully […]
Carding, Spinning, and Weaving: Stories from the Rural Women’s Group of Piñera-Beisso
We arrived in Piñera very early—it was raining and cold, but nothing diminished our excitement to meet the women of the Piñera-Beisso group. When we arrived, most of them were already there: Rogelia, Elvira, Claudia, and Mercedes. Angélica needed a ride, so we went to meet her on the road connecting Piñera with Beisso, surrounded […]
Women Weaving Memory and Plotting Life in Northern Rocha, Uruguay
We arrived Saturday night in Chuy, a border town in the north of the Rocha department that borders Brazil, where we were planning to sleep before heading out early to the rural area where the gathering would take place. We were tired—it had been a drive of just over five hours, most of it at […]
Listening to the River: How Indigenous Peoples Weave Story and Science to Chart a New Course
In these times of polycrisis—where ecological collapse, systemic inequality, and a loss of communal meaning intertwine in a spiral of destruction and disharmony—the dominant economic model continues to operate like a devouring machine. In the face of such voracity, we must urgently turn our gaze toward those who have maintained, for centuries, a reciprocal relationship […]
Meeting the Hum Pampa and Its Interwoven Body-Territories
Photos by Val Rodlez The Hum Pampa community is a group of women descended from the Indigenous Charrúa nation (which once inhabited what is now Uruguay, as well as parts of western Argentina and southern Brazil). It is a decentralized collective spread across the country, with members living in various towns and departments, primarily in […]
Weaving Resilience Through Collective Action
I am passionate about discovering my own land, my culture and the communities that inhabit those territories.
Seeds of Resilience: One ORA Fellow’s Movement to Protect Ecuador’s Chocó Andino Reserve
By ORA Fellow Maria Victoria ‘Vivi’ Jaramillo Ecuador’s Chocó Andino Biosphere Reserve is just an hour away from the concrete jungle better known as Quito, but for most city dwellers, it seems like a world away. Between traffic lights and Zoom calls, here in the city, we forget about the interdependence between our mouths and […]
The heartbeat of the Chocó Andino pulses in the march, in the pot, and within us
Lea la versión en español aquí The Chocó Andino is just an hour away from the concrete jungle better known as Quito. For most city dwellers, this distance is like an entire world away. Between traffic lights and Zoom calls, here in the city, we forget about the interdependence between our mouths and the hands […]
Tejer la resiliencia mediante la acción colectiva
Me apasiona descubrir mi propia tierra, mi cultura y las comunidades que habitan esos territorios.
Onergia
Haga clic aquí para leer la versión en español Onergia – Renewable Energies Cooperative – Founded in 2017 Onergia Cooperative is a social enterprise of renewable energies made up of an interdisciplinary team of young people from different fields, ranging from engineers, social and environmental sciences experts, to economists. Onergia was conceived on two main […]