Can Christianity play a direct role in sustainable agriculture? Are churches ready to embrace biodiversity as part of their spiritual message? And what hands-on impact can local faith communities have when it comes to protecting nature, raising environmental awareness, and promoting sustainable practices? These thought-provoking questions are at the heart of a News of the Reformed Church's recent report, featuring insights from Ghezal Shabir — a researcher of PLANET4B and a colleague at FiBL. You can read the full original [...]

Inspirational, educational, engaging, and scientifically valuable: this is the latest case study published within the PLANET4B project on the practice of transformative change, authored by our partner CGE Erfurt. The 48-page, colorful document with personal experiences explores how urban youth relate to a neglected topic like biodiversity, and how this topic can be brought to the forefront, shaping their knowledge, thinking, and attitudes about it. The authors reveal the journey of a young, student-led learning community formed in the frame [...]

A teacher of the Federal University of Western Pará is heading toward the BR-163 highway in the eastern Brazilian Amazon region with the students of the Indigenous Citizenship course. However, the road — which crosses Indigenous territories — has been blocked by local communities, and no traffic is allowed to pass. Seeing people singing, dancing, and performing their tribal rituals makes you think we are at a cheerful festival. […]