The Right Livelihood College (RLC) is a global capacity building initiative of universities and the #RightLivelihood Foundation. Based at @ZEFBonn
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📢Call for Applications: RLC Bonn will host a physical workshop for doctoral students on sustainable agriculture from Sept 24-29th, 2022, in Bonn, Germany. Please find more info here: rlc-blog.org/wp-content/uplo…
We are looking forward to submissions until July 26th!
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We are excited to hear more about @lifeindia2016 activities later today with Ritwick Dutta presentation after learning a lot about the @succow_stiftung activities already. Great exchange and discussion with the participants.
What a pleasure to welcome Ritwick Dutta @lifeindia2016 founder & 2021 RLC Award Winner & the @succow_stiftung to ZEF for our RLC-DAAD Workshop on environmental conservation and rural development: the role of local communities and non-state actors
@RLCBonn @DAAD_Germany
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Documentary 'The Forest Maker' is a portray of @rightlivelihood awardee Tony Rinaudo (bit.ly/3E0gZLa) by movie director Volker Schlöndorff, see news item @DeutscheWelle: p.dw.com/p/49QP8?maca=en-Twi…. Rinaudo visited Bonn in 2018 and talked 2020 at @daringcities @BonnGlobal
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It was our pleasure to organise our 2nd workshop "RLC Platform for Young East African Scientists – Improving the Productivity and Resilience of Smallholder Farming” last week in Nairobi with @BiovisionAfrica and all of our speackers & thanks to the support of @VolkswagenSt
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We were on a field visit to the Grow Biointensive Agricultural Center of Kenya yesterday to discuss biointensive agricultural techniques & knowledge with local experts. Great involvement from our participants! Always good to confront your ideas to the reality on the ground.
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We are currently listening to Dr. T. Thenya presenting @WangariMaathai & the Interdisciplinary Land Use and Natural Resource Management (SLUSE) activities focusing on smallholders farmers in humid central highlands of Kenya after having heard more from our participants PhD work.
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On today's agenda, we had great presentations from our participants talking about their PhD supporting smallholder agriculture in East Africa & Benjamin Abugri @FARAinfo joined us to discuss Knowledge Management for Sustainable Agricultural Development in Africa with us!
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It's our pleasure to be back in Nairobi with @BiovisionAfrica for our 2nd workshop for East African PhD students “Right Livelihood College Platform for Young East African Scientists – Improving the Productivity and Resilience of Smallholder Farming” supported by @VolkswagenStore
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This afternoon we had Dr Andersson & Dr Isgren from @LUCSUS_LU talking about Pesticide use and risk exposure in smallholder farming in Uganga with an interesting analysis on gender dimension regarding the use of pesticide & the use or not of protective equipment by the farmers
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Finally, Maximilian Abouleish-Boes presents @sekemgroup activities and especially its concept of Economy of love. @sekemgroup received the Right Livelihood Award in 2003 for its success on ensuring profitability and respect for the environment in all its activities
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📢Are you a PhD student working on Environmental conservation & rural development?
➡️Apply for our workshop: Environmental conservation and rural development: the role of local communities and non-state actors
📅May 8-12 in Bonn
👀More info and link here: rlc-blog.org/?p=5095
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📢Are you a PhD student working on Environmental conservation & rural development?
➡️Apply for our workshop: Environmental conservation and rural development: the role of local communities and non-state actors
📅May 8-12 in Bonn
👀More info and link here: rlc-blog.org/?p=5095
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RLC Bonn retweeted
17 Jan 2022
Do you know any courageous and innovative change-makers who strive to create a more just, peaceful and sustainable world for those around them?
Now is your chance to nominate them for the 2022 #RightLivelihood Award!
Submit a nomination by March 2 ➡️ bit.ly/nominate4rightlivelih…
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Are you an East African PhD candidate working on smallholder agriculture? Then apply for a scholarship to attend the physical workshop in Nairobi, Kenya.
📅April 4-9, 2022.
Find more info here: rlc-blog.org/?p=5081
Deadline for submission: ⌛️⌛️ March 6, 2022 ⌛️⌛️
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RLC Bonn retweeted
2 Dec 2021
Thank you all for celebrating 2021 #RightLivelihood Laureates Marthe Wandou, @VladimirSlivyak, Freda Huson and @lifeindia2016 with us ✨
Rewatch the 2021 Award Presentation
➡️ 2021.rightlivelihood.org
Take action to support the Laureates
➡️ rightlivelihood.org/actnow
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RLC Bonn retweeted
2 Dec 2021
Memorable moments. Gratitude to @EvergreeningA for enabling me represent the great organization.
@rightlivelihood @RLCBonn @ZEFbonn Thank you allowing me to attend this meeting and share insights on my research topic #FMNR
@POTUS44 Barack Obama, inspired by your humility.
2 Dec 2021
#COP26 Highlight - When Alliance Ambassador Irene Ojuok met President Barack Obama for a round table talk on behalf of the Alliance with Race to Resilience 🙌
@OjuokIrene @BarackObama
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In case you missed our #Kenyan ZEF and @rightlivelihood student Irene Ojuok's experiences at and insights into #COP26Glasgow where she represented @EvergreeningA and met a o Barack Obama (photo credits: @EvergreeningA & racetozero.unfccc.int/join-t…) visit: blog.zef.de/?p=7858
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RLC Bonn retweeted
1 Dec 2021
Learn how you can take action to support @VladimirSlivyak and his work with Ecodefense. #RightLivelihood rightlivelihood.org/actnow/v…
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