Author Archives: Snowchange

In early June, Snowchange work was featured at the University of Leeds, UK and then we had extensive meetings with our local coordinator Chris Madine, from Newcastle, to introduce tradition-based outdoor education, especially to do with place names, fisheries, and … Continue reading →

The prestigious “Arctic” Journal in Canada has reviewed the 2013 Snowchange Sámi book  “It is the Sámi Who Own This Land”. In addition to critical remarks, Gudrun Norstedt from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences writes: “…The most interesting part … Continue reading →

The River Jukajoki restoration project in North Karelia, Finland builds on science and the local knowledge of the villages of Selkie and Alavi. New pages (in Finnish) have been opened about the 2010-2014 work. They are available here.

While both rivers Näätämö and Ponoi remain in a relatively pristine condition, weather change, past and present industrial land and water uses possess emerging threats to Indigenous and local communities, Atlantic Salmon and fisheries. Snowchange Cooperative together with Eastern Sámi … Continue reading →

UNEP LIVE – the online service of the United Nations Environmental Programme – has published an online overview of the traditional Sámi knowledge work with salmon in Näätämö and Ponoi river watersheds. The materials are available here, once at the … Continue reading →

A new report on the progress of the solar panel project in Siberia has been published today as Snowchange Cooperative Discussion Papers #2 2014. See attached.Snowchange Solar Panel Project Update April 2014    

Today a new interview with National Geographic, available here.

The National Archives of Finland and The Sámi Archives have nominated The Skolt Sámi Archive to Unesco’s Memory of the World Register. This film is part of the application and is done by students of The Sámi Education Institute. You … Continue reading →

Following the administrational changes of 2014, Snowchange establishes a formal steering committee. These individuals have been steering the work of Snowchange for almost 15 years in their home regions, but with the formal establisment of the committee, we secure the … Continue reading →